2026 Erich Kaltofen: Mathematics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mathematics	54	861	736	415	332	191	8080

Erich Kaltofen publication distribution in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mathematics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Erich Kaltofen sits on this spectrum.

42 publications 537+

This scientist: 191 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 537 publications or more.

Erich Kaltofen D-index placement in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mathematics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Erich Kaltofen sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 86+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 86 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2009 - ACM Fellow For contributions to symbolic and algebraic computation, algebraic algorithms and complexity theory.

Overview

Erich Kaltofen is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States and has contributed to the fields of Computer Science and Mathematics. Their research encompasses several subfields, including Computational Theory and Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence, Signal Processing, Information Systems, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's work addresses topics such as Coding theory and cryptography, Polynomial and algebraic computation, Digital Filter Design and Implementation, Numerical Methods and Algorithms, Cryptography and Residue Arithmetic, Low-power high-performance VLSI design, and Analytic Number Theory Research.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Erich Kaltofen include Erdal Imamoglu, Clément Pernet, Zhihong Yang, and Zonghang Yang.

Publications by Erich Kaltofen appear predominantly in the Journal of Symbolic Computation, ACM Communications in Computer Algebra, and arXiv (Cornell University).

Notable recent papers authored by Erich Kaltofen include:

Foreword, 2020, Journal of Symbolic Computation
A note on the van der Waerden conjecture on random polynomials with symmetric Galois group for function fields, 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)
Early termination for sparse interpolation of polynomials in Chebyshev bases, 2025, Journal of Symbolic Computation

Additionally, Erich Kaltofen has co-authored papers with Erdal Imamoglu, such as:

On computing the degree of a Chebyshev Polynomial from its value, 2020, Journal of Symbolic Computation
A note on sparse polynomial interpolation in Dickson polynomial basis, 2020, ACM Communications in Computer Algebra

Erich Kaltofen was named an ACM Fellow in 2009 for contributions to symbolic and algebraic computation, algebraic algorithms, and complexity theory.

Best Publications

On fast multiplication of polynomials over arbitrary algebras

David G. Cantor;Erich Kaltofen

503
Citations
Subquadratic-time factoring of polynomials over finite fields

Erich Kaltofen;Victor Shoup

255
Citations
Computing with polynomials given byblack boxes for their evaluations: Greatest common divisors, factorization, separation of numerators and denominators

Erich Kaltofen;Barry M. Trager

252
Citations
On Wiedemann's Method of Solving Sparse Linear Systems

Erich Kaltofen;B. David Saunders

246
Citations
On the complexity of computing determinants

Erich Kaltofen;Gilles Villard

228
Citations
Solving systems of nonlinear polynomial equations faster

J. F. Canny;E. Kaltofen;L. Yagati

219
Citations
Computer Algebra Handbook : Foundations · Applications · Systems

Johannes Grabmeier;Erich Kaltofen;Volker Weispfenning

192
Citations
Improved Sparse Multivariate Polynomial Interpolation Algorithms

Erich Kaltofen;Yagati N. Lakshman

189
Citations
Analysis of Coppersmith's block Wiedemann algorithm for the parallel solution of sparse linear systems

Erich Kaltofen

184
Citations
Polynomial-Time Reductions from Multivariate to Bi- and Univariate Integral Polynomial Factorization

Erich Kaltofen

170
Citations
Computer algebra handbook

Johannes Grabmeier;Erich Kaltofen;Volker Weispfenning

168
Citations
Factorization of Polynomials Given by Straight-Line Programs.

Erich Kaltofen

161
Citations
Greatest common divisors of polynomials given by straight-line programs

Erich Kaltofen

157
Citations
Early termination in sparse interpolation algorithms

Erich Kaltofen;Wen-shin Lee

145
Citations
Polynomial Factorization 1987-1991

Erich Kaltofen

143
Citations
Efficient parallel evaluation of straight-line code and arithmetic circuits

Gary L. Miller;Vijaya Ramachandran;Erich Kaltofen

134
Citations
Approximate greatest common divisors of several polynomials with linearly constrained coefficients and singular polynomials

Erich Kaltofen;Zhengfeng Yang;Lihong Zhi

130
Citations
Processor efficient parallel solution of linear systems over an abstract field

Erich Kaltofen;Victor Pan

125
Citations
Factoring sparse multivariate polynomials

Joachim von zur Gathen;Erich Kaltofen

124
Citations
LINBOX: A GENERIC LIBRARY FOR EXACT LINEAR ALGEBRA

J.-G. Dumas;T. Gautier;M. Giesbrecht;P. Giorgi

118
Citations
In Computer Algebra Handbook

Robert M. Corless;Erich Kaltofen;Stephen M. Watt

4
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Victor Y. Pan City University of New York

Siegfried M. Rump Hamburg University of Technology

Victor Shoup New York University

Joachim von zur Gathen University of Bonn

Vijaya Ramachandran The University of Texas at Austin

Gary L. Miller Carnegie Mellon University

Peter Borwein Simon Fraser University

John Canny University of California, Berkeley

Robert M. Corless University of Western Ontario

Ulfar Erlingsson Lacework

External Links

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