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The aim of the paper is to answer a long-standing open problem on the relationship between NP and BQP. The paper shows that BQP contains NP by proposing a BQP quantum algorithm for the MAX-E3-SAT problem which is a fundamental NP-hard…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2015-07-28 Ahmed Younes , Jonathan E. Rowe

We give a nearly linear-time algorithm to approximately sample satisfying assignments in the random $k$-SAT model when the density of the formula scales exponentially with $k$. The best previously known sampling algorithm for the random…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-08-06 Zongchen Chen , Andreas Galanis , Leslie Ann Goldberg , Heng Guo , Andrés Herrera-Poyatos , Nitya Mani , Ankur Moitra

We study the satisfiability threshold and solution-space geometry of random constraint satisfaction problems defined over uniquely extendable (UE) constraints. Motivated by a conjecture of Connamacher and Molloy, we consider random $k$-ary…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Pu Gao , Theodore Morrison

We analyze the sample complexity of the thresholding bandit problem, with and without the assumption that the mean values of the arms are increasing. In each case, we provide a lower bound valid for any risk $\delta$ and any…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2018-07-25 Aurélien Garivier , Pierre Ménard , Laurent Rossi , Pierre Menard

Monte Carlo simulations alone could not clarify the corrections to scaling for the size-dependent p_c(L) above the upper critical dimension. Including the previous series estimate for the bulk threshold $p_c(\infty)$ gives preference for…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2015-06-25 Dietrich Stauffer , Robert M. Ziff

The random K-satisfiability (K-SAT) problem is an important problem for studying typical-case complexity of NP-complete combinatorial satisfaction; it is also a representative model of finite-connectivity spin-glasses. In this paper we…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2015-05-18 Haijun Zhou

We present an improvement on Thurley's recent randomized approximation scheme for #k-SAT where the task is to count the number of satisfying truth assignments of a Boolean function {\Phi} given as an n-variable k-CNF. We introduce a novel…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-06-06 Manuel Schmitt , Rolf Wanka

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

A satisfiability (SAT-UNSAT) transition takes place for many optimization problems when the number of constraints, graphically represented by links between variables nodes, is brought above some threshold. If the network of constraints is…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-11 Olivier Rivoire , Julien Barré

Given a 2-SAT formula $F$ consisting of $n$ variables and $\cn$ random clauses, what is the largest number of clauses $\max F$ satisfiable by a single assignment of the variables? We bound the answer away from the trivial bounds of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-09-07 Don Coppersmith , David Gamarnik , Mohammad Hajiaghayi , Gregory B. Sorkin

Boolean Satisfiability (SAT) problems are critical in fields such as artificial intelligence and cryptography, where efficient solutions are essential. Conventional probabilistic solvers often encounter scalability issues due to complex…

Randomized algorithms for deciding satisfiability were shown to be effective in solving problems with thousands of variables. However, these algorithms are not complete. That is, they provide no guarantee that a satisfying assignment, if…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Deborah East , Miroslaw Truszczynski

Constraint satisfaction problems (CSPs) models many important intractable NP-hard problems such as propositional satisfiability problem (SAT). Algorithms with non-trivial upper bounds on running time for restricted SAT with bounded clause…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2008-01-22 Liang Li , Xin Li , Tian Liu , Ke Xu

This paper presents an algorithm for 3-SAT problems. First, logical formulas are transformed into elementary algebraic formulas. Second, complex trigonometric functions are assigned to the variables in the elementary algebraic formulas, and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-08-01 Hiroshi Tsukimoto

Here we study the NP-complete $K$-SAT problem. Although the worst-case complexity of NP-complete problems is conjectured to be exponential, there exist parametrized random ensembles of problems where solutions can typically be found in…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2019-07-11 Hendrik Schawe , Roman Bleim , Alexander K. Hartmann

Quantum mechanics for many-body systems may be reduced to the evaluation of integrals in 3N dimensions using Monte-Carlo, providing the Quantum Monte Carlo ab initio methods. Here we limit ourselves to expectation values for trial…

Computational Physics · Physics 2010-11-22 John Robert Trail , Ryo Maezono

In the last decades, many efforts have focused on analyzing typical-case hardness in optimization and inference problems. Some recent work has pointed out that polynomial algorithms exist, running with a time that grows more than linearly…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2026-03-05 M. C. Angelini , M. Avila-González , F. D'Amico , D. Machado , R. Mulet , F. Ricci-Tersenghi

This paper gives a novel approach to analyze SAT problem more deeply. First, I define new elements of Boolean formula such as dominant variable, decision chain, and chain coupler. Through the analysis of the SAT problem using the elements,…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2018-01-25 Keum-Bae Cho

We discuss possible sources of systematic errors in the computation of critical exponents by renormalization-group methods, extrapolations from exact enumerations and Monte Carlo simulations. A careful Monte Carlo determination of the…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2009-10-30 Sergio Caracciolo , Maria Serena Causo , Andrea Pelissetto

A critical variable of a satisfiable CNF formula is a variable that has the same value in all satisfying assignments. Using a simple case distinction on the fraction of critical variables of a CNF formula, we improve the running time for…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-05-20 Timon Hertli , Robin A. Moser , Dominik Scheder