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The fundamental sparsest cut problem takes as input a graph $G$ together with the edge costs and demands, and seeks a cut that minimizes the ratio between the costs and demands across the cuts. For $n$-node graphs~$G$ of treewidth~$k$,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-04-23 Parinya Chalermsook , Matthias Kaul , Matthias Mnich , Joachim Spoerhase , Sumedha Uniyal , Daniel Vaz

Given a $k$-CNF formula and an integer $s$, we study algorithms that obtain $s$ solutions to the formula that are maximally dispersed. For $s=2$, the problem of computing the diameter of a $k$-CNF formula was initiated by Creszenzi and…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-06-04 Per Austrin , Ioana O. Bercea , Mayank Goswami , Nutan Limaye , Adarsh Srinivasan

Given a 2-SAT formula $F$ consisting of $n$ variables and $\cn$ random clauses, what is the largest number of clauses $\max F$ satisfiable by a single assignment of the variables? We bound the answer away from the trivial bounds of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-09-07 Don Coppersmith , David Gamarnik , Mohammad Hajiaghayi , Gregory B. Sorkin

We study a quantum algorithm that consists of a simple quantum Markov process, and we analyze its behavior on restricted versions of Quantum 2-SAT. We prove that the algorithm solves this decision problem with high probability for n qubits,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-24 Edward Farhi , Shelby Kimmel , Kristan Temme

Consider a random $k$-CNF formula $F_{k}(n, rn)$ with $n$ variables and $rn$ clauses. For every truth assignment $\sigma\in \{0, 1\}^{n}$ and every clause $c=\ell_{1}\vee\cdots\vee\ell_{k}$, let $d=d(\sigma, c)$ be the number of satisfied…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2013-10-17 Zongsheng Gao , Jun Liu , Ke Xu

We consider recent formulations of the algorithmic Lovasz Local Lemma by Achlioptas-Iliopoulos-Kolmogorov [2] and by Achlioptas-Iliopoulos-Sinclair [3]. These papers analyze a random walk algorithm for finding objects that avoid undesired…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-08-17 Vladimir Kolmogorov

The basic random $k$-SAT problem is: Given a set of $n$ Boolean variables, and $m$ clauses of size $k$ picked uniformly at random from the set of all such clauses on our variables, is the conjunction of these clauses satisfiable? Here we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-06-13 Joel Larsson , Klas Markström

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

In this paper, we discussed CNF-SAT problem (NP-Complete problem) and analysis two solutions that can solve the problem, the PL-Resolution algorithm and the WalkSAT algorithm. PL-Resolution is a sound and complete algorithm that can be used…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-07-25 Xili Wang

We present a sublinear time algorithm that gives random local access to the uniform distribution over satisfying assignments to an arbitrary k-SAT formula $\Phi$, at exponential clause density. Our algorithm provides memory-less query…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-08-11 Dingding Dong , Nitya Mani

In this short paper we present a survey of some results concerning the random SAT problems. To elaborate, the Boolean Satisfiability (SAT) Problem refers to the problem of determining whether a given set of $m$ Boolean constraints over $n$…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-11-07 Andreas Basse-O'Connor , Tobias Lindhardt Overgaard , Mette Skjøtt

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

Let F be a CNF formula with n variables and m clauses. F is 3-satisfiable if for any 3 clauses in F, there is a truth assignment which satisfies all of them. Lieberherr and Specker (1982) and, later, Yannakakis (1994) proved that in each…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2012-12-03 Gregory Gutin , Mark Jones , Dominik Scheder , Anders Yeo

In this work we suggest a new model for generating random satisfiable k-CNF formulas. To generate such formulas -- randomly permute all 2^k\binom{n}{k} possible clauses over the variables x_1, ..., x_n, and starting from the empty formula,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-07-29 Michael Krivelevich , Benny Sudakov , Dan Vilenchik

(k,s)-SAT is the satisfiability problem restricted to instances where each clause has exactly k literals and every variable occurs at most s times. It is known that there exists a function f such that for s\leq f(k) all (k,s)-SAT instances…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Shlomo Hoory , Stefan Szeider

We establish the satisfiability threshold for random $k$-SAT for all $k\ge k_0$, with $k_0$ an absolute constant. That is, there exists a limiting density $\alpha_*(k)$ such that a random $k$-SAT formula of clause density $\alpha$ is with…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-04-16 Jian Ding , Allan Sly , Nike Sun

In the EDGE CLIQUE COVER (ECC) problem, given a graph G and an integer k, we ask whether the edges of G can be covered with k complete subgraphs of G or, equivalently, whether G admits an intersection model on k-element universe. Gramm et…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-09-27 Marek Cygan , Marcin Pilipczuk , Michał Pilipczuk

To test incomplete search algorithms for constraint satisfaction problems such as 3-SAT, we need a source of hard, but satisfiable, benchmark instances. A simple way to do this is to choose a random truth assignment A, and then choose…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2011-11-09 Haixia Jia , Cristopher Moore , Doug Strain

In this paper we extend the deterministic sublinear FFT algorithm in Plonka et al. (2018) for fast reconstruction of $M$-sparse vectors ${\mathbf x}$ of length $N= 2^J$, where we assume that all components of the discrete Fourier transform…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-09 Gerlind Plonka , Therese von Wulffen

We study the performance of stochastic local search algorithms for random instances of the $K$-satisfiability ($K$-SAT) problem. We introduce a new stochastic local search algorithm, ChainSAT, which moves in the energy landscape of a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2009-11-13 Mikko Alava , John Ardelius , Erik Aurell , Petteri Kaski , Supriya Krishnamurthy , Pekka Orponen , Sakari Seitz