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NP complete problem is one of the most challenging issues. The question of whether all problems in NP are also in P is generally considered one of the most important open questions in mathematics and theoretical computer science as it has…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2015-05-04 Wenhong Tian , GuoZhong Li , Xinyang Wang , Qin Xiong , Yaqiu Jiang

In this paper we prove that the Conjugacy Problem in the Grigorchuk group $\Gamma$ has polynomial time complexity.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2008-08-20 I. Lysenok , A. Myasnikov , A. Ushakov

We address two sets of long-standing open questions in probability theory, from a computational complexity perspective: divisibility of stochastic maps, and divisibility and decomposability of probability distributions. We prove that finite…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-04-20 Johannes Bausch , Toby Cubitt

We show that the problem of finding a Resolution refutation that is at most polynomially longer than a shortest one is NP-hard. In the parlance of proof complexity, Resolution is not automatizable unless P = NP. Indeed, we show it is…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2019-09-10 Albert Atserias , Moritz Müller

Motivated by a connection with the factorization of multivariate polynomials, we study integral convex polytopes and their integral decompositions in the sense of the Minkowski sum. We first show that deciding decomposability of integral…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 S. Gao , A. G. B. Lauder

We study the computational complexity of decision problems about Nash equilibria in $m$-player games. Several such problems have recently been shown to be computationally equivalent to the decision problem for the existential theory of the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-16 Marie Louisa Tølbøll Berthelsen , Kristoffer Arnsfelt Hansen

Many practical problems in almost all scientific and technological disciplines have been classified as computationally hard (NP-hard or even NP-complete). In life sciences, combinatorial optimization problems frequently arise in molecular…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-03-19 H. Jose Antonio Martin

We construct a finitely presented group with coNP-complete word problem, and a finitely generated simple group with coNP-complete word problem. These groups are represented as Thompson groups, hence as partial transformation groups of…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jean-Camille Birget

The objective of this article is to formalize the definition of NP problems. We construct a mathematical model of discrete problems as independence systems with weighted elements. We introduce two auxiliary sets that characterize the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Anatoly D. Plotnikov

Many of the famous single-player games, commonly called puzzles, can be shown to be NP-Complete. Indeed, this class of complexity contains hundreds of puzzles, since people particularly appreciate completing an intractable puzzle, such as…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-07-02 Cédric Piette , Éric Piette , Matthew Stephenson , Dennis J. N. J. Soemers , Cameron Browne

This study examines the computational complexity of the decision problem modeled on the smartphone game Bus Out. The objective of the game is to load all the passengers in a queue onto appropriate buses using a limited number of bus parking…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-05-15 Takehiro Ishibashi , Ryo Yoshinaka , Ayumi Shinohara

Knapsack problems (KPs) are common in industry, but solving KPs is known to be NP-hard and has been tractable only at a relatively small scale. This paper examines KPs in a slightly generalized form and shows that they can be solved nearly…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-02-06 Xingwen Zhang , Feng Qi , Zhigang Hua , Shuang Yang

We prove the decidability for a class of languages which extend BST and NP-completeness for a subclass of them. The languages BST extended with unordered cartesian product, BST extended with ordered cartesian product and BST extended with…

Logic · Mathematics 2021-09-01 Pietro Ursino

We present new, unified proofs for the cell-like, $\mathbb{Z}/p$-, and $\mathbb{Q}$-resolution theorems. Our arguments employ extensions that are much simpler then those used by our predecessors. The techniques allow us to solve problems…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2021-10-07 Leonard R. Rubin , Vera Tonić

In the well-known complexity class NP are combinatorial problems, whose optimization counterparts are important for many practical settings. These problems typically consider full knowledge about the input. In practical settings, however,…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-11-24 Christoph Grüne

We show that every NP problem is polynomially equivalent to a simple combinatorial problem: the membership problem for a special class of digraphs. These classes are defined by means of shadows (projections) and by finitely many forbidden…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2007-06-27 Gabor Kun , Jaroslav Nesetril

Some new decidability results for multiplicative matrix equations over algebraic number fields are established. In particular, special instances of the so-called knapsack problem are considered. The proofs are based on effective methods for…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-11-26 Sebastian Heintze , Armand Noubissie , Robert F. Tichy

In this paper we study the complexity of solving a problem when a solution of a similar instance is known. This problem is relevant whenever instances may change from time to time, and known solutions may not remain valid after the change.…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Paolo Liberatore

Spiral Galaxies is a pencil-and-paper puzzle played on a grid of unit squares: given a set of points called centers, the goal is to partition the grid into polyominoes such that each polyomino contains exactly one center and is 180{\deg}…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2022-07-22 Erik D. Demaine , Maarten Löffler , Christiane Schmidt

We give a number theoretic proof of the integrality of certain BPS invariants of knots. The formulas for these numbers are sums involving binomial coefficients and the M\"obius function. We also prove a conjecture about further divisibility…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-03-06 Estelle Basor , Brian Conrey , Kent E. Morrison