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The Complexity of Knapsack in Graph Groups

Group Theory 2016-10-14 v2 Computational Complexity

Abstract

Myasnikov et al. have introduced the knapsack problem for arbitrary finitely generated groups. In previous work, the authors proved that for each graph group, the knapsack problem can be solved in NP\mathsf{NP}. Here, we determine the exact complexity of the problem for every graph group. While the problem is TC0\mathsf{TC}^0-complete for complete graphs, it is LogCFL\mathsf{LogCFL}-complete for each (non-complete) transitive forest. For every remaining graph, the problem is NP\mathsf{NP}-complete.

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@article{arxiv.1610.00373,
  title  = {The Complexity of Knapsack in Graph Groups},
  author = {Markus Lohrey and Georg Zetzsche},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.00373},
  year   = {2016}
}

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26 pages, 2 figures

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