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We present a new algorithm to decide isomorphism between finite graded algebras. For a broad class of nilpotent Lie algebras, we demonstrate that it runs in time polynomial in the order of the input algebras. We introduce heuristics that…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2019-05-06 Peter A. Brooksbank , E. A. O'Brien , James B. Wilson

We prove that isomorphism of tournaments of twin width at most $k$ can be decided in time $k^{O(\log k)}n^{O(1)}$. This implies that the isomorphism problem for classes of tournaments of bounded or moderately growing twin width is in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-03-11 Martin Grohe , Daniel Neuen

We give new polynomial-time algorithms for testing isomorphism of a class of groups given by multiplication tables (GpI). Two results (Cannon & Holt, J. Symb. Comput. 2003; Babai, Codenotti & Qiao, ICALP 2012) imply that GpI reduces to the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-07-10 Joshua A. Grochow , Youming Qiao

We show that the holomorph of a cyclic group of order $n$ is isomorphic to its own automophism group when $n$ is twice of a power of an odd prime.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-10-15 Kazuki Sato

We propose a simple and efficient local algorithm for graph isomorphism which succeeds for a large class of sparse graphs. This algorithm produces a low-depth canonical labeling, which is a labeling of the vertices of the graph that…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-09-20 Julia Gaudio , Miklós Z. Rácz , Anirudh Sridhar

We propose a new generalisation of Cayley automatic groups, varying the time complexity of computing multiplication, and language complexity of the normal form representatives. We first consider groups which have normal form language in the…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2021-08-18 Dmitry Berdinsky , Murray Elder , Prohrak Kruengthomya

This paper shows that, if we could examine the entire history of a hidden variable, then we could efficiently solve problems that are believed to be intractable even for quantum computers. In particular, under any hidden-variable theory…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Scott Aaronson

We study the complexity of isomorphism problems for d-way arrays, or tensors, under natural actions by classical groups such as orthogonal, unitary, and symplectic groups. Such problems arise naturally in statistical data analysis and…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2024-08-13 Zhili Chen , Joshua A. Grochow , Youming Qiao , Gang Tang , Chuanqi Zhang

In this paper we consider the problems of testing isomorphism of tensors, $p$-groups, cubic forms, algebras, and more, which arise from a variety of areas, including machine learning, group theory, and cryptography. These problems can all…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-06-18 Joshua A. Grochow , Youming Qiao

Let $m\ge 3$ be an integer. It is proved that the $m$-closure of a given solvable permutation group of degree $n$ can be constructed in time $n^{O(m)}$.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-06-05 Ilia Ponomarenko , Andrey V. Vasil'ev

We give a simple algorithm to solve the subgroup membership problem for virtually free groups. For a fixed virtually free group with a fixed generating set $X$, the subgroup membership problem is uniformly solvable in time $O(n\log^*(n))$…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-06-18 Sam Cookson , Nicholas Touikan

An instance of a group testing problem is a set of objects $\cO$ and an unknown subset $P$ of $\cO$. The task is to determine $P$ by using queries of the type ``does $P$ intersect $Q$'', where $Q$ is a subset of $\cO$. This problem occurs…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-09-06 Emanuel Knill

The task of non-adaptive group testing is to identify up to $d$ defective items from $N$ items, where a test is positive if it contains at least one defective item, and negative otherwise. If there are $t$ tests, they can be represented as…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-07 Thach V. Bui , Minoru Kuribayashi , Tetsuya Kojima , Roghayyeh Haghvirdinezhad , Isao Echizen

We present efficient algorithms to decide whether two given counting functions on non-abelian free groups or monoids are at bounded distance from each other and to decide whether two given counting quasimorphisms on non-abelian free groups…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2021-10-01 Tobias Hartnick , Alexey Talambutsa

We investigate the complexity of isomorphism relations for classes of finitely generated and n-generated computably enumerable (c.e.) algebras, presented via c.e. presentations -- that is, as quotients of term algebras over decidable sets…

Logic · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Meng-Che "Turbo" Ho , Martin Ritter , Luca San Mauro

We show that on graphs with n vertices, the 2-dimensional Weisfeiler-Leman algorithm requires at most O(n^2/log(n)) iterations to reach stabilization. This in particular shows that the previously best, trivial upper bound of O(n^2) is…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Sandra Kiefer , Pascal Schweitzer

Testing isomorphism of infinite groups is a classical topic, but from the complexity theory viewpoint, few results are known. S{\'e}nizergues and the fifth author (ICALP2018) proved that the isomorphism problem for virtually free groups is…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2022-01-19 Heiko Dietrich , Murray Elder , Adam Piggott , Youming Qiao , Armin Weiß

Subgraph Isomorphism is a very basic graph problem, where given two graphs $G$ and $H$ one is to check whether $G$ is a subgraph of $H$. Despite its simple definition, the Subgraph Isomorphism problem turns out to be very broad, as it…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-04-14 Marek Cygan , Jakub Pachocki , Arkadiusz Socała

Let $\mathrm{WP}_G$ denote the word problem in a finitely generated group $G$. We consider the complexity of $\mathrm{WP}_G$ with respect to standard deterministic Turing machines. Let $\mathrm{DTIME}_k(t(n))$ be the complexity class of…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-03-19 Ievgen Bondarenko

In this paper we consider the problem of testing whether two finite groups are isomorphic. Whereas the case where both groups are abelian is well understood and can be solved efficiently, very little is known about the complexity of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-05 François Le Gall