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A suitable measure for the similarity of shapes represented by parameterized curves or surfaces is the Fr\'echet distance. Whereas efficient algorithms are known for computing the Fr\'echet distance of polygonal curves, the same problem for…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Helmut Alt , Maike Buchin

In the first part of this paper, we present a unified framework for analyzing the algorithmic complexity of any optimization problem, whether it be continuous or discrete in nature. This helps to formalize notions like "input", "size" and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-07-06 Amitabh Basu

A rational number can be naturally presented by an arithmetic computation (AC): a sequence of elementary arithmetic operations starting from a fixed constant, say 1. The asymptotic complexity issues of such a representation are studied e.g.…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Sergey P. Tarasov , Mikhail N. Vyalyi

Modeling real-world problems with partial differential equations (PDEs) is a prominent topic in scientific machine learning. Classic solvers for this task continue to play a central role, e.g. to generate training data for deep learning…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-06-10 Tim Weiland , Marvin Pförtner , Philipp Hennig

Due to the limitation on computational power of existing computers, the polynomial time does not works for identifying the tractable problems in big data computing. This paper adopts the sublinear time as the new tractable standard to…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2019-12-06 Xiangyu Gao , Jianzhong Li , Dongjing Miao , Xianmin Liu

In this article, we study the computational complexity of counting weighted Eulerian orientations, denoted as \#\textsf{EO}. This problem is considered a pivotal scenario in the complexity classification for \textsf{Holant}, a counting…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-04-28 Boning Meng , Juqiu Wang , Mingji Xia

We present an algebraic characterization of the complexity classes Logspace and NLogspace, using an algebra with a composition law based on unification. This new bridge between unification and complexity classes is inspired from proof…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-05-29 Clément Aubert , Marc Bagnol

Computational pseudorandomness studies the extent to which a random variable $\bf{Z}$ looks like the uniform distribution according to a class of tests $\cal{F}$. Computational entropy generalizes computational pseudorandomness by studying…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2020-11-13 Russell Impagliazzo , Sam McGuire

Ordinary differential equations (ODEs) are a conventional way to describe the observed dynamics of physical systems. Scientists typically hypothesize about dynamical behavior, propose a mathematical model, and compare its predictions to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Nils Wildt , Daniel M. Tartakovsky , Sergey Oladyshkin , Wolfgang Nowak

This work explores the relationship between solution space and time complexity in the context of the $\textbf{P}$ vs. $\textbf{NP}$ problem, particularly through the lens of the sliding tile puzzle and root finding algorithms. We focus on…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2025-01-22 Roy Burson

We consider extensions of the Shannon relative entropy, referred to as $f$-divergences.Three classical related computational problems are typically associated with these divergences: (a) estimation from moments, (b) computing normalizing…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-09-19 Francis Bach

The space mapping technique is used to efficiently solve complex optimization problems. It combines the accuracy of fine model simulations with the speed of coarse model optimizations to approximate the solution of the fine model…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-14 Sebastian Blauth

An accurate assessment of a model's complexity is crucial for topics such as interpretation, generalization, and model selection. However, most existing complexity measures either rely on heuristic assumptions or are computationally…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2026-05-21 Oskar Allerbo , Thomas B. Schön

We give an exposition of Natural Topology (NToP), which highlights its advantages for exact computation. The NToP-definition of the real numbers (and continuous real functions) matches recent expert recommendations for exact real…

General Topology · Mathematics 2018-06-06 Frank Waaldijk

This paper formally proposes a problem about the efficient utilization of the four dimensional space-time. Given a cuboid container, a finite number of rigid cuboid items, and the time length that each item should be continuous baked in the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2015-01-26 Wenqi Huang , Kun He

Fractional differential equations (FDEs) are an extension of the theory of fractional calculus. However, due to the difficulty in finding analytical solutions, there have not been extensive applications of FDEs until recent decades. With…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-20 Nirupama Bhattacharya , Gabriel A. Silva

Toda \cite{Toda} proved in 1989 that the (discrete) polynomial time hierarchy, $\mathbf{PH}$, is contained in the class $\mathbf{P}^{#\mathbf{P}}$, namely the class of languages that can be decided by a Turing machine in polynomial time…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2011-10-17 Saugata Basu

We begin to study classical dimension theory from the computable analysis (TTE) point of view. For computable metric spaces, several effectivisations of zero-dimensionality are shown to be equivalent. The part of this characterisation that…

Logic · Mathematics 2015-07-01 Robert Kenny

We prove that any Turing machine running on inputs of arbitrary length can be simulated by a constant bit-size transformer, as long as the context window is sufficiently long. This improves previous works, which require scaling up either…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Qian Li , Yuyi Wang

From the existence of an efficient quantum algorithm for factoring, it is likely that quantum computation is intrinsically more powerful than classical computation. At present, the best upper bound known for the power of quantum computation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-09-14 Ciarán M. Lee , Jonathan Barrett