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The Subset Sum problem is a classical NP-complete problem with a long-standing $O^*(2^{n/2})$ deterministic bound due to Horowitz and Sahni. We present results at two distinct levels of generality. First (instance-sensitive bound), we…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-08-29 Jesus Salas

The Unbounded Subset-Sum Problem (USSP) is defined as: given sum $s$ and a set of integers $W\leftarrow \{p_1,\dots,p_n\}$ output a set of non-negative integers $\{y_1,\dots,y_n\}$ such that $p_1y_1+\dots+p_ny_n=s$. The USSP is an…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-03-17 Majid Salimi , Hamid Mala

We reexamine the classical subset sum problem: given a set $X$ of $n$ positive integers and a number $t$, decide whether there exists a subset of $X$ that sums to $t$; or more generally, compute the set $\mbox{out}$ of all numbers…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-01-06 Timothy M. Chan

We develop novel techniques which allow us to prove a diverse range of results relating to subset sums and complete sequences of positive integers, including solutions to several longstanding open problems. These include: solutions to the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-05-03 David Conlon , Jacob Fox , Huy Tuan Pham

We present a collection of new results on problems related to 3SUM, including: 1. The first truly subquadratic algorithm for $\ \ \ \ \ $ 1a. computing the (min,+) convolution for monotone increasing sequences with integer values bounded by…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-02-19 Timothy M. Chan , Moshe Lewenstein

We introduce the notion of $t$-sum of squares (sos) submodularity, which is a hierarchy, indexed by $t$, of sufficient algebraic conditions for certifying submodularity of set functions. We show that, for fixed $t$, each level of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-29 Anna Deza , Georgina Hall

A $k$-configuration is a collection of $k$ distinct integers $x_1,\ldots,x_k$ together with their pairwise arithmetic means $\frac{x_i+x_j}{2}$ for $1 \leq i < j \leq k$. Building on recent work of Filmus, Hatami, Hosseini and Kelman on…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-01-20 Adrian Beker

A major goal in the area of exact exponential algorithms is to give an algorithm for the (worst-case) $n$-input Subset Sum problem that runs in time $2^{(1/2 - c)n}$ for some constant $c>0$. In this paper we give a Subset Sum algorithm with…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-01-31 Xi Chen , Yaonan Jin , Tim Randolph , Rocco A. Servedio

The average properties of the well-known Subset Sum Problem can be studied by the means of its randomised version, where we are given a target value $z$, random variables $X_1, \ldots, X_n$, and an error parameter $\varepsilon > 0$, and we…

We study a broad class of algorithmic problems with an "additive flavor" such as computing sumsets, 3SUM, Subset Sum and geometric pattern matching. Our starting point is that these problems can often be solved efficiently for integers,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-10-30 Nick Fischer

We revisit classic string problems considered in the area of parameterized complexity, and study them through the lens of dynamic data structures. That is, instead of asking for a static algorithm that solves the given instance efficiently,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-05-03 Jędrzej Olkowski , Michał Pilipczuk , Mateusz Rychlicki , Karol Węgrzycki , Anna Zych-Pawlewicz

Erd\H{o}s-Ginzburg-Ziv theorem says that if there are 2n-1 number is given, then there are n numbers such that their sum is divided by n. We will connect this theorem with the Ramsey theoretic large sets and will prove an infinitary version…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-02-03 Sayan Goswami

In the Equal-Subset-Sum problem, we are given a set $S$ of $n$ integers and the problem is to decide if there exist two disjoint nonempty subsets $A,B \subseteq S$, whose elements sum up to the same value. The problem is NP-complete. The…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-07-04 Marcin Mucha , Jesper Nederlof , Jakub Pawlewicz , Karol Węgrzycki

The "Subset Sum problem" is a very well-known NP-complete problem. In this work, a top-k variation of the "Subset Sum problem" is considered. This problem has wide application in recommendation systems, where instead of k best objects the k…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-08-27 Biswajit Sanyal , Subhashis Majumder , Priya Ranjan Sinha Mahapatra

Modern datasets span billions of samples, making training on all available data infeasible. Selecting a high quality subset helps in reducing training costs and enhancing model quality. Submodularity, a discrete analogue of convexity, is…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-04 Maximilian Böther , Abraham Sebastian , Pranjal Awasthi , Ana Klimovic , Srikumar Ramalingam

The task of maximizing a monotone submodular function under a cardinality constraint is at the core of many machine learning and data mining applications, including data summarization, sparse regression and coverage problems. We study this…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-05-26 Silvio Lattanzi , Slobodan Mitrović , Ashkan Norouzi-Fard , Jakub Tarnawski , Morteza Zadimoghaddam

Existence of long arithmetic progression in sumsets and subset sums has been studied extensively in the field of additive combinatorics. These additive combinatorics results play a central role in the recent progress of fundamental problems…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-04-08 Lin Chen , Yuchen Mao , Guochuan Zhang

A set $B$ is said to be \emph{sum-free} if there are no $x,y,z\in B$ with $x+y=z$. We show that there exists a constant $c>0$ such that any set $A$ of $n$ integers contains a sum-free subset $A'$ of size $|A'|\geqslant n/3+c\log \log n$.…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-02-13 Benjamin Bedert

This paper presents a deterministic algorithmic approach of exploring the solution space of the Subset Sum Problem. The algorithm presented is input-robust and structurally adaptive. Exploration is guided and narrows into areas in the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-06-19 Thami Nkosi

We consider the problem of solving the Min-Sum Submodular Cover problem using local search. The Min-Sum Submodular Cover problem generalizes the NP-complete Min-Sum Set Cover problem, replacing the input set cover instance with a monotone…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-12-05 Lisa Hellerstein , Thomas Lidbetter , R. Teal Witter