11 z21**2 + z22**2 - 1.25830472585 + 1.05384271933*i; z31**2 + z32**2 + z33**2 - 1; z41**2 + z42**2 + z43**2 - 1; z51**2 + z52**2 + z53**2 - 1; z21*z31 + z22*z32 + (0.642935654806 + 0.819555356316*i)*z33 - 0.266880023988 - 0.452565255666*i; z31*z41 + z32*z42 + z33*z43 - 0.26425551745 - 0.342483846503*i; z41*z51 + z42*z52 + z43*z53 - 0.126010863922 - 0.864590917688*i; (0.352598136811 + 0.116888144319*i)*z51 + (0.539042485525 + 0.687058436892*i)*z52 + (0.391154215376 + 0.128900893182*i)*z53 - 0.179560356712 - 0.8709166566*i; (0.984138451804 + 0.414967172346*i)*z21 + (0.958341609741 + 0.847442419999*i)*z22*z33 + (-0.496254299764 - 0.546020011741*i)*z22 + (0.353268870498 + 0.389909226888*i)*z31 + (0.964759562277 + 0.71397074519*i)*z32*z43 + (0.0783739840935 - 1.33026494666*i)*z32 + (-0.964759562277 - 0.71397074519*i)*z33*z42 + (0.204379350351 + 0.00374294529684*i)*z41 + (0.706319991205 + 0.120097702053*i)*z42*z53 + (-0.706319991205 - 0.120097702053*i)*z43*z52 + (0.907681632783 + 0.405209293447*i)*z51 + (0.148939301127 + 0.182393186752*i)*z52 + (-0.0486385369088 - 0.496934768083*i)*z53 -0.437312713588 - 0.914780691357*i; (-0.958341609741 - 0.847442419999*i)*z21*z33 + (0.496254299764 + 0.546020011741*i)*z21 + (0.984138451804 + 0.414967172346*i)*z22 + (-0.964759562277 - 0.71397074519*i)*z31*z43 + (-0.0783739840935 + 1.33026494666*i)*z31 + (0.353268870498 + 0.389909226888*i)*z32 + ( 0.964759562277 + 0.71397074519*i)*z33*z41 + (-0.706319991205 - 0.120097702053*i)*z41*z53 + (0.204379350351 + 0.00374294529684*i)*z42 + (0.706319991205 + 0.120097702053*i)*z43*z51 + (-0.148939301127 - 0.182393186752*i)*z51 + (0.907681632783 + 0.405209293447*i)*z52 + (0.134045297503 + 0.164748774862*i)*z53 - 0.719086796333 - 0.691791591267*i; (0.958341609741 + 0.847442419999*i)*z21*z32 + (-0.958341609741 - 0.847442419999*i)*z22*z31 + (0.964759562277 + 0.71397074519*i)*z31*z42 + (-0.964759562277 - 0.71397074519*i)*z32*z41 + (0.353268870498 + 0.389909226888*i)*z33 + (0.706319991205 + 0.120097702053*i)*z41*z52 + (-0.706319991205 - 0.120097702053*i)*z42*z51 + (0.204379350351 + 0.00374294529684*i)*z43 + (0.0486385369088 + 0.496934768083*i)*z51 + (-0.134045297503 - 0.164748774862*i)*z52 + (0.907681632783 + 0.405209293447*i)*z53 - 0.64863071126 + 0.983034576618*i; TITLE : 6R inverse position problem ROOT COUNTS : total degree : 1024 2-homogeneous Bezout number : 320 with partition of the set of unknowns {z21 z22 z41 z42 z43 }{z31 z32 z33 z51 z52 z53 } mixed volume : 288 REFERENCES : This system occurs as Example 3.3 in a paper by Charles Wampler: `Bezout Number Calculations for Multi-Homogeneous Polynomial Systems', Appl. Math. Comput. vol. 51 No. 2--3, pp. 143--157. For the original formulation of the problem, see Charles Wampler and Alexander Morgan: `Solving the 6R inverse position problem using a generic-case solution methodology', Mech. Mach. Theory, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 91-106, 1991. THE SOLUTIONS : 16 11 =========================================================== solution 