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The satisfiability threshold and solution space of random uniquely extendable constraint satisfaction problems

Combinatorics 2026-01-27 v2

Abstract

We study the satisfiability threshold and solution-space geometry of random constraint satisfaction problems defined over uniquely extendable (UE) constraints. Motivated by a conjecture of Connamacher and Molloy, we consider random kk-ary UE-SAT instances in which each constraint function is drawn, according to a certain distribution π\pi, from a specified subset of uniquely extendable constraints over an rr-spin set. We introduce a flexible model Hn(π,k,m)H_n(\pi,k,m) that allows arbitrary distributions π\pi on constraint types, encompassing both random linear systems and previously studied UE-SAT models. Our main result determines the satisfiability threshold for a wide family of distributions π\pi. Under natural reducibility or symmetry conditions on supp(π)\operatorname{supp}(\pi), we prove that the satisfiability threshold of Hn(π,k,m)H_n(\pi,k,m) coincides with the classical kk-XORSAT threshold.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2512.13819,
  title  = {The satisfiability threshold and solution space of random uniquely extendable constraint satisfaction problems},
  author = {Pu Gao and Theodore Morrison},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.13819},
  year   = {2026}
}
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