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In this article, we study the computational complexity of counting weighted Eulerian orientations, denoted as \#\textsf{EO}. This problem is considered a pivotal scenario in the complexity classification for \textsf{Holant}, a counting…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-04-28 Boning Meng , Juqiu Wang , Mingji Xia

A polynomial Turing compression (PTC) for a parameterized problem $L$ is a polynomial time Turing machine that has access to an oracle for a problem $L'$ such that a polynomial in the input parameter bounds each query. Meanwhile, a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-12-15 Weidong Luo

Capacitated k-median is one of the few outstanding optimization problems for which the existence of a polynomial time constant factor approximation algorithm remains an open problem. In a series of recent papers algorithms producing…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-09-18 Marek Adamczyk , Jarosław Byrka , Jan Marcinkowski , Syed M. Meesum , Michał Włodarczyk

In the Determinant Maximization problem, given an $n\times n$ positive semi-definite matrix $\bf{A}$ in $\mathbb{Q}^{n\times n}$ and an integer $k$, we are required to find a $k\times k$ principal submatrix of $\bf{A}$ having the maximum…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-02-20 Naoto Ohsaka

By using of analytical multi-logic expresses in conjunction with non-deterministic Turing machine the proposition was proved that algorithm of deterministic Turing counter machine of polynomial time complexity can be decreased to the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2016-10-20 Algirdas Antano Maknickas

We show the first unconditional pseudo-determinism result for all of search-BPP. Specifically, we show that every BPP search problem can be computed pseudo-deterministically on average for infinitely many input lengths. In other words, for…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2017-07-20 Dhiraj Holden

We study the complexity of the decision problem known as Permutation Pattern Matching, or PPM. The input of PPM consists of a pair of permutations $\tau$ (the `text') and $\pi$ (the `pattern'), and the goal is to decide whether $\tau$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-08-10 Vít Jelínek , Michal Opler , Jakub Pekárek

$\newcommand{\eps}{\varepsilon} $We prove that for any $\eps > 0$ it is $\textsf{NP}$-hard to approximate the non-commutative Grothendieck problem to within a factor $1/2 + \eps$, which matches the approximation ratio of the algorithm of…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2022-02-22 Jop Briët , Oded Regev , Rishi Saket

We remark that the AKS primality testing algorithm [Annals of Mathematics 160 (2), 2004] needs about 1,000,000,000 G (gigabyte) storage space for a number of 1024 bits. The requirement is very hard to meet. The complexity class P which…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2014-02-04 Zhengjun Cao , Lihua Liu

In computer science, many search problems are reducible to decision problems, which implies that finding a solution is as hard as deciding whether a solution exists. A quantum analogue of search-to-decision reductions would be to ask…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-05 Jordi Weggemans

This paper depicts algorithms for solving the decision Boolean Satisfiability Problem. An extreme problem is formulated to analyze the complexity of algorithms and the complexity for solving it. A novel and easy reformulation as a lottery…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2016-04-15 Carlos Barrón-Romero

A seminal result of H\r{a}stad [J. ACM, 48(4):798--859, 2001] shows that it is NP-hard to find an assignment that satisfies $\frac{1}{|G|}+\varepsilon$ fraction of the constraints of a given $k$-LIN instance over an abelian group, even if…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2020-09-08 Amey Bhangale , Subhash Khot

The constraint satisfaction problem (CSP) can be formulated as a homomorphism problem between relational structures: given a structure $\mathcal{A}$, for any structure $\mathcal{X}$, whether there exists a homomorphism from $\mathcal{X}$ to…

Logic · Mathematics 2024-03-12 Azza Gaysin

We show that for every $k\in\mathbb{N}$ and $\varepsilon>0$, for large enough alphabet $R$, given a $k$-CSP with alphabet size $R$, it is NP-hard to distinguish between the case that there is an assignment satisfying at least…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-10-29 Dor Minzer , Kai Zhe Zheng

Decision-theoretic troubleshooting is one of the areas to which Bayesian networks can be applied. Given a probabilistic model of a malfunctioning man-made device, the task is to construct a repair strategy with minimal expected cost. The…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-08-02 Václav Lín

The problem of P vs. NP is very serious, and solutions to the problem can help save lives. This article is an attempt at solving the problem using a computer algorithm. It is presented in a fashion that will hopefully allow for easy…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-03-19 Matt Groff

This paper is devoted to the complexity of the Boolean satisfiability problem. We consider a version of this problem, where the Boolean formula is specified in the conjunctive normal form. We prove an unexpected result that the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2018-07-23 Grigoriy V. Bokov

We prove a PCP theorem for the existential theory of the reals, showing that MAX-ETR-INV is $\exists\mathbb{R}$-hard to approximate to within some constant factor. The existential theory of the reals (ETR) is a decision problem asking if…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-05-25 Jack Stade

A resource-bounded version of the statement "no algorithm recognizes all non-halting Turing machines" is equivalent to an infinitely often (i.o.) superpolynomial speedup for the time required to accept any coNP-complete language and also…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2012-09-24 Hunter Monroe

This is the latest in a series of articles aimed at exploring the relationship between the complexity classes of P and NP. In the previous papers, we have proved that the sat CNF problem is polynomially reduced to the problem of finding a…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-11-01 Stepan G. Margaryan