Automated Proof of Polynomial Inequalities via Reinforcement Learning

Banglong Liu, Niuniu Qi, Xia Zeng, Lydia Dehbi, Zhengfeng Yang; Proceedings of the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference (CVPR), 2025, pp. 5052-5060

Polynomial inequality proving is fundamental to many mathematical disciplines and finds wide applications in diverse fields. Current traditional algebraic methods are based on searching for a polynomial positive definite representation over a set of basis. However, these methods are limited by truncation degree.To address this issue, this paper proposes an approach based on reinforcement learning to find a Krivine-basis representation for proving polynomial inequalities.Specifically, we formulate the inequality proving problem as a linear programming (LP) problem and encode it as a basis selection problem using reinforcement learning (RL), achieving a non-negative Krivine basis. Moreover, a fast multivariate polynomial multiplication method based on Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) is employed to enhance the efficiency of action space search. Furthermore, we have implemented a tool called APPIRL (Automated Proof of Polynomial Inequalities via Reinforcement Learning).Experimental evaluation on benchmark problems demonstrates the feasibility and effectiveness of our approach. In addition, APPIRL has been successfully applied to solve the maximum stable set problem.