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Let $W^{(n)}$ be the $n$-letter word obtained by repeating a fixed word $W$, and let $R_n$ be a random $n$-letter word over the same alphabet. We show several results about the length of the longest common subsequence (LCS) between…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-06-07 Boris Bukh , Christopher Cox

This work addresses approximate nearest neighbor search applied in the domain of large-scale image retrieval. Within the group testing framework we propose an efficient off-line construction of the search structures. The linear-time…

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We generalize the asymptotic behavior of the graph distance between two uniformly chosen nodes in the configuration model to a wide class of random graphs. Among others, this class contains the Poissonian random graph, the expected degree…

Probability · Mathematics 2008-05-19 Henri van den Esker , Remco van der Hofstad , Gerard Hooghiemstra

Let $f$ be an $R$-closed homeomorphism on a connected orientable closed surface $M$. In this paper, we show that If $M$ has genus more than one, then each minimal set is either a periodic orbit or an extension of a Cantor set. If $M =…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2017-07-19 Tomoo Yokoyama

A fundamental problem arising in many applications in Web science and social network analysis is, given an arbitrary approximation factor $c>1$, to output a set $S$ of nodes that with high probability contains all nodes of PageRank at least…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-03-20 Christian Borgs , Michael Brautbar , Jennifer Chayes , Shang-Hua Teng

Given a determinate (multivariate) probability measure $\mu$, we characterize Gaussian mixtures $\nu\_\phi$ which minimize the Wasserstein distance $W\_2(\mu,\nu\_\phi)$ to $\mu$ when the mixing probability measure $\phi$ on the parameters…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-05-01 Jean-Bernard Lasserre

Some classical aspects of Metric-Affine Gravity are reviewed in the context of the $F^{(n)}(R)$ type models (polynomials of degree $n$ in the Riemann tensor) and the topologically massive gravity. At the non-perturbative level, we explore…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-05-13 Rolando Gaitan , Yessica Dominguez

It has been recently proposed that the naive semiclassical prediction of non-unitary black hole evaporation can be understood in the fundamental description of the black hole as a consequence of ignorance of high-complexity information.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-02-24 Lisa Yang , Netta Engelhardt

We consider the classical makespan minimization scheduling problem where $n$ jobs must be scheduled on $m$ identical machines. Using weighted random sampling, we developed two sublinear time approximation schemes: one for the case where $n$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Bin Fu , Yumei Huo , Hairong Zhao

Very recently, Khoury and Schild [FOCS 2025] showed that any randomized LOCAL algorithm that solves maximal matching requires $\Omega(\min\{\log \Delta, \log_\Delta n\})$ rounds, where $n$ is the number of nodes in the graph and $\Delta$ is…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-11-21 Alkida Balliu , Filippo Casagrande , Francesco d'Amore , Dennis Olivetti

Consider a 2-dimensional soft random geometric graph $G(\lambda,s,\phi)$, obtained by placing a Poisson($\lambda s^2$) number of vertices uniformly at random in a square of side $s$, with edges placed between each pair $x,y$ of vertices…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-04-25 Mathew D. Penrose

Simulating noninteracting fermion systems is a common task in computational many-body physics. In absence of translational symmetries, modeling free fermions on $N$ modes usually requires poly$(N)$ computational resources. While often…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-24 Maarten Stroeks , Daan Lenterman , Barbara Terhal , Yaroslav Herasymenko

In this paper, we introduce some new iterative optimisation algorithms on Riemannian manifolds and Hilbert spaces which have good global convergence guarantees to local minima. More precisely, these algorithms have the following properties:…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-29 Tuyen Trung Truong

We provide a randomized linear time approximation scheme for a generic problem about clustering of binary vectors subject to additional constrains. The new constrained clustering problem encompasses a number of problems and by solving it,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-07-20 Fedor V. Fomin , Petr A. Golovach , Daniel Lokshtanov , Fahad Panolan , Saket Saurabh

We give a correspondence between simple matroids and a reconstruction of Alfred North Whitehead's theory of dimension, as developed in "On Mathematical Concepts of the Material World" (1906). In brief, if a geometrical system in the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-28 Thomas Hales

We prove that, unless P=NP, there is no polynomial-time algorithm to approximate within some multiplicative constant the average size of an independent set in graphs of maximum degree 6. This is a special case of a more general result for…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2021-07-20 Andreas Galanis , Daniel Stefankovic , Eric Vigoda

A network is said to have the properties of a small world if a suitably defined average distance between any two nodes is proportional to the logarithm of the number of nodes, $N$. In this paper, we present a novel derivation of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-10-26 Andrew D. Jackson , Subodh P. Patil

Many problems in computer science and applied mathematics require rounding a vector $\mathbf{w}$ of fractional values lying in the interval $[0,1]$ to a binary vector $\mathbf{x}$ so that, for a given matrix $\mathbf{A}$,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-08-04 Lily Li , Aleksandar Nikolov

We consider the minimum-norm-point (MNP) problem over polyhedra, a well-studied problem that encompasses linear programming. We present a general algorithmic framework that combines two fundamental approaches for this problem: active set…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-08-15 Satoru Fujishige , Tomonari Kitahara , László A. Végh

We extend some properties of random walks on hyperbolic groups to random walks on convergence groups. In particular we prove that if a convergence group $G$ acts on a compact metrizable space $M$ with the convergence property then we can…

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