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We introduce a parallel algorithm to construct a preconditioner for solving a large, sparse linear system where the coefficient matrix is a Laplacian matrix (a.k.a., graph Laplacian). Such a linear system arises from applications such as…
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We present improved deterministic algorithms for approximating shortest paths in the Congested Clique model of distributed computing. We obtain $poly(\log\log n)$-round algorithms for the following problems in unweighted undirected…
We describe the first nearly linear-time approximation algorithms for explicitly given mixed packing/covering linear programs, and for (non-metric) fractional facility location. We also describe the first parallel algorithms requiring only…
We present an approximation scheme for minimizing certain Quadratic Integer Programming problems with positive semidefinite objective functions and global linear constraints. This framework includes well known graph problems such as Minimum…
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We give a randomized algorithm that samples a nearly uniform Eulerian tour of a directed Eulerian multigraph with $m$ arcs in $\widetilde O(m^{3/2})$ time. The guarantee is worst-case, applies to arbitrary directed Eulerian multigraphs, and…
We study algorithms for spectral graph sparsification. The input is a graph $G$ with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges, and the output is a sparse graph $\tilde{G}$ that approximates $G$ in an algebraic sense. Concretely, for all vectors $x$ and…
We present a new sublinear time algorithm for approximating the spectral density (eigenvalue distribution) of an $n\times n$ normalized graph adjacency or Laplacian matrix. The algorithm recovers the spectrum up to $\epsilon$ accuracy in…
We study nearly-linear time approximation algorithms for non-preemptive scheduling problems in two settings: the unrelated machine setting, and the identical machine with job precedence constraints setting, under the well-studied objectives…
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We present new and improved data structures that answer exact node-to-node distance queries in planar graphs. Such data structures are also known as distance oracles. For any directed planar graph on n nodes with non-negative lengths we…
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We present a parallel algorithm for the $(1-\epsilon)$-approximate maximum flow problem in capacitated, undirected graphs with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges, achieving $O(\epsilon^{-3}\text{polylog} n)$ depth and $O(m \epsilon^{-3}…
In this paper, we propose a new class of operator factorization methods to discretize the integral fractional Laplacian $(-\Delta)^\frac{\alpha}{2}$ for $\alpha \in (0, 2)$. The main advantage of our method is to easily increase numerical…
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