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In this work, we summarize and critique the paper "Understanding SAT is in P" by Alejandro S\'anchez Guinea [arXiv:1504.00337]. The paper claims to present a polynomial-time solution for the NP-complete language 3-SAT. We show that Guinea's…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2017-11-15 Jackson Abascal , Shir Maimon

We demonstrate that any logical problem can be solved by Bayesian inference. In this approach, the distinction between complexity classes vanishes. The method is illustrated by solving the 3-SAT problem in polynomial time. Beyond this,…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2020-02-05 Michel Feldmann

Randomized rounding is a standard method, based on the probabilistic method, for designing combinatorial approximation algorithms. In Raghavan's seminal paper introducing the method (1988), he writes: "The time taken to solve the linear…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-06-02 Neal E. Young

In this paper, we propose an algorithm for the positive one-in-three satisfiability problem (Pos1in3SAT). The proposed algorithm can efficiently decide the existence of a satisfying assignment in all assignments for a given formula by using…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-09-19 Shunichi Matsubara

1-in-3 SAT is an NP-complete variant of 3-SAT\ where a "clause" is satisfied iff exactly one of its three literal is satisfied. We present here an exact algorithm solving \oit\ in time $O^*(1.260^n)$.

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2013-07-30 Édouard Bonnet , Vangelis Th. Paschos

SARRIGUREN, a new complete algorithm for SAT based on counting clauses (which is valid also for Unique-SAT and #SAT) is described, analyzed and tested. Although existing complete algorithms for SAT perform slower with clauses with many…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-04-08 Alfredo Goñi Sarriguren

This work solves 3SAT, a classical NP-complete problem, on a CMOS-based Ising hardware chip with all-to-all connectivity. The paper addresses practical issues in going from algorithms to hardware. It considers several degrees of freedom in…

We lay the foundations of a new theory for algorithms and computational complexity by parameterizing the instances of a computational problem as a moduli scheme. Considering the geometry of the scheme associated to 3-SAT, we separate P and…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2024-02-20 Ali Çivril

Recently, Dunjko et al.(PRL, 2018) proposed an algorithm for accelerating the solution of 3-satisfiability problems using a small-scale quantum computer. In this paper, we design a distributed quantum-classical hybrid algorithm for solving…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-16 Huaijing Huang , Daowen Qiu , Le Luo , Paulo Mateus

We prove that a random 3-SAT instance with clause-to-variable density less than 3.52 is satisfiable with high probability. The proof comes through an algorithm which selects (and sets) a variable depending on its degree and that of its…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi , Gregory B. Sorkin

The classical work of (Arora et al., 1999) provides a scheme that gives, for any $\epsilon>0$, a polynomial time $1-\epsilon$ approximation algorithm for dense instances of a family of $\mathcal{NP}$-hard problems, such as Max-CUT and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-05-24 Evripidis Bampis , Bruno Escoffier , Michalis Xefteris

We formalize a combinatorial principle, called the 3XOR principle, due to Feige, Kim and Ofek (2006), as a family of unsatisfiable propositional formulas for which refutations of small size in any propositional proof system that possesses…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2014-05-20 Iddo Tzameret

In this paper, we examine Quigley's "A Polynomial Time Algorithm for 3SAT" [Qui24]. Quigley claims to construct an algorithm that runs in polynomial time and determines whether a boolean formula in 3CNF form is satisfiable. Such a result…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Nicholas DeJesse , Spencer Lyudovyk , Dhruv Pai

We study a quantum algorithm that consists of a simple quantum Markov process, and we analyze its behavior on restricted versions of Quantum 2-SAT. We prove that the algorithm solves this decision problem with high probability for n qubits,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-24 Edward Farhi , Shelby Kimmel , Kristan Temme

The Boolean satisfiability problem (SAT), in particular 3SAT with its bounded clause size, is a well-studied problem since a wide range of decision problems can be reduced to it. Due to its high complexity, examining potentials of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-12 Alexander Mandl , Johanna Barzen , Marvin Bechtold , Frank Leymann , Karoline Wild

A canonical result about satisfiability theory is that the 2-SAT problem can be solved in linear time, despite the NP-hardness of the 3-SAT problem. In the quantum 2-SAT problem, we are given a family of 2-qubit projectors $\Pi_{ij}$ on a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-04-27 Itai Arad , Miklos Santha , Aarthi Sundaram , Shengyu Zhang

The Randomized Kaczmarz Algorithm is a randomized method which aims at solving a consistent system of over determined linear equations. This note discusses how to find an optimized randomization scheme for this algorithm, which is related…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Liang Dai , Mojtaba Soltanalian , Kristiaan Pelckmans

We consider worst case time bounds for NP-complete problems including 3-SAT, 3-coloring, 3-edge-coloring, and 3-list-coloring. Our algorithms are based on a constraint satisfaction (CSP) formulation of these problems; 3-SAT is equivalent to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2007-05-23 David Eppstein

The 3-Satisfiability Problem (3-SAT) is a demanding combinatorial problem, of central importance among the non-deterministic polynomial (NP) complete problems, with applications in circuit design, artificial intelligence and logistics. Even…

The Exact Satisfiability problem, XSAT, is defined as the problem of finding a satisfying assignment to a formula in CNF such that there is exactly one literal in each clause assigned to be 1 and the other literals in the same clause are…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-07-16 Gordon Hoi , Sanjay Jain , Frank Stephan