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Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-13 Vladimir Blinovsky , Llohann D Speranca

Axiomatizing mathematical structures is a goal of Mathematical Logic. Axiomatizability of the theories of some structures have turned out to be quite difficult and challenging, and some remain open. However axiomatization of some…

Logic · Mathematics 2021-11-30 Saeed Salehi

In this first of two papers, strong limits on the accuracy of physical computation are established. First it is proven that there cannot be a physical computer C to which one can pose any and all computational tasks concerning the physical…

Computational Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 David H. Wolpert

In this paper, new inequalities connected with the celebrated Steffensen's integral inequality are proved.

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2016-04-08 M. W. Alomari , S. Hussain , Z. Liu

Theories of classification distinguish classes with some good structure theorem from those for which none is possible. Some classes (dense linear orders, for instance) are non-classifiable in general, but are classifiable when we consider…

Logic · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Wesley Calvert

It is proved that the first-order theory of the structure (N,mod) is undecidable. Here mod denotes the operation of computing the remainder for any division between positive integers; i.e. x mod y is the remainder obtained by the division x…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-06-05 Mihai Prunescu

This paper presents a combinatorial analog of topological complexity for finite spaces. We demonstrate that this coincides with the genuine topological complexity of the original finite space, and constitutes an upper bound for the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-03-22 Kohei Tanaka

Multidimensional persistence has been proposed to study the persistence of topological features in data indexed by multiple parameters. In this work, we further explore its algebraic complications from the point of view of higher…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2020-12-07 Mickaël Buchet , Emerson G. Escolar

We survey results on the formalization and independence of mathematical statements related to major open problems in computational complexity theory. Our primary focus is on recent findings concerning the (un)provability of complexity…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-04-08 Igor C. Oliveira

We present a universal construction of Diophantine equations with bounded complexity in Isabelle/HOL. This is a formalization of our own work in number theory. Hilbert's Tenth Problem was answered negatively by Yuri Matiyasevich, who showed…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Jonas Bayer , Marco David

In this short expository note, we give a detailed proof of Markov's theorem on the unsolvability of the homeomorphism problem and of the existence of unrecognizable manifolds in all dimensions larger than 3.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2026-03-26 Stefan Friedl , Tobias Hirsch , Marc Kegel

In this paper we settle most of the open questions on algorithmic computability of Julia sets. In particular, we present an algorithm for constructing quadratics whose Julia sets are uncomputable. We also show that a filled Julia set of a…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2007-09-30 Mark Braverman , Michael Yampolsky

We indicate a way of distinguishing between structures, for which, two structures are said to be separable.Being separable implies being non-isomorphic. We show that for any first order theory $T$ in a countable language, if it has an…

Logic · Mathematics 2012-11-28 Mohammad Assem

We prove that it is $\#\mathsf{P}$-complete to count the triangulations of a (non-simple) polygon.

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2020-12-07 David Eppstein

We develop some basic results about full amalgamation classes with intrinsic trascendentals. These classes have generics whose models may have finite subsets whose intrinsic closure is not contained in its algebraic closure. We will show…

Logic · Mathematics 2015-12-15 Justin Brody

The strong, intermediate, and weak Turing impossibility properties are introduced. Some facts concerning Turing impossibility for stack machine programming are trivially adapted from previous work. Several intriguing questions are raised…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2012-01-31 J. A. Bergstra , C. A. Middelburg

This paper discusses the split feasibility problem with polynomials. The sets are semi-algebraic, defined by polynomial inequalities. They can be either convex or nonconvex, either feasible or infeasible. We give semidefinite relaxations…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-08-01 Jiawang Nie , Jinling Zhao

In the framework of certain general probability theories of single systems, we identify various nonclassical features such as incompatibility, multiple pure-state decomposability, measurement disturbance, no-cloning and the impossibility of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-10 S. Aravinda , R. Srikanth , Anirban Pathak

The main purpose of this paper is to prove that the positive real numbers can be decomposed into finitely many disjoint pieces which are also closed under addition and multiplication. As a byproduct of the argument we determine all the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-03-30 Gergely Kiss , Gábor Somlai , Tamás Terpai

We study the puzzle graphs of hexagonal sliding puzzles of various shapes and with various numbers of holes. The puzzle graph is a combinatorial model which captures the solvability and the complexity of sequential mechanical puzzles.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-01-05 Ray Karpman , Erika Roldan