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The Satisfiability Threshold for $k$-XORSAT, using an alternative proof

Combinatorics 2013-10-01 v2

Abstract

We consider "unconstrained" random kk-XORSAT, which is a uniformly random system of mm linear non-homogeneous equations in F2\mathbb{F}_2 over nn variables, each equation containing k3k \ge 3 variables, and also consider a "constrained" model where every variable appears in at least two equations. Dubois and Mandler proved that m/n=1m/n=1 is a sharp threshold for satisfiability of constrained 3-XORSAT, and analyzed the 2-core of a random 3-uniform hypergraph to extend this result to find the threshold for unconstrained 3-XORSAT. We show that m/n=1m/n=1 remains a sharp threshold for satisfiability of constrained kk-XORSAT for every k3k \ge 3, and we use standard results on the 2-core of a random kk-uniform hypergraph to extend this result to find the threshold for unconstrained kk-XORSAT. For constrained kk-XORSAT we narrow the phase transition window, showing that nmn-m \to \infty implies almost-sure satisfiability, while mnm-n \to \infty implies almost-sure unsatisfiability.

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@article{arxiv.1212.3822,
  title  = {The Satisfiability Threshold for $k$-XORSAT, using an alternative proof},
  author = {Boris Pittel and Gregory B. Sorkin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.3822},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

This version integrates the previous version's alternative proof into the paper (see arXiv:1212.1905). Other proofs are amended, and the paper's structure is clarified. The main result is improved: the phase transition occurs for an arbitrarily slowly growing gap between m and n

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