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The P versus NP problem asks whether every language verifiable in polynomial time can also be decided in deterministic polynomial time. In this paper, we present a constructive proof that P = NP by introducing a universal, graph-based…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-04-02 Changryeol Lee

It is known that a graph isomorphism testing algorithm is polynomially equivalent to a detecting of a graph non-trivial automorphism algorithm. The polynomiality of the latter algorithm, is obtained by consideration of symmetry properties…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Aleksandr Golubchik

Here, we give an algorithm for deciding if the nonnegative rank of a matrix $M$ of dimension $m \times n$ is at most $r$ which runs in time $(nm)^{O(r^2)}$. This is the first exact algorithm that runs in time singly-exponential in $r$. This…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-05-02 Ankur Moitra

One of the driving problems in the CSP area is the Dichotomy Conjecture, formulated in 1993 by Feder and Vardi [STOC'93], stating that for any fixed relational structure G the Constraint Satisfaction Problem CSP(G) is either NP--complete or…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-11-13 Marek Cygan , Marcin Pilipczuk , Michal Pilipczuk , Jakub Onufry Wojtaszczyk

We study the problem of finding elements in the intersection of an arbitrary conic variety in $\mathbb{F}^n$ with a given linear subspace (where $\mathbb{F}$ can be the real or complex field). This problem captures a rich family of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-05-09 Nathaniel Johnston , Benjamin Lovitz , Aravindan Vijayaraghavan

Recently increasing penetration of renewable energy generation brings challenges for power system operators to perform efficient power generation daily scheduling, due to the intermittent nature of the renewable generation and discrete…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-10-22 Yongpei Guan , Kai Pan , Kezhuo Zhou

This paper is our second step towards developing a theory of testing monomials in multivariate polynomials. The central question is to ask whether a polynomial represented by an arithmetic circuit has some types of monomials in its…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2010-07-19 Zhixiang Chen , Bin Fu , Yang Liu , Robert Schweller

By considering a discrete tape where each cell corresponds to an integer, thus to a possible sum, a pseudo-polynomial solution can be given to subset sum problem, which is an NP-complete problem and a cornerstone application for this study,…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2024-01-08 Yigit Oktar

We address the computation of the degrees of minors of a noncommutative symbolic matrix of form \[ A[c] := \sum_{k=1}^m A_k t^{c_k} x_k, \] where $A_k$ are matrices over a field $\mathbb{K}$, $x_i$ are noncommutative variables, $c_k$ are…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-10-25 Hiroshi Hirai , Yuni Iwamasa , Taihei Oki , Tasuku Soma

In this paper we explore fundamental concepts in computational complexity theory and the boundaries of algorithmic decidability. We examine the relationship between complexity classes \textbf{P} and \textbf{NP}, where $L \in \textbf{P}$…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Duaa Abdullah , Jasem Hamoud

A polyomino is a polygonal region with axis parallel edges and corners of integral coordinates, which may have holes. In this paper, we consider planar tiling and packing problems with polyomino pieces and a polyomino container $P$. We give…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2021-08-10 Anders Aamand , Mikkel Abrahamsen , Thomas D. Ahle , Peter M. R. Rasmussen

We prove the first unconditional consistency result for superpolynomial circuit lower bounds with a relatively strong theory of bounded arithmetic. Namely, we show that the theory V$^0_2$ is consistent with the conjecture that NEXP…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-08-29 Albert Atserias , Sam Buss , Moritz Müller

A right [left] locally testable language S is a language with the property that for some non negative integer k two words u and v in alphabet S are equal in the semi group if (1) the prefix and suffix of the words of length k coincide, (2)…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2020-11-10 A. N. Trahtman

We study the noncommutative rank problem, ncRANK, of computing the rank of matrices with linear entries in $n$ noncommuting variables and the problem of noncommutative Rational Identity Testing, RIT, which is to decide if a given rational…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2024-04-26 Vikraman Arvind , Pushkar S Joglekar

Tensor networks are a central tool in condensed matter physics. In this paper, we study the task of tensor network non-zero testing (TNZ): Given a tensor network T, does T represent a non-zero vector? We show that TNZ is not in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-06-25 Sevag Gharibian , Zeph Landau , Seung Woo Shin , Guoming Wang

Celebrated work of Jerrum, Sinclair, and Vigoda has established that the permanent of a {0,1} matrix can be approximated in randomized polynomial time by using a rapidly mixing Markov chain. A separate strand of the literature has pursued…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2009-06-10 Cristopher Moore , Alexander Russell

Given a quadratic map Q : K^n -> K^k defined over a computable subring D of a real closed field K, and a polynomial p(Y_1,...,Y_k) of degree d, we consider the zero set Z=Z(p(Q(X)),K^n) of the polynomial p(Q(X_1,...,X_n)). We present a…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Dima Grigoriev , Dmitrii V. Pasechnik

We show that the Skolem Problem is decidable in finitely generated commutative rings of positive characteristic. More precisely, we show that there exists an algorithm which, given a finite presentation of a (unitary) commutative ring…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-03-12 Ruiwen Dong , Doron Shafrir

The exact matching problem is a constrained variant of the maximum matching problem: given a graph with each edge having a weight $0$ or $1$ and an integer $k$, the goal is to find a perfect matching of weight exactly $k$. Mulmuley,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-05-07 Hitoshi Murakami , Yutaro Yamaguchi

We introduce and study the notion of k-divisible elements in a non-commutative probability space. A k-divisible element is a (non-commutative) random variable whose n-th moment vanishes whenever n is not a multiple of k. First, we consider…

Probability · Mathematics 2012-03-22 Octavio Arizmendi