from sympy.polys import Poly, LexPoly, roots, \ SymbolsError, PolynomialError from sympy.polys.algorithms import poly_groebner from sympy.utilities import any, all def solve_poly_system(system, *symbols): """Solves a system of polynomial equations. Returns all possible solutions over C[x_1, x_2, ..., x_m] of a set F = { f_1, f_2, ..., f_n } of polynomial equations, using Groebner basis approach. For now only zero-dimensional systems are supported, which means F can have at most a finite number of solutions. The algorithm works by the fact that, supposing G is the basis of F with respect to an elimination order (here lexicographic order is used), G and F generate the same ideal, they have the same set of solutions. By the elimination property, if G is a reduced, zero-dimensional Groebner basis, then there exists an univariate polynomial in G (in its last variable). This can be solved by computing its roots. Substituting all computed roots for the last (eliminated) variable in other elements of G, new polynomial system is generated. Applying the above procedure recursively, a finite number of solutions can be found. The ability of finding all solutions by this procedure depends on the root finding algorithms. If no solutions were found, it means only that roots() failed, but the system is solvable. To overcome this difficulty use numerical algorithms instead. >>> from sympy import * >>> x,y = symbols('xy') >>> solve_poly_system([x*y - 2*y, 2*y**2 - x**2], x, y) [(0, 0), (2, -2**(1/2)), (2, 2**(1/2))] For more information on the implemented algorithm refer to: [1] B. Buchberger, Groebner Bases: A Short Introduction for Systems Theorists, In: R. Moreno-Diaz, B. Buchberger, J.L. Freire, Proceedings of EUROCAST'01, February, 2001 [2] D. Cox, J. Little, D. O'Shea, Ideals, Varieties and Algorithms, Springer, Second Edition, 1997, pp. 112 """ def is_univariate(f): """Returns True if 'f' is univariate in its last variable. """ for monom in f.iter_monoms(): if any(exp > 0 for exp in monom[:-1]): return False return True def solve_reduced_system(system, entry=False): """Recursively solves reduced polynomial systems. """ basis = poly_groebner(system) if len(basis) == 1 and basis[0].is_one: if not entry: return [] else: return None univariate = filter(is_univariate, basis) if len(univariate) == 1: f = univariate.pop() else: raise PolynomialError("Not a zero-dimensional system") zeros = roots(Poly(f, f.symbols[-1])).keys() if not zeros: return [] if len(basis) == 1: return [ [zero] for zero in zeros ] solutions = [] for zero in zeros: new_system = [] for poly in basis[:-1]: eq = poly.evaluate((poly.symbols[-1], zero)) if not eq.is_zero: new_system.append(eq) for solution in solve_reduced_system(new_system): solutions.append(solution + [zero]) return solutions if hasattr(system, "__iter__"): system = list(system) else: raise TypeError("Expected iterable container, got %s" % system) f = system.pop(0) if not isinstance(f, Poly): f = LexPoly(f, *symbols) else: if not symbols: f = LexPoly(f) else: raise SymbolsError("Redundant symbols were given") head, tail = f.unify_with(system) solutions = solve_reduced_system([head] + tail, True) if solutions is None: return None else: return sorted(tuple(s) for s in solutions)