7 z*u+y*v+t*w-w**2-1/2*w-1/2; z*u**2+y*v**2-t*w**2+w**3+w**2-1/3*t+4/3*w; x*z*v-t*w**2+w**3-1/2*t*w+w**2-1/6*t+2/3*w; z*u**3+y*v**3+t*w**3-w**4-3/2*w**3+t*w-5/2*w**2-1/4*w-1/4; x*z*u*v+t*w**3-w**4+1/2*t*w**2-3/2*w**3+1/2*t*w-7/4*w**2-3/8*w-1/8; x*z*v**2+t*w**3-w**4+t*w**2-3/2*w**3+2/3*t*w-7/6*w**2-1/12*w-1/12; -t*w**3+w**4-t*w**2+3/2*w**3-1/3*t*w+13/12*w**2+7/24*w+1/24; TITLE : Butcher's problem ROOT COUNTS : total degree : 4608 4-homogeneous Bezout number : 1361 with partition : {{z y t }{u v }{w }{x }} multi-homogeneous Bezout number 1209, with the following degree structure : The partition for equation 1 : {{z y t }{u v }{w }} The partition for equation 2 : {{z y t }{u v }{w }} The partition for equation 3 : {{z t }{v }{w }{x }} The partition for equation 4 : {{z y t }{u v }{w }} The partition for equation 5 : {{z t }{u }{v }{w }{x }} The partition for equation 6 : {{z t }{v }{w }{x }} The partition for equation 7 : {{t }{w }} generalized Bezout number : 605 based on the set structure : {z y t w }{u v w } {z y t w }{u v w }{u v w } {z t w }{v w }{w x } {z y t w }{u v w }{u v w }{u v w } {z t w }{u w }{v w }{w x } {z t w }{v w }{v w }{w x } {t w }{w }{w }{w } mixed volume: 24 REFERENCES : The example has been retrieved from the POSSO test suite, available by anonymous ftp from the site gauss.dm.unipi.it, from the directory pub/posso. See also W. Boege, R. Gebauer, and H. Kredel: "Some examples for solving systems of algebraic equations by calculating Groebner bases", J. Symbolic Computation, 2:83-98, 1986. C. Butcher: "An application of the Runge-Kutta space". BIT, 24, pages 425--440, 1984. NOTE: There are 5 regular solutions and two singular solutions The two singular solutions belong to a manifold of solutions: t=-1=w, z=0=y, with u and v arbitrary complex numbers. There are 3 regular real solutions. THE SOLUTIONS : 7 7 =========================================================== solution 1 : t : 1.00000000000000E+00 0.00000000000000E+00 m : 1 the solution for t : z : -2.29379273840329E-02 7.44087924070508E-36 u : 8.16496580927762E-01 -1.29774576330781E-35 y : -4.58758547680744E-02 -6.84137712178571E-36 v : 4.08248290463845E-01 -1.10731567847459E-35 t : -1.00000000000000E+00 3.37954625861408E-37 w : -9.08248290463859E-01 -3.28550671054829E-36 x : 8.16496580927830E-01 -6.65800000305744E-35 == err : 4.965E-14 = rco : 1.736E-04 = res : 3.331E-16 == solution 2 : t : 1.00000000000000E+00 0.00000000000000E+00 m : 1 the solution for t : z : 2.88808493551858E-01 -1.92592994438724E-34 u : 7.21933058546343E-01 9.62964972193618E-34 y : -2.44033884709223E-01 -9.14816723583937E-34 v : -6.24774425776102E-01 1.73333694994851E-33 t : 1.27806694145366E+00 -1.17963209093718E-33 w : 2.78066941453658E-01 -5.05556610401649E-34 x : -1.13792449427108E+00 -5.87408633038107E-33 == err : 2.785E-15 = rco : 1.273E-02 = res : 8.327E-17 == solution 3 : t : 1.00000000000000E+00 0.00000000000000E+00 m : 1 the solution for t : z : -2.27062072615966E-01 -3.85185988877447E-34 u : -8.16496580927726E-01 1.92592994438724E-34 y : -4.54124145231932E-01 3.61111864572607E-34 v : -4.08248290463863E-01 1.38426214752833E-34 t : -1.00000000000000E+00 -2.46383615932351E-35 w : -9.17517095361370E-02 1.55165254308542E-36 x : -8.16496580927726E-01 0.00000000000000E+00 == err : 8.898E-16 = rco : 2.386E-03 = res : 2.776E-17 == solution 4 : t : 1.00000000000000E+00 0.00000000000000E+00 m : 1 the solution for t : z : 7.32450810630072E-16 1.37145635748911E-15 u : 4.17630643926077E-01 -7.58875284416709E-01 y : 1.67709576191771E-15 -4.57212901658091E-15 v : 4.94521940247853E-01 -3.05129784662510E-02 t : -1.00000000000000E+00 4.68824600419586E-16 w : -1.00000000000000E+00 3.75059625315153E-15 x : -1.50630009976240E+00 -2.13582124544133E+00 == err : 0.000E+00 = rco : 2.854E-17 = res : 0.000E+00 == solution 5 : t : 1.00000000000000E+00 0.00000000000000E+00 m : 1 the solution for t : z : 1.27097621050230E-16 3.03259676112193E-17 u : 2.34958226863350E+00 -1.87549206427436E+00 y : -1.91328685223823E-15 -3.04962129204523E-16 v : 1.73977586284498E+00 4.84530770879628E-01 t : -1.00000000000000E+00 -3.24271157948272E-15 w : -9.99999999999994E-01 -2.68584216774777E-15 x : 5.62376352154760E+00 -2.71542574259875E+00 == err : 0.000E+00 = rco : 8.236E-19 = res : 0.000E+00 == solution 6 : t : 1.00000000000000E+00 0.00000000000000E+00 m : 1 the solution for t : z : 3.59196576269340E-01 -1.71748996563448E-01 u : 1.38903347072683E+00 -3.85150602548912E-01 y : 2.35528602162567E-01 9.24893027822689E-02 v : 1.22905387955472E+00 3.00007066016267E-01 t : 6.10966529273171E-01 3.85150602548917E-01 w : -3.89033470726829E-01 3.85150602548913E-01 x : 3.87782471854638E-01 -2.22654061728370E-01 == err : 4.135E-15 = rco : 1.198E-03 = res : 2.776E-16 == solution 7 : t : 1.00000000000000E+00 0.00000000000000E+00 m : 1 the solution for t : z : 3.59196576269339E-01 1.71748996563450E-01 u : 1.38903347072683E+00 3.85150602548910E-01 y : 2.35528602162569E-01 -9.24893027822688E-02 v : 1.22905387955472E+00 -3.00007066016269E-01 t : 6.10966529273174E-01 -3.85150602548915E-01 w : -3.89033470726829E-01 -3.85150602548913E-01 x : 3.87782471854640E-01 2.22654061728369E-01 == err : 5.151E-15 = rco : 1.198E-03 = res : 4.965E-16 ==