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The Quantum Satisfiability problem (QSAT) is the generalization of the canonical NP-complete problem - Boolean Satisfiability. (k,s)-QSAT is the following variant of the problem: given a set of projectors of rank 1, acting non-trivially on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-12-20 Or Sattath

In signed k-SAT problems, one fixes a set M and a set $\mathcal S$ of subsets of M, and is given a formula consisting of a disjunction of m clauses, each of which is a conjunction of k literals. Each literal is of the form "$x \in S$",…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-08-15 Kathrin Ballerstein , Dirk Oliver Theis

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…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-08-04 Shuichi Hirahara , Naoto Ohsaka

The constraint satisfaction problems k-SAT and Quantum k-SAT (k-QSAT) are canonical NP-complete and QMA_1-complete problems (for k>=3), respectively, where QMA_1 is a quantum generalization of NP with one-sided error. Whereas k-SAT has been…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-01 Marco Aldi , Niel de Beaudrap , Sevag Gharibian , Seyran Saeedi

The Boolean Satisfiability problem (SAT) is important on artificial intelligence community and the impact of its solving on complex problems. Recently, great breakthroughs have been made respectively on stochastic local search (SLS)…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-08-05 Huimin Fu , Yang Xu , Jun Liu , Guanfeng Wu , Sutcliffe Geoff

Unlike its cousin 3SAT, the NAE-3SAT (not-all-equal-3SAT) problem has the property that spectral/SDP algorithms can efficiently refute random instances when the constraint density is a large constant (with high probability). But do these…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-04-17 Yash Deshpande , Andrea Montanari , Ryan O'Donnell , Tselil Schramm , Subhabrata Sen

An unsatisfiable formula is called minimal if it becomes satisfiable whenever any of its clauses are removed. We construct minimal unsatisfiable $k$-SAT formulas with $\Omega(n^k)$ clauses for $k \geq 3$, thereby negatively answering a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-11-05 Choongbum Lee

We study $q$-SAT in the multistage model, focusing on the linear-time solvable 2-SAT. Herein, given a sequence of $q$-CNF fomulas and a non-negative integer $d$, the question is whether there is a sequence of satisfying truth assignments…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2020-11-05 Till Fluschnik

We investigate parameterizing hard combinatorial problems by the size of the solution set compared to all solution candidates. Our main result is a uniform sampling algorithm for satisfying assignments of 2-CNF formulas that runs in…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2017-08-04 Jean Cardinal , Jerri Nummenpalo , Emo Welzl

Applying deep learning to solve real-life instances of hard combinatorial problems has tremendous potential. Research in this direction has focused on the Boolean satisfiability (SAT) problem, both because of its theoretical centrality and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-06-06 Dimitris Achlioptas , Amrit Daswaney , Periklis A. Papakonstantinou

SARRIGUREN, a new complete algorithm for SAT based on counting clauses (which is valid also for Unique-SAT and #SAT) is described, analyzed and tested. Although existing complete algorithms for SAT perform slower with clauses with many…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-04-08 Alfredo Goñi Sarriguren

We study the random K-satisfiability problem using a partition function where each solution is reweighted according to the number of variables that satisfy every clause. We apply belief propagation and the related cavity method to the…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2014-11-20 Florent Krzakala , Marc Mézard , Lenka Zdeborová

We show that in the $K$-sat model with $N$ variables and $\alpha N$ clauses, the expected ratio of the smallest number of unsatisfied clauses to the number of variables is $\alpha/2^K - \sqrt{\alpha} c_*(N)/2^K$ up to smaller order terms…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-03-28 Dmitry Panchenko

Quantum satisfiability is a constraint satisfaction problem that generalizes classical boolean satisfiability. In the quantum k-SAT problem, each constraint is specified by a k-local projector and is satisfied by any state in its nullspace.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-21 David Gosset , Daniel Nagaj

We provide a simplified proof of the random $k$-XORSAT satisfiability threshold theorem. As an extension we also determine the full rank threshold for sparse random matrices over finite fields with precisely $k$ non-zero entries per row.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-01-24 Amin Coja-Oghlan , Mihyun Kang , Lena Krieg , Maurice Rolvien

This paper gives a novel approach to analyze SAT problem more deeply. First, I define new elements of Boolean formula such as dominant variable, decision chain, and chain coupler. Through the analysis of the SAT problem using the elements,…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2018-01-25 Keum-Bae Cho

We study the problem of selecting the top-k candidates from a pool of applicants, where each candidate is associated with a score indicating his/her aptitude. Depending on the specific scenario, such as job search or college admissions,…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-03-08 Giorgio Barnabo' , Carlos Castillo , Michael Mathioudakis , Sergio Celis

A common practice in obtaining a semiparametric efficient estimate is through iteratively maximizing the (penalized) log-likelihood w.r.t. its Euclidean parameter and functional nuisance parameter via Newton-Raphson algorithm. The purpose…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2010-09-23 Guang Cheng

The problem of estimating the proportion of satisfiable instances of a given CSP (constraint satisfaction problem) can be tackled through weighting. It consists in putting onto each solution a non-negative real value based on its…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2015-03-17 Yacine Boufkhad , Thomas Hugel

In this paper we detail a classical algorithmic approach to the k-satisfiability (k-SAT) problem that is inspired by the quantum amplitude amplification algorithm. This work falls under the emerging field of quantum-inspired classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-22 S. Andrew Lanham , Brian R. La Cour