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For a finitely generated group $G$, the \emph{Diophantine problem} over $G$ is the algorithmic problem of deciding whether a given equation $W(z_1,z_2,\ldots,z_k) = 1$ (perhaps restricted to a fixed subclass of equations) has a solution in…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-06-06 Richard Mandel , Alexander Ushakov

We give a complete complexity classification for the problem of finding a solution to a given system of equations over a fixed finite monoid, given that a solution over a more restricted monoid exists. As a corollary, we obtain a complexity…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-03-04 Alberto Larrauri , Stanislav Živný

From the NP-hardness of the quantum separability problem and the relation between bipartite entanglement and the secret key correlations, it is shown that the problem deciding whether a given quantum state has secret correlations in it or…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-10-30 Jae-Weon Lee , DoYong Kwon , Jaewan Kim

In this paper we investigate computational properties of the Diophantine problem for spherical equations in some classes of finite groups. We classify the complexity of different variations of the problem, e.g., when $G$ is fixed and when…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-08-25 Caroline Mattes , Alexander Ushakov , Armin Weiß

Friedl and L\"oh (2021, Confl. Math.) prove that testing whether or not there is an epimorphism from a finitely presented group to a virtually cyclic group, or to the direct product of an abelian and a finite group, is decidable. Here we…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-01-15 Murray Elder , Jerry Shen , Armin Weiß

We investigate the ability of a free pro-$\CC$ group of infinite rank to abstractly solve abstract embedding problems, and conclude that for some varieties $\CC$, the profinite completion of any order, of a free pro-$\CC$ group of infinite…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-01-31 Tamar Bar-On

We prove that the compressed word problem and the compressed simultaneous conjugacy problem are solvable in polynomial time in hyperbolic groups. In such problems, group elements are input as words defined by straight line programs defined…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-03-22 Derek Holt , Markus Lohrey , Saul Schleimer

We introduce a new decision problem, called Packed Interval Covering (PIC) and show that it is NP-complete.

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2019-06-11 Abdallah Saffidine , Sébastien Lê Cong , Sophie Pinchinat , François Schwarzentruber

We generalize the classical knapsack and subset sum problems to arbitrary groups and study the computational complexity of these new problems. We show that these problems, as well as the bounded submonoid membership problem, are P-time…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2015-08-12 Alexei Myasnikov , Andrey Nikolaev , Alexander Ushakov

The known facts about solvability of equations over groups are considered from a more general point of view. A generalized version of the theorem about solvability of unimodular equations over torsion-free groups is proved. In a special…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Anton A. Klyachko

We show that the conjugacy problem is solvable in [finitely generated free]-by-cyclic groups, by using a result of O. Maslakova that one can algorithmically find generating sets for the fixed subgroups of free group automorphisms, and one…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 O. Bogopolski , A. Martino , O. Maslakova , E. Ventura

We convert, within polynomial-time and sequential processing, NP-Complete Problems into a problem of deciding feasibility of a given system S of linear equations with constants and coefficients of binary-variables that are 0, 1, or -1. S is…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2012-10-23 Deepak Ponvel Chermakani

We introduce the notion of a regular quadratic equation and a regular NTQ system over a free group. We prove the results that can be described as Implicit function theorems for algebraic varieties corresponding to regular quadratic and NTQ…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 O. Kharlampovich , A. Miasnikov

This paper investigates the computational complexity of deciding whether the vertices of a graph can be partitioned into a disjoint union of cliques and a triangle-free subgraph. This problem is known to be $\NP$-complete on arbitrary…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2014-04-10 Carl Feghali , Faisal N. Abu-Khzam , Haiko Müller

Given a linear equation L, a set A of integers is L-free if A does not contain any non-trivial solutions to L. Meeks and Treglown showed that for certain kinds of linear equations, it is NP-complete to decide if a given set of integers…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-12-24 Keith J. Edwards , Steven D. Noble

We demonstrate a polynomial approach to express the decision version of the directed Hamiltonian Cycle Problem (HCP), which is NP-Complete, as the Solvability of a Polynomial Equation with a constant number of variables, within a bounded…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2011-11-10 Deepak Chermakani

The Profinite Isomorphism Problem for a class of groups \mathcal{C} asks for an algorithm that decides for any two groups in \mathcal{C} whether they have isomorphic profinite completions. We present the positive solution to this problem…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-29 Dan Segal

0-1 Knapsack is a fundamental NP-complete problem. In this article we prove that it remains NP-complete even when the weights of the objects in the packing constraints and their values in the objective function satisfy specific stringent…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2009-10-15 Chinmay Karande

We investigate which free constructions (amalgamated products and HNN-extensions) over word hyperbolic groups produce groups that are again word hyperbolic. A complete answer is obtained for the case when the amalgamated subgroups are…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2008-02-03 Olga Kharlampovich , Alexey Myasnikov

The problem whether a given permutation group contains a permutation with a given cycle type is studied. This problem is known to be NP-complete. In this paper it is shown that the problem can be solved in logspace for a cyclic permutation…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-03-05 Markus Lohrey , Andreas Rosowski