计算复杂性
We analyze the puzzle video game This Game Is Not Going To Load Itself, where the player routes data packets of three different colors from given sources to given sinks of the correct color. Given the sources, sinks, and some previously…
The orthogonality dimension of a graph $G$ over $\mathbb{R}$ is the smallest integer $k$ for which one can assign a nonzero $k$-dimensional real vector to each vertex of $G$, such that every two adjacent vertices receive orthogonal vectors.…
Consider an agent traversing a graph of "gadgets", each with local state that changes with each traversal by the agent. We characterize the complexity of universal traversal, where the goal is to traverse every gadget at least once, for DAG…
We prove PSPACE-completeness of all but one problem in a large space of pulling-block problems where the goal is for the agent to reach a target destination. The problems are parameterized by whether pulling is optional, the number of…
We analyze the computational complexity of motion planning through local "input/output" gadgets with separate entrances and exits, and a subset of allowed traversals from entrances to exits, each of which changes the state of the gadget and…
Recently, Ivan Mihajlin and Alexander Smal proved a composition theorem of a universal relation and some function via so called xor composition, that is there exists some function $f:\{0,1\}^n \rightarrow \{0,1\}$ such that…
We show that for any non-real algebraic number $q$ such that $|q-1|>1$ or $\Re(q)>\frac{3}{2}$ it is \textsc{\#P}-hard to compute a multiplicative (resp. additive) approximation to the absolute value (resp. argument) of the chromatic…
This work analyses the so-called "Relativization Barrier" with respect to the Baker-Gill-Solovay oracle Turing machine. We show that the {\em diagonalization} technique is a valid mathematical proof technique, but it has some prerequisites…
Virtual networks are an innovative abstraction that extends cloud computing concepts to the network: by supporting bandwidth reservations between compute nodes (e.g., virtual machines), virtual networks can provide a predictable performance…
The planted clique problem is well-studied in the context of observing, explaining, and predicting interesting computational phenomena associated with statistical problems. When equating computational efficiency with the existence of…
We consider the clustering aggregation problem in which we are given a set of clusterings and want to find an aggregated clustering which minimizes the sum of mismatches to the input clusterings. In the binary case (each clustering is a…
We study the last fall degrees of {\em semi-local} polynomial systems, and the computational complexity of solving such systems for closed-point and rational-point solutions, where the systems are defined over a finite field. A semi-local…
We give a short proof that Strassen's asymptotic rank conjecture implies that for every $\varepsilon > 0$ there exists a $(3/2^{2/3} + \varepsilon)^n$-time algorithm for set cover on a universe of size $n$ with sets of bounded size. This…
We define and study the model of patterned non-determinism in bipartite communication complexity, denoted by $PNP^{X\leftrightarrow Y}$. It generalises the known models $UP^{X\leftrightarrow Y}$ and $FewP^{X\leftrightarrow Y}$ through…
The LogRank conjecture of Lov\'asz and Saks from 1988 is the most famous open problem in the communication complexity theory. The statement is as follows: Suppose that two players intend to compute a Boolean function $f(x,y)$ when $x$ is…
This is the second in a series of articles aimed at exploring the relationship between the complexity classes of P and NP. The research in this article aims to find conditions of an algorithmic nature that are necessary and sufficient to…
We intend to create new concepts aimed at finding necessary and sufficient conditions for Boolean satisfiability so that these conditions can be verified in polynomial time. Based on these conditions it will be possible to create an…
Cluster Editing, also known as Correlation Clustering, is a well-studied graph modification problem. In this problem, one is given a graph and the task is to perform up to $k$ edge additions or deletions to transform it into a cluster…
We prove that the blocklength $n$ of a linear $3$-query locally correctable code (LCC) $\mathcal{L} \colon {\mathbb F}^k \to {\mathbb F}^n$ with distance $\delta$ must be at least $n \geq 2^{\Omega\left(\left(\frac{\delta^2 k}{(|{\mathbb…
The Sum of Square Roots (SSR) problem is the following computational problem: Given positive integers $a_1, \dots, a_k$, and signs $\delta_1, \dots, \delta_k \in \{-1, 1\}$, check if $\sum_{i=1}^k \delta_i \sqrt{a_i} > 0$. The problem is…