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An algorithm to create difficult Sudoku puzzles is proposed. An Ising spin-glass like Hamiltonian describing difficulty of puzzles is defined, and difficult puzzles are created by minimizing the energy of the Hamiltonian. We adopt the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-03-12 Hiroshi Watanabe

We describe two algorithms for multiplying n x n matrices using time and energy n^2 polylog(n) under basic models of classical physics. The first algorithm is for multiplying integer-valued matrices, and the second, quite different…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-12-14 Gregory Valiant

The $n$-queens puzzle is to place $n$ mutually non-attacking queens on an $n \times n$ chessboard. We present a simple two stage randomized algorithm to construct such configurations. In the first stage, a random greedy algorithm constructs…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-07-12 Zur Luria , Michael Simkin

The McCarty Conjecture states that any McCarty Matrix (an $n\times n$ matrix $A$ with positive integer entries and each of the $2n$ row and column sums equal to $n$), can be additively decomposed into two other matrices, $B$ and $C$, such…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-05-08 Anant Godbole , Lybitina Koene , Grant Shirley

In this paper we give efficient algorithms for computing second-, third-, and fourth-order linear recurrences. We also present an algorithm scheme for computing terms with the indices $N,\ldots,N+n-1$ of an $n$th-order linear recurrence.…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-04-25 Dmitry I. Khomovsky

The main result of this paper is the decidability of the membership problem for $2\times 2$ nonsingular integer matrices. Namely, we will construct the first algorithm that for any nonsingular $2\times 2$ integer matrices $M_1,\dots,M_n$…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2016-04-11 Igor Potapov , Pavel Semukhin

The Pauli matrices are 2-by-2 matrices that are very useful in quantum computing. They can be used as elementary gates in quantum circuits but also to decompose any matrix of $\mathbb{C}^{2^n \times 2^n}$ as a linear combination of tensor…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-19 Océane Koska , Marc Baboulin , Arnaud Gazda

Despite their proficiency in various language tasks, Large Language Models (LLMs) struggle with combinatorial problems like Satisfiability, Traveling Salesman Problem, or even basic arithmetic. We address this gap through a novel trial &…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-19 Panagiotis Giannoulis , Yorgos Pantis , Christos Tzamos

An analogue of the Euclidean algorithm for square matrices of size 2 with integral non-negative entries and strictly positive determinant $n$ defines a finite set $\mathcal{R}(n)$ of Euclid-reduced matrices corresponding to elements of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-09-21 Roland Bacher

We use a variety of computational tools to obtain a degree-$\binom{m + n - 2}{m - 1}$ polynomial equation conjecturally satisfied by the top-left entry of the Sinkhorn limit of a positive $m \times n$ matrix. The degree of this equation has…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-05-27 Eric Rowland , Jason Wu

We consider the following general hidden hubs model: an $n \times n$ random matrix $A$ with a subset $S$ of $k$ special rows (hubs): entries in rows outside $S$ are generated from the probability distribution $p_0 \sim N(0,\sigma_0^2)$; for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Ravi Kannan , Santosh Vempala

Algorithms for embedding certain types of nilpotent subalgebras in maximal subalgebras of the same type are developed, using methods of real algebraic groups. These algorithms are applied to determine non-conjugate subalgebras of the…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2017-05-09 Sajid Ali , Hassan Azad , Indranil Biswas , Ryad Ghanam , Tahir Mustafa

In nonadaptive group testing, the main research objective is to design an efficient algorithm to identify a set of up to $t$ positive elements among $n$ samples with as few tests as possible. Disjunct matrices and separable matrices are two…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-10-15 Bingchen Qian , Xin Wang , Gennian Ge

The aim of this paper is the study of the bisection method in $\mathbb{R}^n$. In this work we propose a multivariate bisection method supported by the Poincar\'e-Miranda theorem in order to solve non-linear system of equations. Given an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-11-28 Manuel López Galván

The DEDICOM algorithm provides a uniquely interpretable matrix factorization method for symmetric and asymmetric square matrices. We employ a new row-stochastic variation of DEDICOM on the pointwise mutual information matrices of text…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-07-23 Lars Hillebrand , David Biesner , Christian Bauckhage , Rafet Sifa

It is an open question whether there exists a polynomial-time algorithm for computing the rotation distances between pairs of extended ordered binary trees. The problem of computing the rotation distance between an arbitrary pair of trees,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-01-20 Sean Cleary , Roland Maio

Randomized iterative algorithms have attracted much attention in recent years because they can approximately solve large-scale linear systems of equations without accessing the entire coefficient matrix. In this paper, we propose two novel…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-10-22 Kui Du , Xiao-Hui Sun

We develop a new discrete mathematical model which includes the classical Sudoku puzzle, Latin Squares and gerechte designs. This problem is described by integer equations and a special type of inequality constraint. We consider solutions…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-10-24 Thomas Fischer

In this paper we suggest analytical methods and associated algorithms for determining the sum of the subsets $X_m$ of the set $X_n$ (subset sum problem). Our algorithm has time complexity $T=O(C_{n}^{k})$ ($k=[m/2]$, which significantly…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-05-05 B. Sinchev , A. B. Sinchev , J. Akzhanova , A. M. Mukhanova , Y. Issekeshev

We make an in-depth study of the known border rank (i.e. approximate) algorithms for the matrix multiplication tensor encoding the multiplication of an n x 2 matrix by a 2 x 2 matrix.

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2015-09-29 J. M. Landsberg , Nicholas Ryder