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We survey results on the formalization and independence of mathematical statements related to major open problems in computational complexity theory. Our primary focus is on recent findings concerning the (un)provability of complexity…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-04-08 Igor C. Oliveira

We prove a polynomial bound in the "true complexity" problem of Gowers and Wolf. The proof uses only repeated applications of the Cauchy--Schwarz inequality, answering negatively a question posed by Gowers and Wolf. To choose and reason…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-09-14 Freddie Manners

We examine the topological characteristic cohomology classes of complexified vector bundles. In particular, all the classes coming from the real vector bundles underlying the complexification are determined.

K-Theory and Homology · Mathematics 2013-12-24 Alexander D. Rahm

Parametricity states that polymorphic functions behave the same regardless of how they are instantiated. When developing polymorphic programs, Wadler's free theorems can serve as free specifications, which can turn otherwise partial…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2024-07-09 Niek Mulleners , Johan Jeuring , Bastiaan Heeren

The so-called algebraic approach to the constraint satisfaction problem (CSP) has been a prevalent method of the study of complexity of these problems since early 2000's. The core of this approach is the notion of polymorphisms which…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-05-15 Maximilian Hadek , Tomáš Jakl , Jakub Opršal

The constraint satisfaction problem (CSP) is a computational problem that includes a range of important problems in computer science. We point out that fundamental concepts of the CSP, such as the solution set of an instance and…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2022-11-04 Soichiro Fujii , Yuni Iwamasa , Kei Kimura

Cyclicity of a convolutional code (CC) is relying on a nontrivial automorphism of the algebra F[x]/(x^n-1), where F is a finite field. If this automorphism itself has certain specific cyclicity properties one is lead to the class of…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2007-07-16 Heide Gluesing-Luerssen , Wiland Schmale

Abduction is a fundamental and important form of non-monotonic reasoning. Given a knowledge base explaining how the world behaves it aims at finding an explanation for some observed manifestation. In this paper we focus on propositional…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2010-06-29 Nadia Creignou , Johannes Schmidt , Michael Thomas

We present a braided circuit topology framework for investigating topology and structural phase transitions in aggregates of semiflexible polymers. In the conventional approach to circuit topology, which specifically applies to single…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-02-27 Jonas Berx , Alireza Mashaghi

Quantum complexity of conformal field theory (CFT) states has recently gained significant attention, both as a diagnostic tool in condensed matter systems and in connection with holographic observables probing black hole interiors. Previous…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-07-31 Stefano Baiguera , Nicolas Chagnet , Shira Chapman , Osher Shoval

We prove lower bounds for the Minimum Circuit Size Problem (MCSP) in the Sum-of-Squares (SoS) proof system. Our main result is that for every Boolean function $f: \{0,1\}^n \rightarrow \{0,1\}$, SoS requires degree $\Omega(s^{1-\epsilon})$…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-11-23 Per Austrin , Kilian Risse

In many real-world scenarios, it is crucial to be able to reliably and efficiently reason under uncertainty while capturing complex relationships in data. Probabilistic circuits (PCs), a prominent family of tractable probabilistic models,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-12-14 Zhongjie Yu , Martin Trapp , Kristian Kersting

Boolean and quantum circuits have commonalities and differences. To formalize the syntactical commonality we introduce syntactic circuits where the gates are black boxes. Syntactic circuits support various semantics. One semantics is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-10-15 Andreas Blass , Yuri Gurevich

We identify new sufficiency conditions for coercivity of general multivariate polynomials $f\in\mathbb{R}[x]$ which are expressed in terms of their Newton polytopes at infinity and which consist of a system of affine-linear inequalities in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-01-13 Tomas Bajbar , Yoshiyuki Sekiguchi

Proving complexity lower bounds remains a challenging task: we only know how to prove conditional uniform lower bounds and nonuniform lower bounds in restricted circuit models. Williams (STOC 2010) showed how to derive nonuniform lower…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Nikolai Chukhin , Alexander S. Kulikov , Ivan Mihajlin , Arina Smirnova

In the field of constraint satisfaction problems (CSP), promise CSPs are an exciting new direction of study. In a promise CSP, each constraint comes in two forms: "strict" and "weak," and in the associated decision problem one must…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-12-03 Joshua Brakensiek , Venkatesan Guruswami , Marcin Wrochna , Stanislav Živný

We study the class $\textrm{AC}^0$ of functions computed by constant-depth polynomial-size arithmetic circuits of unbounded fan-in addition and multiplication gates. No model-theoretic characterization for arithmetic circuit classes is…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2020-05-08 Anselm Haak , Heribert Vollmer

In earlier work, the second author showed that a closed subset of a polynomial functor can always be defined by finitely many polynomial equations. In follow-up work on $\operatorname{GL}\nolimits_{\infty}$-varieties,…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2022-06-06 Andreas Blatter , Jan Draisma , Emanuele Ventura

This paper presents a fast and effective computer algebraic method for analyzing and verifying non-linear integer arithmetic circuits using a novel algebraic spectral model. It introduces a concept of algebraic spectrum, a numerical form of…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2019-01-11 Cunxi Yu , Tiankai Su , Atif Yasin , Maciej Ciesielski

In 1978, Schaefer proved his famous dichotomy theorem for generalized satisfiability problems. He defined an infinite number of propositional satisfiability problems (nowadays usually called Boolean constraint satisfaction problems) and…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Elmar Böhler , Edith Hemaspaandra , Steffen Reith , Heribert Vollmer