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The rapid advancement of Large Language Models (LLMs) in the realm of mathematical reasoning necessitates comprehensive evaluations to gauge progress and inspire future directions. Existing assessments predominantly focus on problem-solving…

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Floating point arithmetic allows us to use a finite machine, the digital computer, to reach conclusions about models based on continuous mathematics. In this article we work in the other direction, that is, we present examples in which…

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We propose an approach on model checking information flow for imperative language with procedures. We characterize our model with pushdown system, which has a stack of unbounded length that naturally models the execution of procedural…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2010-12-15 Cong Sun , Liyong Tang , Zhong Chen

We introduce two-sided type systems, which are sequent calculi for typing formulas. Two-sided type systems allow for hypothetical reasoning over the typing of compound program expressions, and the refutation of typing formulas. By…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2023-10-23 Steven Ramsay , Charlie Walpole

We describe a type system with mixed linear and non-linear recursive types called LNL-FPC (the linear/non-linear fixpoint calculus). The type system supports linear typing, which enhances the safety properties of programs, but also supports…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Bert Lindenhovius , Michael Mislove , Vladimir Zamdzhiev

System identification is an important area of science, which aims to describe the characteristics of the system, representing them by mathematical models. Since many of these models can be seen as recursive functions, it is extremely…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-07-27 P. F. S. Guedes , M. L. C. Peixoto , O. A. R. O. Freitas , A. M. Barbosa , S. A. M. Martins , E. G. Nepomuceno

Floating-point addition on a finite-precision machine is not associative, so not all mathematically equivalent summations are computationally equivalent. Making this assumption can lead to numerical error in computations. Proper ordering…

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Scientific computing programs often undergo aggressive compiler optimization to achieve high performance and efficient resource utilization. While performance is critical, we also need to ensure that these optimizations are correct. In this…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2025-09-12 Mohit Tekriwal , John Sarracino

In data dominated systems and applications, a concept of representing words in a numerical format has gained a lot of attention. There are a few approaches used to generate such a representation. An interesting issue that should be…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2020-12-08 Shahin Atakishiyev , Marek Z. Reformat

We study how well topological quantum codes can tolerate coherent noise caused by systematic unitary errors such as unwanted $Z$-rotations. Our main result is an efficient algorithm for simulating quantum error correction protocols based on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-11-01 Sergey Bravyi , Matthias Englbrecht , Robert Koenig , Nolan Peard

With the proliferation of embedded systems requiring intelligent behavior, custom number systems to optimize performance per Watt of the entire system become essential components for successful commercial products. We present the Universal…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2020-12-22 E. Theodore L. Omtzigt , Peter Gottschling , Mark Seligman , William Zorn

High confidence in floating-point programs requires proving numerical properties of final and intermediate values. One may need to guarantee that a value stays within some range, or that the error relative to some ideal value is well…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2008-01-04 Florent De Dinechin , Christoph Quirin Lauter , Guillaume Melquiond

We present a logically principled foundation for systematizing, in a way that works with any computational effect and evaluation order, SMT constraint generation seen in refinement type systems for functional programming languages. By…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2023-08-21 Dimitrios J. Economou , Neel Krishnaswami , Jana Dunfield

There are many types of automata and grammar models that have been studied in the literature, and for these models, it is common to determine whether certain problems are decidable. One problem that has been difficult to answer throughout…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-20 Oscar H. Ibarra , Ian McQuillan

Simulation-based verification algorithms can provide formal safety guarantees for nonlinear and hybrid systems. The previous algorithms rely on user provided model annotations called discrepancy function, which are crucial for computing…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-02-09 Chuchu Fan , Sayan Mitra

Errors in floating-point programs can lead to severe consequences, particularly in critical domains such as military, aerospace, and financial systems, making their repair a crucial research problem. In practice, some errors can be fixed…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Youshuai Tan , Zishuo Ding , Jinfu Chen , Weiyi Shang

We consider the problem of sample-based feedback motion planning from measurements affected by systematic errors. Our previous work presented output feedback controllers that use measurements from landmarks in the environment to navigate…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-05-17 Mahroo Bahreinian , Roberto Tron

Remarkable progress has been made on automated reasoning with natural text, by using Language Models (LMs) and methods such as Chain-of-Thought and Selection-Inference. These techniques search for proofs in the forward direction from axioms…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-05-30 Mehran Kazemi , Najoung Kim , Deepti Bhatia , Xin Xu , Deepak Ramachandran

Resilient algorithms in high-performance computing are subject to rigorous non-functional constraints. Resiliency must not increase the runtime, memory footprint or I/O demands too significantly. We propose a task-based soft error detection…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-11-01 Philipp Samfass , Tobias Weinzierl , Anne Reinarz , Michael Bader