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A configuration of the lit-only $\sigma$-game on a finite graph $\Gamma$ is an assignment of one of two states, on or off, to all vertices of $\Gamma.$ Given a configuration, a move of the lit-only $\sigma$-game on $\Gamma$ allows the…

We consider the generalized game Lights Out played on a graph and investigate the following question: for a given positive integer $n$, what is the probability that a graph chosen uniformly at random from the set of graphs with $n$ vertices…

The problem we are considering is the following. A colorblind player is given a set $B = \{b_1,b_2,...,b_N\}$ of $N$ colored balls. He knows that each ball is colored either red or green, and that there are less green balls (this will be…

In a graph, the switching operation reverses adjacencies between a subset of vertices and the others. For a hereditary graph class $\mathcal{G}$, we are concerned with the maximum subclass and the minimum superclass of $\mathcal{G}$ that…

The label switching problem arises in the Bayesian analysis of models containing multiple indistinguishable parameters with arbitrary ordering. Any permutation of these parameters is equivalent, therefore models with many such parameters…

We model the Lights Out game on general simple graphs in the framework of linear algebra over the field $\mathbb F_2$. Based upon a version of the Fredholm alternative, we introduce a separating invariant of the game, i.e., an initial state…

In the so called lightbulb process, on days $r=1,..., n$, out of $n$ lightbulbs, all initially off, exactly $r$ bulbs, selected uniformly and independent of the past, have their status changed from off to on, or vice versa. With $X$ the…

In the "Game about Squares" the task is to push unit squares on an integer lattice onto corresponding dots. A square can only be moved into one given direction. When a square is pushed onto a lattice point with an arrow the direction of the…

We analyze the computational complexity of the problem of deciding whether, for a given simple game, there exists the possibility of rearranging the participants in a set of $j$ given losing coalitions into a set of $j$ winning coalitions.…

This paper proposes the first known universal interference alignment scheme for general $(1\times{}1)^K$ interference networks, either Gaussian or deterministic, with only 2 symbol extension. While interference alignment is theoretically…

Let $x_1 < \dots < x_n$ and $y_1 < \dots < y_n$, $n \in \mathbb N$, be real numbers. We show by an example that the assignment problem $$ \max_{\sigma \in S_n} F_\sigma(x,y) := \frac12 \sum_{i,k=1}^n |x_i - x_k|^\alpha \, |y_{\sigma(i)} -…

In this work, we consider a first order mean field games system with non-local couplings. A Lagrange-Galerkin scheme for the continuity equation, coupled with a semi-Lagrangian scheme for the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation, is proposed to…

The theory behind the Lights Out game has been developed by several authors. The aim of this work is to present some results related to this game using Linear Algebra. We establish a criterion for the solubility of this game in the case of…

The paper deals with sigma-games on grid graphs (in dimension 2 and more) and conditions under which any completely symmetric configuration of lit vertices can be reached -- in particular the completely lit configuration -- when starting…

A method is presented for calculating the Lie point symmetries of a scalar difference equation on a two-dimensional lattice. The symmetry transformations act on the equations and on the lattice. They take solutions into solutions and can be…

Pole-swapping algorithms are generalizations of bulge-chasing algorithms for the generalized eigenvalue problem. Structure-preserving pole-swapping algorithms for the palindromic and alternating eigenvalue problems, which arise in control…

A wide variety of goals could cause an AI to disable its off switch because "you can't fetch the coffee if you're dead" (Russell 2019). Prior theoretical work on this shutdown problem assumes that humans know everything that AIs do. In…

Consider a realization of a Poisson process in R^2 with intensity 1 and take a maximal up/right path from the origin to (N,N) consisting of line segments between the points, where maximal means that it contains as many points as possible.…

Let $G=(V, E)$ be a graph and let each vertex of $G$ has a lamp and a button. Each button can be of $\sigma^+$-type or $\sigma$-type. Assume that initially some lamps are on and others are off. The button on vertex $x$ is of $\sigma^+$-type…

For every list of integers x_1, ..., x_m there is some j such that x_1 + ... + x_j - x_{j+1} - ... - x_m \approx 0. So the list can be nearly balanced and for this we only need one alternation between addition and subtraction. But what if…