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We introduce the concept of quantum polymorphisms to the complexity theory of quantum constraint satisfaction. Via this notion, we build an algebraic framework of reductions between quantum CSPs, and we establish a Galois connection between…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-02 Lorenzo Ciardo , Gideo Joubert , Antoine Mottet

The Constraint-satisfaction problem (CSP) is fundamental in mathematics, physics, and theoretical computer science. Continuous local search (CLS) solvers, as recent advancements, can achieve highly competitive results on certain classes of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-29 Yunuo Cen , Zixuan Wang , Jintao Zhang , Zhiwei Zhang , Xuanyao Fong

Random constraint satisfaction problems (CSPs) have been widely studied both in AI and complexity theory. Empirically and theoretically, many random CSPs have been shown to exhibit a phase transition. As the ratio of constraints to…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2017-01-24 Colin Wei , Stefano Ermon

This is the third of three papers describing ZAP, a satisfiability engine that substantially generalizes existing tools while retaining the performance characteristics of modern high-performance solvers. The fundamental idea underlying ZAP…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2011-09-13 H. E. Dixon , M. L. Ginsberg , D. Hofer , E. M. Luks , A. J. Parkes

Satisfiability is a classic problem in computational complexity theory, in which one wishes to determine whether an assignment of values to a collection of Boolean variables exists in which all of a collection of clauses composed of logical…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. N. Coppersmith

In this paper, we present a new, graph-based modeling approach and a polynomial-sized linear programming (LP) formulation of the Boolean satisfiability problem (SAT). The approach is illustrated with a numerical example.

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2016-10-21 Moustapha Diaby

The generalization of the Koopman operator to systems with control input and the derivation of a nonlinear fundamental lemma are two open problems that play a key role in the development of data-driven control methods for nonlinear systems.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-25 Mircea Lazar

This is the second in a series of articles aimed at exploring the relationship between the complexity classes of P and NP. The research in this article aims to find conditions of an algorithmic nature that are necessary and sufficient to…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-11-07 Stepan G. Margaryan

Promise CSPs are a relaxation of constraint satisfaction problems where the goal is to find an assignment satisfying a relaxed version of the constraints. Several well-known problems can be cast as promise CSPs including approximate graph…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2018-07-16 Joshua Brakensiek , Venkatesan Guruswami

This paper is devoted to the complexity of the Boolean satisfiability problem. We consider a version of this problem, where the Boolean formula is specified in the conjunctive normal form. We prove an unexpected result that the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2018-07-23 Grigoriy V. Bokov

LECTURE GIVEN AT TH2002. Given a set of Boolean variables, and some constraints between them, is it possible to find a configuration of the variables which satisfies all constraints? This problem, which is at the heart of combinatorial…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-07 Marc Mezard

This is the latest in a series of articles aimed at exploring the relationship between the complexity classes of P and NP. In the previous papers, we have proved that the sat CNF problem is polynomially reduced to the problem of finding a…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-11-01 Stepan G. Margaryan

Satisfiability problems play a central role in computer science and engineering as a general framework for studying the complexity of various problems. Schaefer proved in 1978 that truth satisfaction of propositional formulas given a…

Logic · Mathematics 2015-01-14 Ludovic Patey

We will study some important properties of Boolean functions based on newly introduced concepts called Special Decomposition of a Set and Special Covering of a Set. These concepts enable us to study important problems concerning Boolean…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Stepan Margaryan

This paper develops a parallel computational solver for computing all satifying assignments of a Boolean system of equations defined by Boolean functions of several variables. While there are we known solvers for satisfiability of Boolean…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-02-07 Virendra Sule

We study constraint satisfaction problems (CSPs) where the constraint languages are defined by finite automata, giving rise to automata-based CSPs. The key notion is the concept of Automatic Constraint Satisfaction Problem ($AutCSP$), where…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-04-22 Andrei Bulatov , Xiaoyang Gong , Bakh Khoussainov , Xinyao Wang

Efficient solutions for satisfiability modulo theories (SMT) are integral in industrial applications such as hardware verification and design automation. Existing approaches are predominantly based on conflict-driven clause learning, which…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-25 Yunuo Cen , Daniel Ebler , Xuanyao Fong

We study transformers' generalization behavior on boolean domains from the perspective of the Fourier spectra of their target functions. In contrast to prior work (Edelman et al., 2022; Trauger & Tosh, 2024), which derived generalization…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-27 Paul Lintilhac , Sair Shaikh

Boundedness results for multilinear pseudodifferential operators on products of modulation spaces are derived based on ordered integrability conditions on the short-time Fourier transform of the operators' symbols. The flexibility and…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2015-02-12 Shahla Molahajloo , Kasso A. Okoudjou , Götz E. Pfander

A constraint satisfaction problem (CSP) is a computational problem where the input consists of a finite set of variables and a finite set of constraints, and where the task is to decide whether there exists a satisfying assignment of values…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2019-04-23 Manuel Bodirsky