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The problem of P vs. NP is very serious, and solutions to the problem can help save lives. This article is an attempt at solving the problem using a computer algorithm. It is presented in a fashion that will hopefully allow for easy…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-03-19 Matt Groff

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

The maximum clique problem is a classical NP-complete problem in graph theory and has important applications in many domains. In this paper we show, in a partially non-constructive way, the existence of an exact polynomial-time algorithm…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-05-20 R. Dharmarajan , D. Ramachandran

This paper introduces AlphaMapleSAT, a Cube-and-Conquer (CnC) parallel SAT solver that integrates Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) with deductive feedback to efficiently solve challenging combinatorial SAT problems. Traditional lookahead…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Piyush Jha , Zhengyu Li , Zhengyang Lu , Raymond Zeng , Curtis Bright , Vijay Ganesh

While accelerated computing has transformed many domains of computing, its impact on logical reasoning, specifically Boolean satisfiability (SAT), remains limited. State-of-the-art SAT solvers rely heavily on inherently sequential…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-11-12 Steve Dai , Cunxi Yu , Kalyan Krishnamani , Brucek Khailany

Methods of solving big Boolean equations can be broadly classified as algebraic, tabular, numerical and map methods. The most prominent among these classes are the algebraic and map methods. This paper surveys and compares these two types…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-02-21 Ali Muhammad Ali Rushdi

Over the last two decades, we have seen a dramatic improvement in the efficiency of conflict-driven clause-learning Boolean satisfiability (CDCL SAT) solvers on industrial problems from a variety of domains. The availability of such…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2020-05-28 Saeed Nejati , Vijay Ganesh

This article makes the key observation that when using cylindrical algebraic decomposition (CAD) to solve a problem with respect to a set of polynomials, it is not always the signs of those polynomials that are of paramount importance but…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2013-07-10 Russell Bradford , James H. Davenport , Matthew England , Scott McCallum , David Wilson

Satisfiability problem (SAT) is a cornerstone of computational complexity with broad industrial applications, and it remains challenging to optimize modern SAT solvers in real-world settings due to their intricate architectures. While…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-07-31 Yiwen Sun , Furong Ye , Zhihan Chen , Ke Wei , Shaowei Cai

We consider the problem of efficiently solving a system of $n$ non-linear equations in ${\mathbb R}^d$. Addressing Smale's 17th problem stated in 1998, we consider a setting whereby the $n$ equations are random homogeneous polynomials of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-12-10 Andrea Montanari , Eliran Subag

Instances of logical cryptanalysis, circuit verification, and bounded model checking can often be succinctly represented as a combined satisfiability (SAT) problem where an instance is a combination of traditional clauses and parity…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2012-09-11 Tero Laitinen , Tommi Junttila , Ilkka Niemelä

We present a novel quantum algorithm for solving the unstructured search problem with one marked element. Our algorithm allows generating quantum circuits that use asymptotically fewer additional quantum gates than the famous Grover's…

Recent research in areas such as SAT solving and Integer Linear Programming has shown that the performances of a single arbitrarily efficient solver can be significantly outperformed by a portfolio of possibly slower on-average solvers. We…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2014-01-07 Roberto Amadini , Maurizio Gabbrielli , Jacopo Mauro

The Boolean Satisfiability (SAT) problem is a canonical NP-complete problem and a natural candidate for quantum acceleration via search-based algorithms. In Grover-based quantum SAT solvers, the dominant computational cost stems from the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-18 Majd Assaad , Abhoy Kole , Rolf Drechsler

Subject of this paper is an implementation of a well-known Motzkin-Burger algorithm, which solves the problem of finding the full set of solutions of a system of linear homogeneous inequalities. There exist a number of implementations of…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2007-05-23 P. A. Burovsky

Clique-width is a graph invariant that has been widely studied in combinatorics and computer science. However, computing the clique-width of a graph is an intricate problem, the exact clique-width is not known even for very small graphs. We…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-09-30 Marijn J. H. Heule , Stefan Szeider

Quantum annealers can be used to solve many (possibly NP-hard) combinatorial optimization problems, by formulating them as quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO) problems or, equivalently, using the Ising formulation. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-13 Alessandro Gherardi , Alberto Leporati

We present new methods and results for constructing optimal Kobon triangle arrangements. First, we introduce a compact table notation for describing arrangements of pseudolines, enabling the representation and analysis of complex cases,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-11 Pavlo Savchuk

Previous math word problem solvers following the encoder-decoder paradigm fail to explicitly incorporate essential math symbolic constraints, leading to unexplainable and unreasonable predictions. Herein, we propose Neural-Symbolic Solver…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-07-06 Jinghui Qin , Xiaodan Liang , Yining Hong , Jianheng Tang , Liang Lin

Decision lists are one of the most easily explainable machine learning models. Given the renewed emphasis on explainable machine learning decisions, this machine learning model is increasingly attractive, combining small size and clear…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-10-21 Jinqiang Yu , Alexey Ignatiev , Pierre Le Bodic , Peter J. Stuckey