TITLE: Is there a stable algorithm for polynomial division (in several variables)?
QUESTION [8 upvotes]: Suppose you have a homogeneous ideal $I$ inside the algebra $\mathbb{C}[x_1,...,x_d]$  of complex polynomials in $d$-variables. Can one find a basis for $I$, say $\{f_1,...,f_k\}$, such that every $h \in I$ can be written as 
$$h = a_1 f_1 + ... + a_k f_k $$
where the coefficients appearing in each summand $a_i f_i$ are not much bigger then the coefficients appearing in $h$?
More specifically, given that  $\{f_1,...,f_k\}$  is a Groebner basis for $I$, can one modify the standard division algorithm so that one gets 
$h = a_1 f_1 + ... + a_k f_k$
with controlled terms?
Added 13.11.09 - By controlled I mean that the coefficients of the terms $a_i f_i$ are bounded in a non-exponential manner by the coefficients of $h$. There is no problem with degree of the $a_i$'s.
I will share that I found this possible in some special cases, for example when $d=2$ or when $I$ is generated by monomials, and I am now interested in the general question.
Note: My question begins after a basis has been found, I am not concerned here with the terrible complexity of actually computing a Groebner basis.
Another note (added 12.11.09): The answers and links that I am getting suggest that this problem has not been considered before. So I re-eamphasize my note from above: assume that a Groebner basis, even a universal Groebner basis, has already been found for the ideal. What can be said about the stability of certain variants of the division algorithm now?

REPLY [3 votes]: Revised June 25, 2010: I feel I need to close this circle. Thanks for the answers given but they have all been quite off the mark. My partial results on this problem (there is much room for improvement) as well as an application to operator theory can be found in this link:
http://arxiv.org/abs/1003.0502