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Parallel computations with algebraic numbers a case study: Jordan normal form of matrices

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Proposing a new method for parallel computations on algebraic numbers, we establish that computing the Jordan normal form of matrices over any commutative field F is in \(\mathcal{N}C_F\).

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Costas Halatsis Dimitrios Maritsas George Philokyprou Sergios Theodoridis

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Roch, J.L., Villard, G. (1994). Parallel computations with algebraic numbers a case study: Jordan normal form of matrices. In: Halatsis, C., Maritsas, D., Philokyprou, G., Theodoridis, S. (eds) PARLE'94 Parallel Architectures and Languages Europe. PARLE 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 817. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58184-7_142

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