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We introduce a tensor network algorithm for the solution of $p$-spin models. We show that bond compression through rank-revealing decompositions performed during the tensor network contraction resolves logical redundancies in the system…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-10-30 Benjamin Lanthier , Jeremy Côté , Stefanos Kourtis

We introduce a simple, efficient and precise polynomial heuristic for a key NP complete problem, minimum vertex cover. Our method is iterative and operates in probability space. Once a stable probability solution is found we find the true…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. M. Duxbury , C. W. Fay

Tensor network (TN) techniques - often used in the context of quantum many-body physics - have shown promise as a tool for tackling machine learning (ML) problems. The application of TNs to ML, however, has mostly focused on supervised and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-02-14 Edward Gillman , Dominic C. Rose , Juan P. Garrahan

There has been a series of developments in the recent literature (by essentially a same "circle" of authors) with the absolute/unconditioned (implicit or explicit) claim that there exists no abstraction of an NP-Complete combinatorial…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2019-02-12 Moustapha Diaby , Mark H. Karwan , Lei Sun

Reinforcement learning-based methods for constructing solutions to combinatorial optimization problems are rapidly approaching the performance of human-designed algorithms. To further narrow the gap, learning-based approaches must…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-07 André Hottung , Mridul Mahajan , Kevin Tierney

In this paper, we propose a new Fully Composite Formulation of convex optimization problems. It includes, as a particular case, the problems with functional constraints, max-type minimization problems, and problems of Composite…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-03-24 Nikita Doikov , Yurii Nesterov

This document introduces a strategy to solve linear optimization problems. The strategy is based on the bounding condition each constraint produces on each one of the problem's dimension. The solution of a linear optimization problem is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-09-24 Gerardo L. Febres

Computing spectral functions in large, non-periodic super-moir\'e systems remains an open problem due to the exceptionally large system size that must be considered. Here, we establish a tensor network methodology that allows computing…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-05-12 Anouar Moustaj , Yitao Sun , Tiago V. C. Antão , Jose L. Lado

Machine learning has increasingly been employed to solve NP-hard combinatorial optimization problems, resulting in the emergence of neural solvers that demonstrate remarkable performance, even with minimal domain-specific knowledge. To…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-27 Chengrui Gao , Haopu Shang , Ke Xue , Chao Qian

Solving polynomial equations is a subtask of polynomial optimization. This article introduces systems of such equations and the main approaches for solving them. We discuss critical point equations, algebraic varieties, and solution counts.…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2023-04-24 Simon Telen

We present a learning-based approach to computing solutions for certain NP-hard problems. Our approach combines deep learning techniques with useful algorithmic elements from classic heuristics. The central component is a graph…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-10-26 Zhuwen Li , Qifeng Chen , Vladlen Koltun

This article presents a strongly polynomial-time algorithm for the general linear programming problem. This algorithm is an implicit reduction procedure that works as follows. Primal and dual problems are combined into a special system of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-24 Samuel Awoniyi

In the total matching problem, one is given a graph $G$ with weights on the vertices and edges. The goal is to find a maximum weight set of vertices and edges that is the non-incident union of a stable set and a matching. We consider the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-01-01 Luca Ferrarini , Samuel Fiorini , Stefan Kober , Yelena Yuditsky

Bilinear systems of equations are defined, motivated and analyzed for solvability. Elementary structure is mentioned and it is shown that all solutions may be obtained as rank one completions of a linear matrix polynomial derived from…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2013-03-21 Charles R. Johnson , Helena Šmigoc , Dian Yang

We study several variants of decomposing a symmetric matrix into a sum of a low-rank positive semidefinite matrix and a diagonal matrix. Such decompositions have applications in factor analysis and they have been studied for many decades.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-10-02 Levent Tunçel , Stephen A. Vavasis , Jingye Xu

We investigate a novel approach to approximate tensor-network contraction via the exact, matrix-free decomposition of full tensor-networks. We study this method as a means to eliminate the propagation of error in the approximation of…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-06-23 Karl Pierce

Since its introduction by Gauss, Matrix Algebra has facilitated understanding of scientific problems, hiding distracting details and finding more elegant and efficient ways of computational solving. Today's largest problems, which often…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2010-02-01 Oleksii Morozov , Patrick Hunziker

Combinatorial optimization (CO) is the fundamental problem at the intersection of computer science, applied mathematics, etc. The inherent hardness in CO problems brings up challenge for solving CO exactly, making deep-neural-network-based…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-02 Runzhong Wang , Yang Li , Junchi Yan , Xiaokang Yang

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

We consider the problem of finding weights and biases for a two-layer fully connected neural network to fit a given set of data points as well as possible, also known as EmpiricalRiskMinimization. Our main result is that the associated…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2024-03-25 Daniel Bertschinger , Christoph Hertrich , Paul Jungeblut , Tillmann Miltzow , Simon Weber