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When neural networks are used to solve differential equations, they usually produce solutions in the form of black-box functions that are not directly mathematically interpretable. We introduce a method for generating symbolic expressions…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-11-05 Maysum Panju , Ali Ghodsi

Solving systems of Boolean equations is a fundamental task in symbolic computation and algebraic cryptanalysis, with wide-ranging applications in cryptography, coding theory, and formal verification. Among existing approaches, the Boolean…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Minzhong Luo , Yudong Sun , Yin Long

The basic random $k$-SAT problem is: Given a set of $n$ Boolean variables, and $m$ clauses of size $k$ picked uniformly at random from the set of all such clauses on our variables, is the conjunction of these clauses satisfiable? Here we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-06-13 Joel Larsson , Klas Markström

In this paper we propose the approach for constructing partitionings of hard variants of the Boolean satisfiability problem (SAT). Such partitionings can be used for solving corresponding SAT instances in parallel. For the same SAT instance…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2015-10-23 Alexander Semenov , Oleg Zaikin

The Local Lemma is a fundamental tool of probabilistic combinatorics and theoretical computer science, yet there are hardly any natural problems known where it provides an asymptotically tight answer. The main theme of our paper is to…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-04-21 Heidi Gebauer , Tibor Szabo , Gabor Tardos

In the field of Boolean satisfiability problems (SAT), at-most-k constraints, which suppress the number of true target variables at most k, are often used to describe objective problems. At-most-k constraints are used not only for…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-10-30 Shunji Nishimura

Instances of logical cryptanalysis, circuit verification, and bounded model checking can often be succinctly represented as a combined satisfiability (SAT) problem where an instance is a combination of traditional clauses and parity…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2012-09-11 Tero Laitinen , Tommi Junttila , Ilkka Niemelä

Incremental SAT and QBF solving potentially yields improvements when sequences of related formulas are solved. An incremental application is usually tailored towards some specific solver and decomposes a problem into incremental solver…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-12-04 Uwe Egly , Florian Lonsing , Johannes Oetsch

Investigating the reasoning abilities of transformer models, and discovering new challenging tasks for them, has been a topic of much interest. Recent studies have found these models to be surprisingly strong at performing deductive…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-12-17 Kyle Richardson , Ashish Sabharwal

Circuit Satisfiability (CSAT) plays a pivotal role in Electronic Design Automation. The standard workflow for solving CSAT problems converts circuits into Conjunctive Normal Form (CNF) and employs generic SAT solvers powered by…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-08-07 Jiaying Zhu , Ziyang Zheng , Zhengyuan Shi , Yalun Cai , Qiang Xu

A fundamental challenge in neurosymbolic systems is applying continuous gradient-based optimization to discrete logical domains. While fuzzy relaxations provide differentiability, they often lack a formal structural alignment with classical…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-01 Alessandro Daniele , Emile van Krieken

Discrete mathematics is the foundation of computer science. It focuses on concepts and reasoning methods that are studied using math notations. It has long been argued that discrete math is better taught with programming, which takes…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-10-07 Yanhong A. Liu , Matthew Castelllana

The Boolean satisfiability problem (SAT) holds a central place in computational complexity theory as the first shown NP-complete problem. Due to this role, SAT is often used as the benchmark for polynomial-time reductions: if a problem can…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Yumiko Nishiyama

Satisfiability modulo nonlinear real arithmetic theory (SMT(NRA)) solving is essential to multiple applications, including program verification, program synthesis and software testing. In this context, recently model constructing…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2024-06-28 Zhonghan Wang

Earlier we introduced the notion of a stable set of points (SSP). We proved that a CNF formula is unsatisfiable iff there is a set of points (i.e. complete assignments) that is stable with respect to this formula. Experiments showed that…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-07-18 Eugene Goldberg

A new stream of research was born in the last decade with the goal of mining itemsets of interest using Constraint Programming (CP). This has promoted a natural way to combine complex constraints in a highly flexible manner. Although CP…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2012-07-27 Rui Henriques , Inês Lynce , Vasco Manquinho

In this work, we present a novel technique for GPU-accelerated Boolean satisfiability (SAT) sampling. Unlike conventional sampling algorithms that directly operate on conjunctive normal form (CNF), our method transforms the logical…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-02-14 Arash Ardakani , Minwoo Kang , Kevin He , Qijing Huang , John Wawrzynek

Previous math word problem solvers following the encoder-decoder paradigm fail to explicitly incorporate essential math symbolic constraints, leading to unexplainable and unreasonable predictions. Herein, we propose Neural-Symbolic Solver…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-07-06 Jinghui Qin , Xiaodan Liang , Yining Hong , Jianheng Tang , Liang Lin

This paper introduces a novel formal SAT-based explanation model for deep learning in video understanding. The proposed method integrates SAT solving techniques with the principles of formal explainable AI to address the limitations of…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-05-14 Hojer Key

Algebraic Normal Form (ANF) and Conjunctive Normal Form (CNF) are commonly used to encode problems in Boolean algebra. ANFs are typically solved via Gr"obner basis algorithms, often using more memory than is feasible; while CNFs are solved…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-12-19 Davin Choo , Mate Soos , Kian Ming A. Chai , Kuldeep S. Meel