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The Complexity of Tensor Rank

Computational Complexity 2024-01-11 v3

Abstract

We show that determining the rank of a tensor over a field has the same complexity as deciding the existential theory of that field. This implies earlier NP-hardness results by H{\aa}stad~\cite{H90}. The hardness proof also implies an algebraic universality result.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1612.04338,
  title  = {The Complexity of Tensor Rank},
  author = {Marcus Schaefer and Daniel Stefankovic},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.04338},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

fixed error in Section 3.3

R2 v1 2026-06-22T17:22:43.787Z