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This paper focuses on regularisation methods using models up to the third order to search for up to second-order critical points of a finite-sum minimisation problem. The variant presented belongs to the framework of [3]: it employs random…

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We present simple, user-friendly bounds for the expected operator norm of a random kernel matrix under general conditions on the kernel function $k(\cdot,\cdot)$. Our approach uses decoupling results for U-statistics and the non-commutative…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-11-07 Chiraag Kaushik , Justin Romberg , Vidya Muthukumar

We present a general framework for good CNF-representations of boolean constraints, to be used for translating decision problems into SAT problems (i.e., deciding satisfiability for conjunctive normal forms). We apply it to the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2014-08-06 Matthew Gwynne , Oliver Kullmann

We aim at providing a foundation of a theory of "good" SAT representations F of boolean functions f. We argue that the hierarchy UC_k of unit-refutation complete clause-sets of level k, introduced by the authors, provides the most basic…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-05-13 Matthew Gwynne , Oliver Kullmann

Bonnet et al. (FOCS 2020) introduced the graph invariant twin-width and showed that many NP-hard problems are tractable for graphs of bounded twin-width, generalizing similar results for other width measures, including treewidth and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-06-06 Robert Ganian , Filip Pokrývka , André Schidler , Kirill Simonov , Stefan Szeider

We analyze to what extent the random SAT and Max-SAT problems differ in their properties. Our findings suggest that for random $k$-CNF with ratio in a certain range, Max-SAT can be solved by any SAT algorithm with subexponential slowdown,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-11-05 Sixue Liu , Gerard de Melo

The paper concerns the optimal upper bounds on the expectations of the kth record values (k >= 1) centered about the sample mean. We consider the case, when the records are based on the infinite sequence of the independent identically…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2019-03-29 Agnieszka Goroncy

The distribution of overlaps of solutions of a random CSP is an indicator of the overall geometry of its solution space. For random $k$-SAT, nonrigorous methods from Statistical Physics support the validity of the ``one step replica…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Gabriel Istrate

We establish a formula for moments of certain random variables involving positive continuous additive functionals (PCAFs) of standard processes which have absolutely continuous transition functions and are in duality with standard processes…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-03-03 Naotaka Kajino , Ryoichiro Noda

Parity-SAT is the problem of determining whether a given CNF formula has an odd number of satisfying assignments. As a canonical $\oplus$P-complete problem, it represents a fundamental variant of the exact model counting problem (#SAT).…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-18 Sanjay Jain , Junqiang Peng , Frank Stephan , Haoyun Tang , Mingyu Xiao

Random 3CNF formulas constitute an important distribution for measuring the average-case behavior of propositional proof systems. Lower bounds for random 3CNF refutations in many propositional proof systems are known. Most notably are the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2011-06-06 Sebastian Müller , Iddo Tzameret

A critical variable of a satisfiable CNF formula is a variable that has the same value in all satisfying assignments. Using a simple case distinction on the fraction of critical variables of a CNF formula, we improve the running time for…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-05-20 Timon Hertli , Robin A. Moser , Dominik Scheder

In this paper, we propose a first second-order scheme based on arbitrary non-Euclidean norms, incorporated by Bregman distances. They are introduced directly in the Newton iterate with regularization parameter proportional to the square…

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We provide an improved analysis of normalized SGD showing that adding momentum provably removes the need for large batch sizes on non-convex objectives. Then, we consider the case of objectives with bounded second derivative and show that…

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We develop a novel numerical bootstrap for unitary, crossing-symmetric conformal field theories, focusing on moment observables defined as weighted averages over conformal data. Providing a global and coarse-grained probe of the operator…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-20 Li-Yuan Chiang , David Poland , Gordon Rogelberg

In the Maxmin E$k$-SAT Reconfiguration problem, we are given a satisfiable $k$-CNF formula $\varphi$ where each clause contains exactly $k$ literals, along with a pair of its satisfying assignments. The objective is transform one satisfying…

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New type III and type N approximate solutions which are regular in the linear approximation are shown to exist. For that, we use complex transformations on self-dual Robinson-Trautman metrics rather then the classical approach. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Philip Downes , Paul MacAllevey , Bogdan Nita , Ivor Robinson

Let F be a uniformly distributed random k-SAT formula with n variables and m clauses. We present a polynomial time algorithm that finds a satisfying assignment of F with high probability for constraint densities m/n<(1-eps_k)2^k\ln(k)/k,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-11-17 Amin Coja-Oghlan

We prove a Lindel\"{o}f-on-average upper bound for the second moment of the $L$-functions associated to a level 1 holomorphic cusp form, twisted along a coset of subgroup of the characters modulo $q^{2/3}$ (where $q = p^3$ for some odd…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-05-27 Agniva Dasgupta

In a broad class of sparse random constraint satisfaction problems(CSP), deep heuristics from statistical physics predict that there is a condensation phase transition before the satisfiability threshold, governed by one-step replica…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-12-14 Danny Nam , Allan Sly , Youngtak Sohn