1 : t : 1.00000000000000E+00 0.00000000000000E+00 m : 1 the solution for t : z21 : 6.81970587371378E-01 -3.01278759670484E-01 z22 : -9.94245757505745E-01 3.23318560369258E-01 z31 : 1.54317164315374E+00 1.22732850162926E+00 z32 : 2.81049048704997E+00 -2.10543814021222E+00 z33 : -1.63885386351178E+00 -2.45496893479488E+00 z41 : 7.45430227704065E-02 -7.84645108001499E-01 z42 : -2.18970540639891E+00 1.72598710872434E+00 z43 : 1.93298656378182E+00 1.98547325336408E+00 z51 : -4.85810385366990E-01 -1.91577771101302E-02 z52 : 8.02040331104181E-01 8.95211069183146E-01 z53 : 1.14998861063535E+00 -6.32443158732329E-01 =========================================================== solution 2 : t : 1.00000000000000E+00 0.00000000000000E+00 m : 1 the solution for t : z21 : -2.29988814831986E+00 7.17373476683257E-01 z22 : -5.72716802703412E-01 -1.96075510964076E+00 z31 : -1.05919002787836E+01 -1.01539769854502E+01 z32 : 1.29304069556761E+01 -6.98352911298370E+00 z33 : -1.51983745802156E+00 1.13499230817198E+01 z41 : -2.26115998547828E+00 -2.30619259640485E+00 z42 : 2.29826614384850E+00 -9.38021915922095E-01 z43 : -1.36124344574155E+00 2.24709725201204E+00 z51 : 1.20186321306191E+00 9.51481508604946E+00 z52 : -4.68613276096745E+00 6.92544765419444E-02 z53 : 8.36052479275234E+00 -1.32898003834334E+00 =========================================================== solution 3 : t : 1.00000000000000E+00 0.00000000000000E+00 m : 1 the solution for t : z21 : 2.31900494002716E+00 1.03059923298664E+00 z22 : 1.32834940110141E+00 -2.19587261433677E+00 z31 : -1.98899942836999E-01 -2.22362461956776E+00 z32 : -3.14587274622510E+00 6.60631118423487E-01 z33 : -7.98906814668026E-01 -2.04777652536797E+00 z41 : 1.15974652589259E+00 4.88001269453221E-01 z42 : 6.44033633724012E-01 -7.06892226861346E-01 z43 : -3.16643933663386E-01 3.49589540788267E-01 z51 : -1.98911687777511E-01 3.46032894830508E-01 z52 : 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-3.85668232453787E-01 z31 : 7.15436855460271E-01 3.75135727257400E+00 z32 : 4.11440390040185E+00 -5.16225922774964E-01 z33 : 3.74022679580931E-01 -1.49696082941238E+00 z41 : 2.67123550670565E+00 3.63968154763343E+00 z42 : 3.90818573176344E+00 -1.95517606829489E+00 z43 : 9.14782577308518E-01 -2.27513665167066E+00 z51 : -1.54208851652428E-01 7.72887375790832E-01 z52 : 1.07832146306922E+00 2.63866014741125E-02 z53 : -6.56210053238007E-01 -1.38267976119325E-01 =========================================================== solution 6 : t : 1.00000000000000E+00 0.00000000000000E+00 m : 1 the solution for t : z21 : -5.00298739274631E-01 7.28569554344603E-01 z22 : 1.24730734266016E+00 -1.30215645011854E-01 z31 : -2.59557520130261E-01 1.26107248022139E+00 z32 : 1.79339883932277E-01 -1.23797672992466E-01 z33 : 1.59810240637033E+00 2.18711081707326E-01 z41 : 1.03460193309950E+00 -3.36396532820201E+00 z42 : 2.20421439712519E+00 7.30737156380066E-01 z43 : -2.71919877539606E+00 -6.87578888217881E-01 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