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The computation of the sparse principal component of a matrix is equivalent to the identification of its principal submatrix with the largest maximum eigenvalue. Finding this optimal submatrix is what renders the problem…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-12-23 Megasthenis Asteris , Dimitris S. Papailiopoulos , George N. Karystinos

We prove that for any $\lambda > 1$, fixed in advance, the permanent of an $n \times n$ complex matrix, where the absolute value of each diagonal entry is at least $\lambda$ times bigger than the sum of the absolute values of all other…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-09-13 Alexander Barvinok

In this paper we study the computational complexity of computing the noncommutative determinant. We first consider the arithmetic circuit complexity of computing the noncommutative determinant polynomial. Then, more generally, we also…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2009-10-26 V. Arvind , Srikanth Srinivasan

We prove that multilinear (tensor) analogues of many efficiently computable problems in numerical linear algebra are NP-hard. Our list here includes: determining the feasibility of a system of bilinear equations, deciding whether a 3-tensor…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2013-07-02 Christopher Hillar , Lek-Heng Lim

BosonSampling is a restricted model of quantum computation proposed recently, where a non-adaptive linear-optical network is used to solve a sampling problem that seems to be hard for classical computers. Here we show that, even if the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-04-22 Daniel J. Brod

Computing the permanent of a non-negative matrix is a computationally challenging, \#P-complete problem with wide-ranging applications. We introduce a novel permanental analogue of Schur's determinant formula, leveraging a newly defined…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-09-11 Aditi Laddha , Madhusudhan Reddy Pittu

In this note, we prove that the problem of computing the linear discrepancy of a given matrix is $\Pi_2$-hard, even to approximate within $9/8 - \epsilon$ factor for any $\epsilon > 0$. This strengthens the NP-hardness result of Li and…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2021-07-06 Pasin Manurangsi

Gaussian boson sampling is a model of photonic quantum computing that has attracted attention as a platform for building quantum devices capable of performing tasks that are out of reach for classical devices. There is therefore significant…

BosonSampling is the leading candidate for demonstrating quantum computational advantage in photonic systems. While we have recently seen many impressive experimental demonstrations, there is still a formidable distance between the…

Neural networks are susceptible to artificially designed adversarial perturbations. Recent efforts have shown that imposing certain modifications on classification layer can improve the robustness of the neural networks. In this paper, we…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-09-27 Cong Xu , Xiang Li , Min Yang

Matrix product operator Born machines (MPO-BMs) are tractable tensor-network models for probabilistic modeling, but their efficient approximation capability remains unclear. We characterize this boundary from both negative and positive…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-13 Chao Li , Zerui Tao , Yuchen Cong , Jian Xu , Qibin Zhao

Orthogonalization is one of few mathematical methods conforming to mathematical standards for approximation. Finding a consistent PC matrix of a given an inconsistent PC matrix is the main goal of a pairwise comparisons method. We introduce…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-25 Julio Benitez , Waldemar W. Koczkodaj , Adam Kowalczyk

This paper deals with the computational complexity of conditions which guarantee that the NP-hard problem of finding the sparsest solution to an underdetermined linear system can be solved by efficient algorithms. In the literature, several…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-11-05 Andreas M. Tillmann , Marc E. Pfetsch

Measuring how quickly iterative methods converge is essential in computational mathematics, but current approaches have significant limitations. Q-order analysis requires strict smoothness conditions, while R-order analysis lacks precision…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-09 Xiangmin Jiao , Hongji Gao

We consider a robust variant of the classical $k$-median problem, introduced by Anthony et al. \cite{AnthonyGGN10}. In the \emph{Robust $k$-Median problem}, we are given an $n$-vertex metric space $(V,d)$ and $m$ client sets $\set{S_i…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-09-19 Sayan Bhattacharya , Parinya Chalermsook , Kurt Mehlhorn , Adrian Neumann

We consider the Minimum Convex Partition problem: Given a set P of n points in the plane, draw a plane graph G on P, with positive minimum degree, such that G partitions the convex hull of P into a minimum number of convex faces. We show…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2021-12-22 Nicolas Grelier

Recent experiments demonstrated quantum computational advantage in random circuit sampling and Gaussian boson sampling. However, it is unclear whether these experiments can lead to practical applications even after considerable research…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-14 Chae-Yeun Park , Pablo A. M. Casares , Juan Miguel Arrazola , Joonsuk Huh

We give an almost-complete description of orthogonal matrices $M$ of order $n$ that "rotate a non-negligible fraction of the Boolean hypercube $C_n=\{-1,1\}^n$ onto itself," in the sense that $$P_{x\in C_n}(Mx\in C_n) \ge n^{-C},\mbox{ for…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-10-13 Scott Aaronson , Hoi Nguyen

The problem of computing the permanent of a matrix has attracted interest since the work of Ryser(1963) and Valiant(1979). On the other hand, trellises were extensively studied in coding theory since the 1960s. In this work, we establish a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-07-16 Han Mao Kiah , Alexander Vardy , Hanwen Yao

We address the problems of computing operator norms of matrices induced by given norms on the argument and the image space. It is known that aside of a fistful of "solvable cases," most notably, the case when both given norms are Euclidean,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-05-19 Anatoli Juditsky , Georgios Kotsalis , Arkadi Nemirovski