Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
426578 Information and Computation 2008 15 Pages PDF
Abstract

Hilbert’s Irreducibility Theorem is applied to find the upper bounds of the time complexities of various decision problems in arithmetical sentences and the following results are proved:1.The decision problem of ∀∃ sentences over an algebraic number field is in P.2.The decision problem of ∀∃ sentences over the collection of all fields with characteristic 0 is in P.3.The decision problem of ∀∃ sentences over a function field with characteristic p is polynomial time reducible to the factorization of polynomials over Zp.4.The decision problem of ∀∃ sentences over the collection of all fields with characteristic p is polynomial time reducible to the factorization of polynomials over Zp.5.The decision problem of ∀∃ sentences over the collection of all fields is polynomial time reducible to the factorization of integers over Z and the factorization of polynomials over finite fields.

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