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smale_17_points_problem

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by tianyipeng · May 31, 2026 · Mathlib 777aaa6 (Lean v4.29.0-rc3)

computational-complexity

Smale's 17th problem (1998): Can the eigenvalues of a symmetric matrix be computed with polynomial cost (in the BSS model over ℝ)? More generally, Smale's 7th problem asks for efficient algorithms for systems of polynomial equations over ℝ. Open for many formulations.

Preamble
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Formal statement
import Mathlib

theorem smale_17_points_problem :
    ∃ (algo : (ℕ → ℕ → ℝ) → ℕ → Option (ℕ → ℝ)),
      ∀ (n : ℕ) (coeffs : ℕ → ℕ → ℝ),
        (∃ x : ℕ → ℝ, ∀ i < n, ∑ j ∈ Finset.range n, coeffs i j * x j = 0) →
        ∃ T : ℕ, (algo coeffs T).isSome ∧
          ∀ sol, algo coeffs T = some sol →
            ∀ i < n, ∑ j ∈ Finset.range n, coeffs i j * sol j = 0 := by
  sorry
Source
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smale%27s_problems

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