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In this paper, we address the noncommutative rank (nc-rank) computation of a linear symbolic matrix \[ A = A_1 x_1 + A_2 x_2 + \cdots + A_m x_m, \] where each $A_i$ is an $n \times n$ matrix over a field $\mathbb{K}$, and $x_i$…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-29 Masaki Hamada , Hiroshi Hirai

We present a simple randomized polynomial time algorithm to approximate the mixed discriminant of $n$ positive semidefinite $n \times n$ matrices within a factor $2^{O(n)}$. Consequently, the algorithm allows us to approximate in randomized…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2008-02-03 Alexander Barvinok

In this short paper we have produced different kinds of upside down magic squares based on a palindromic day 11.02.2011. In this day appear only the algorisms 0, 1 and 2. Some of the magic squares are bimagic and some are palindromic. Magic…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2011-02-15 Inder Jeet Taneja

In this paper, we present the problem of counting magic squares and we focus on the case of multiplicative magic squares of order 4. We give the exact number of normal multiplicative magic squares of order 4 with an original and complete…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2013-02-06 Stefano Barbero , Umberto Cerruti , Nadir Murru

Quantum computers can solve many number theory problems efficiently. Using the efficient quantum algorithm for order finding as an oracle, this paper presents an algorithm that computes the Carmichael function for any integer $N$ with a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-05 Juan Carlos Garcia-Escartin

The paper considers implementations of some randomized algorithms in connection with obtaining a random $n^2 \times n^2$ Sudoku matrix with programming language C++. For this purpose we describes the set $\Pi_n$ of all $(2n) \times n$…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2024-08-09 Krasimir Yordzhev

Given a way to evaluate an unknown polynomial with integer coefficients, we present new algorithms to recover its nonzero coefficients and corresponding exponents. As an application, we adapt this interpolation algorithm to the problem of…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2022-05-19 Pascal Giorgi , Bruno Grenet , Armelle Perret du Cray , Daniel S. Roche

We describe a deterministic algorithm that computes an approximate root of n complex polynomial equations in n unknowns in average polynomial time with respect to the size of the input, in the Blum-Shub-Smale model with square root. It…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-12 Pierre Lairez

Given a multiset $X=\{x_1,..., x_n\}$ of real numbers, the {\it floating-point set summation} problem asks for $S_n=x_1+...+x_n$. Let $E^*_n$ denote the minimum worst-case error over all possible orderings of evaluating $S_n$. We prove that…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-09-21 Ming-Yang Kao , Jie Wang

Solving linear systems of equations is a common problem that arises both on its own and as a subroutine in more complex problems: given a matrix A and a vector b, find a vector x such that Ax=b. We consider the case where one doesn't need…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-08 Aram W. Harrow , Avinatan Hassidim , Seth Lloyd

We describe two algorithms for multiplying n x n matrices using time and energy n^2 polylog(n) under basic models of classical physics. The first algorithm is for multiplying integer-valued matrices, and the second, quite different…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-12-14 Gregory Valiant

In this paper we give a polynomial time algorithm to compute $\varphi(N)$ for an RSA module $N$ using as input the order modulo $N$ of a randomly chosen integer. This provides a new insight in the very important problem of factoring an RSA…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-10-10 Luis Víctor Dieulefait , Jorge Urróz

Given a set $Z$ of $n$ positive integers and a target value $t$, the Subset Sum problem asks whether any subset of $Z$ sums to $t$. A textbook pseudopolynomial time algorithm by Bellman from 1957 solves Subset Sum in time $O(nt)$. This has…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-01-10 Karl Bringmann

Given n elements with nonnegative integer weights w1,..., wn and an integer capacity C, we consider the counting version of the classic knapsack problem: find the number of distinct subsets whose weights add up to at most the given…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-08-11 Daniel Stefankovic , Santosh Vempala , Eric Vigoda

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…

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We give an algorithm that generates a uniformly random contingency table with specified marginals, i.e. a matrix with non-negative integer values and specified row and column sums. Such algorithms are useful in statistics and combinatorics.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-06-17 Andrii Arman , Pu Gao , Nicholas Wormald

Positive semidefinite programs are an important subclass of semidefinite programs in which all matrices involved in the specification of the problem are positive semidefinite and all scalars involved are non-negative. We present a parallel…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2011-04-14 Rahul Jain , Penghui Yao

A Las Vegas randomized algorithm is given to compute the Hermite normal form of a nonsingular integer matrix $A$ of dimension $n$. The algorithm uses quadratic integer multiplication and cubic matrix multiplication and has running time…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-08-29 Stavros Birmpilis , George Labahn , Arne Storjohann

Positive semi-definite matrices commonly occur as normal matrices of least squares problems in statistics or as kernel matrices in machine learning and approximation theory. They are typically large and dense. Thus algorithms to solve…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-12-01 Markus Hegland , Frank deHoog

A proper Euler's magic matrix is an integer $n\times n$ matrix $M\in\mathbb Z^{n\times n}$ such that $M\cdot M^t=\gamma\cdot I$ for some nonzero constant $\gamma$, the sum of the squares of the entries along each of the two main diagonals…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-19 Peter Müller