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A fundamental computational task in probabilistic programming is to infer a program's output (posterior) distribution from a given initial (prior) distribution. This problem is challenging, especially for expressive languages that feature…

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This talk describes how a combination of symbolic computation techniques with first-order theorem proving can be used for solving some challenges of automating program analysis, in particular for generating and proving properties about the…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2017-04-17 Laura Kovacs

The Sum-of-Squares (SoS) hierarchy is a powerful framework for polynomial optimization and proof complexity, offering tight semidefinite relaxations that capture many classical algorithms. Despite its broad applicability, several works have…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Alex Bortolotti , Monaldo Mastrolilli , Marilena Palomba , Luis Felipe Vargas

We introduce the concept of disjunctive sum of squares for certifying nonnegativity of polynomials. Unlike the popular sum of squares approach where nonnegativity is certified by a single algebraic identity, the disjunctive sum of squares…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-28 Amir Ali Ahmadi , Sanjeeb Dash , Yixuan Hua , Bartolomeo Stellato

We follow a stream of the history of positive matrices and positive functionals, as applied to algebraic sums of squares decompositions, with emphasis on the interaction between classical moment problems, function theory of one or several…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2007-05-23 John William Helton , Mihai Putinar

We define and study a new abstract domain which is a fine-grained combination of zonotopes with polyhedric domains such as the interval, octagon, linear templates or polyhedron domain. While abstract transfer functions are still rather…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2014-02-14 Khalil Ghorbal , Eric Goubault , Sylvie Putot

Probabilistic abstract interpretation is a theory used to extract particular properties of a computer program when it is infeasible to test every single inputs. In this paper we apply the theory on neural networks for the same purpose: to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-27 Zhuofan Zhang , Herbert Wiklicky

To solve hard problems, AI relies on a variety of disciplines such as logic, probabilistic reasoning, machine learning and mathematical programming. Although it is widely accepted that solving real-world problems requires an integration…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-01-14 Vaishak Belle , Luc De Raedt

In order to obtain the best-known guarantees, algorithms are traditionally tailored to the particular problem we want to solve. Two recent developments, the Unique Games Conjecture (UGC) and the Sum-of-Squares (SOS) method, surprisingly…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-05-28 Boaz Barak , David Steurer

We present in this paper a new technique for generating polynomial invariants, divided in two independent parts : a procedure that reduces polynomial assignments composed loops analysis to linear loops under certain hypotheses and a…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2016-11-24 Steven de Oliveira , Saddek Bensalem , Virgile Prevosto

Semidefinite and sum-of-squares (SOS) optimization are fundamental computational tools in many areas, including linear and nonlinear systems theory. However, the scale of problems that can be addressed reliably and efficiently is still…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-02-17 Yang Zheng , Aivar Sootla , Antonis Papachristodoulou

In this article, we provide a new algorithm for solving constraint satisfaction problems over templates with few subpowers, by reducing the problem to the combination of solvability of a polynomial number of systems of linear equations over…

Logic · Mathematics 2017-11-07 Dejan Delic , Amir El-Aooiti

Consider a convex set S defined by a matrix inequality of polynomials or rational functions over a domain. The set S is called semidefinite programming (SDP) representable or just semidefinite representable if it equals the projection of a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-03-30 Jiawang Nie

We devise a scheme for solving an iterative sequence of linear programs (LPs) or second order cone programs (SOCPs) to approximate the optimal value of any semidefinite program (SDP) or sum of squares (SOS) program. The first LP and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-02-01 Amir Ali Ahmadi , Georgina Hall

In this thesis, a new class of algorithms based on Sums of Squares Programming is developed. These allow to reduce a degree-$d$ homogeneous polynomial $T = \sum_{i = 1}^m \langle a_i, X \rangle^d $ to a quadratic form being close to a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-12-14 Alexander Taveira Blomenhofer

This paper presents a framework for abstracting uncertain or non-polynomial components of dynamical systems using polynomial constraints. This enables the application of polynomial-based analysis tools, such as sum-of-squares programming,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-02 Neelay Junnarkar , Peter Seiler , Murat Arcak

We present abstraction techniques that transform a given non-linear dynamical system into a linear system or an algebraic system described by polynomials of bounded degree, such that, invariant properties of the resulting abstraction can be…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2012-04-20 Sriram Sankaranarayanan

By considering a discrete tape where each cell corresponds to an integer, thus to a possible sum, a pseudo-polynomial solution can be given to subset sum problem, which is an NP-complete problem and a cornerstone application for this study,…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2024-01-08 Yigit Oktar

Dynamical systems generated by iterations of multivariate polynomials with slow degree growth have proved to admit good estimates of exponential sums along their orbits which in turn lead to rather stronger bounds on the discrepancy for…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2010-01-10 Alina Ostafe , Igor E. Shparlinski

Given a positive noncommutative polynomial $f$, equivalently a sum of Hermitian squares (SOHS), there exists a positive semidefinite Gram matrix that encrypts all the structural essence of $f$. There are no available methods for extending a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-30 Arijit Mukherjee , Arindam Sutradhar