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In 1985, Razborov discovered a proof that the monotone circuit complexity of the clique problem is super-polynomial. Alon and Boppana improved the result into exponential lower bound exp(\Omega(n / \log n)^{1/3})) of a monotone circuit C to…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2013-09-10 Junichiro Fukuyama

We study finding and listing $k$-cliques in a graph, for constant $k\geq 3$, a fundamental problem of both theoretical and practical importance. Our main contribution is a new output-sensitive algorithm for listing $k$-cliques in graphs,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-03-25 Mina Dalirrooyfard , Surya Mathialagan , Virginia Vassilevska Williams , Yinzhan Xu

We consider the k-disjoint-clique problem. The input is an undirected graph G in which the nodes represent data items, and edges indicate a similarity between the corresponding items. The problem is to find within the graph k disjoint…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-12-03 Brendan P. W. Ames , Stephen A. Vavasis

We study the problem of approximating the number of $k$-cliques in a graph when given query access to the graph. We consider the standard query model for general graphs via (1) degree queries, (2) neighbor queries and (3) pair queries. Let…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-03-14 Talya Eden , Dana Ron , C. Seshadhri

We present a general method for converting any family of unsatisfiable CNF formulas that is hard for one of the simplest proof systems, tree resolution, into formulas that require large rank in any proof system that manipulates polynomials…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2009-12-04 Paul Beame , Trinh Huynh , Toniann Pitassi

The CFG recognition problem is: given a context-free grammar $\mathcal{G}$ and a string $w$ of length $n$, decide if $w$ can be obtained from $\mathcal{G}$. This is the most basic parsing question and is a core computer science problem.…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2015-11-06 Amir Abboud , Arturs Backurs , Virginia Vassilevska Williams

We show that the Satisfiability (SAT) problem for CNF formulas with {\beta}-acyclic hypergraphs can be solved in polynomial time by using a special type of Davis-Putnam resolution in which each resolvent is a subset of a parent clause. We…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-04-04 Sebastian Ordyniak , Daniel Paulusma , Stefan Szeider

In this paper, we propose constructing self-referential instances to reveal the inherent algorithmic hardness of the clique problem. First, we prove the existence of a phase transition phenomenon for the clique problem in the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-02-06 Jiaqi Li , Shuli Hu , Xianxian Li , Minghao Yin

A generalized 1-in-3SAT problem is defined and found to be in complexity class P when restricted to a certain subset of CNF expressions. In particular, 1-in-kSAT with no restrictions on the number of literals per clause can be decided in…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2017-07-04 Bernd R. Schuh

We consider the problem of counting $k$-cliques in $s$-uniform Erdos-Renyi hypergraphs $G(n,c,s)$ with edge density $c$, and show that its fine-grained average-case complexity can be based on its worst-case complexity. We prove the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2021-07-23 Enric Boix-Adserà , Matthew Brennan , Guy Bresler

We first give an $\O(2^{n/3})$ quantum algorithm for the 0-1 Knapsack problem with $n$ variables. More generally, for 0-1 Integer Linear Programs with $n$ variables and $d$ inequalities we give an $\O(2^{n/3}n^d)$ quantum algorithm. For $d…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 V. Arvind , Rainer Schuler

This work investigates the hardness of computing sparse solutions to systems of linear equations over F_2. Consider the k-EvenSet problem: given a homogeneous system of linear equations over F_2 on n variables, decide if there exists a…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2015-11-30 Arnab Bhattacharyya , Ameet Gadekar , Suprovat Ghoshal , Rishi Saket

We present a simple randomized algorithm that approximates the number of satisfying assignments of Boolean formulas in conjunctive normal form. To the best of our knowledge this is the first algorithm which approximates #k-SAT for any k >=…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-07-12 Marc Thurley

We are given a graph $G$ with $n$ vertices, where a random subset of $k$ vertices has been made into a clique, and the remaining edges are chosen independently with probability $\tfrac12$. This random graph model is denoted…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-10-15 Yael Dekel , Ori Gurel-Gurevich , Yuval Peres

The clique problems, including $k$-CLIQUE and Triangle Finding, form an important class of computational problems; the former is an NP-complete problem, while the latter directly gives lower bounds for Matrix Multiplication. A number of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-10 Ali Hadizadeh Moghadam , Payman Kazemikhah , Hossein Aghababa

In this work we contribute to the study of the fine-grained complexity of problems parameterized by multi-clique-width, which was initiated by F\"urer [ITCS 2017] and pursued further by Chekan and Kratsch [MFCS 2023]. Multi-clique-width is…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-29 Benjamin Bergougnoux , Vera Chekan , Stefan Kratsch

An edge clique cover of a graph is a set of cliques that covers all edges of the graph. We generalize this concept to "$K_t$ clique cover", i.e. a set of cliques that covers all complete subgraphs on $t$ vertices of the graph, for every $t…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-10-17 Hoang Dau , Olgica Milenkovic , Gregory J. Puleo

In the Densest $k$-Subgraph problem, given an undirected graph $G$ and an integer $k$, the goal is to find a subgraph of $G$ on $k$ vertices that contains maximum number of edges. Even though the state-of-the-art algorithm for the problem…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2017-04-11 Pasin Manurangsi

A heuristic model procedure for determining satisfiability of CNF-formulae is set up and described by nonlinear recursion relations for m (number of clauses), n (number of variables) and clause filling k. The system mimicked by the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2014-11-12 Bernd R. Schuh

Given a $k$-CNF formula and an integer $s$, we study algorithms that obtain $s$ solutions to the formula that are maximally dispersed. For $s=2$, the problem of computing the diameter of a $k$-CNF formula was initiated by Creszenzi and…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-06-04 Per Austrin , Ioana O. Bercea , Mayank Goswami , Nutan Limaye , Adarsh Srinivasan