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Query: Detecting lacunary perfect powers and computing their roots   We consider solutions to the equation f = h^r for polynomials f and h and
integer r > 1. Given a polynomial f in the lacunary (also called sparse or
super-sparse) representation, we first show how to determine if f can be
written as h^r and, if so, to find such an r. This is a Monte Carlo randomized
algorithm whose cost is polynomial in the number of non-zero terms of f and in
log(deg f), i.e., polynomial in the size of the lacunary representation, and it
works over GF(q)[x] (for large characteristic) as well as Q[x]. We also give
two deterministic algorithms to compute the perfect root h given f and r. The
first is output-sensitive (based on the sparsity of h) and works only over
Q[x]. A sparsity-sensitive Newton iteration forms the basis for the second
approach to computing h, which is extremely efficient and works over both
GF(q)[x] (for large characteristic) and Q[x], but depends on a number-theoretic
conjecture. Work of Erdos, Schinzel, Zannier, and others suggests that both of
these algorithms are unconditionally polynomial-time in the lacunary size of
the input polynomial f. Finally, we demonstrate the efficiency of the
randomized detection algorithm and the latter perfect root computation
algorithm with an implementation in the C++ library NTL.

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The categories of this paper are: nucl-th
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