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Partial factorization of multivariate polynomials in terms of given polynomials


I have calculated several homogeneous polynomials in 4,5 or 6 variables t1,…,t6.
I would like to rewrite them as a sum of products of specific lower degree polynomials, which have a meaning in the problem I'm solving.


For example, the simplest polynomial I have is P4(t1,t2,t3,t4)=t1t2+t1(t3+t4)+t2(t3+t4)

which I would like to express in terms of t1+t2,t2+t3+t4,t1+t3+t4 (only them, although not necessarily all of them). For example, it's easy to see that P4(t1,t2,t3,t4)=(t1+t2)(t2+t3+t4)−t22
but I'd prefer something like P4(t1,t2,t3,t4)=a(t1+t2)(t2+t3+t4)+b(t1+t2)(t1+t3+t4)+c(t1+t3+t4)(t2+t3+t4)


Question: Is there a way to ask Mathematica this sort of partial factorization?


Thank you in advance!


Note: I don't know if a solution exists for my exact polynomials (maybe I have to search for a different interpretation), but I think the general problem is interesting in its own right.




Answer



This is a variant on the suggestion by @Artes. We start by defining a set of substitutions, using some new variables. Create a Groebner basis. Not to worry if that's not a familiar concept, suffice it to say that we use it for purposes of algebraically rewriting polynomials. The thing to know is that the old variables are to be given greater priority than the new, so that they will be rewritten in terms of the "lower" new variables. This is done simply by listing them first, because by default GroebnerBasis will treat them lexicographically by list position. (I'm skimping on what this all means but the code shows what one should actually do.)


subs = {y1 -> (t1 + t2), y2 -> (t2 + t3 + t4), y3 -> (t1 + t3 + t4)};
subspolys = subs /. Rule -> Subtract;
vars = {t1, t2, t3, t4, y1, y2, y3};
gb = GroebnerBasis[subspolys, vars];

Here is your example.


p4 = t1*t2 + t1*(t3 + t4) + t2*(t3 + t4);


We rewrite it as below, using the substitution rules to replace {y1,y2,y3} by the original t variables.


PolynomialReduce[p4, gb, vars][[2]] /. subs

(* Out[17]= -(1/4) (t1 + t2)^2 + 1/2 (t1 + t2) (t1 + t3 + t4) - 
 1/4 (t1 + t3 + t4)^2 + 1/2 (t1 + t2) (t2 + t3 + t4) + 
 1/2 (t1 + t3 + t4) (t2 + t3 + t4) - 1/4 (t2 + t3 + t4)^2 *)

Notice that this is not quite in the form you wrote. One issue is that there is not necessarily a unique way to rewrite p4 in terms of the "new" variables. Moreover it is quite possible that no term order will give a rewrite that corresponds to the desired one even if such a rewrite exists. But this should at least give an idea of how to get close to the desired form. (I note moreover that, per B.GS, one cannot obtain exactly the form you showed.)


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