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It is shown that the rank of a matrix over an arbitrary field can be computed inO(log2 n) time using a polynomial number of processors.
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Also appeared in ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing, May 28–30, 1986 Berkeley, California. Research supported by Miller Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley.
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Mulmuley, K. A fast parallel algorithm to compute the rank of a matrix over an arbitrary field. Combinatorica 7, 101–104 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02579205
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