| A technique for generating invariant polynomial inequalities of bounded degree is presented using the abstract interpretation framework. It is based on overapproximating basic semi-algebraic sets, i.e., sets defined by conjunctions of polynomial inequalities, by means of convex polyhedra. While improving on the existing methods for generating invariant polynomial \emph{equalities}, since polynomial inequalities are allowed in the guards of the transition system, the approach does not suffer from the prohibitive complexity of the methods based on quantifier-elimination. The application of our implementation to benchmark programs shows that the method produces non-trivial invariants in reasonable time. In some cases the generated invariants are essential to verify safety properties that cannot be proved with classical linear invariants. | 
