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A Full Derandomization of Schoening's k-SAT Algorithm

Data Structures and Algorithms 2010-08-25 v1 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

Schoening in 1999 presented a simple randomized algorithm for k-SAT with running time O(a^n * poly(n)) for a = 2(k-1)/k. We give a deterministic version of this algorithm running in time O((a+epsilon)^n * poly(n)), where epsilon > 0 can be made arbitrarily small.

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@article{arxiv.1008.4067,
  title  = {A Full Derandomization of Schoening's k-SAT Algorithm},
  author = {Robin A. Moser and Dominik Scheder},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.4067},
  year   = {2010}
}

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11 pages

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