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Equations over Finite Monoids with Infinite Promises

Computational Complexity 2026-05-06 v4

Abstract

Larrauri and \v{Z}ivn\'y [ICALP'25/ACM ToCL'24] recently established a complete complexity classification of the problem of solving a system of equations over a monoid NN assuming that a solution exists over a monoid MM, where both monoids are finite and MM admits a homomorphism to NN. Using the algebraic approach to promise constraint satisfaction problems, we extend their complexity classification in two directions: we obtain a complexity dichotomy in the case where arbitrary relations are added to the monoids, and we moreover allow the monoid MM to be finitely generated.

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@article{arxiv.2502.06762,
  title  = {Equations over Finite Monoids with Infinite Promises},
  author = {Alberto Larrauri and Antoine Mottet and Stanislav Živný},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.06762},
  year   = {2026}
}
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