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### Kleene Algebra for star-free regular expressions

TLDR: Is there a notion of Kleene Algebra for star-free regular expressions? Kleene Algebras are algebraic structures that are equivalent to regular expressions. A Kleene Algebra is an idempotent ...
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### Relation between automorphism group of a linear code and its dual code

Are there any strong connections between automorphism groups of codes that are dual codes of each other? I am looking for statements like one charcterizes other or one gives bounds on other etc. In ...
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### Technical lemma about curves used in original proof of PCP theorem

I am reading the proof from here and found a technical lemma that seems to be incorrect (its proof is short and very vague). I know this is rather specific and the context is problematic, but I couldn'...
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### What category are Tagless Final Algebras final In?

The Haskell and Scala community have been very enamored recently with what they call tagless final 'pattern' of programming. These are referenced as dual to initial free algebras, so I was wondering ...
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### Applications of algebraic geometry in type theory/programming language theory

Lately, I have become interested in algebraic geometry and have started reading on it. I still know very little about this field, but I do want to know if it has any connection with my main field, ...
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### Turing Machines as Coalgebras

I'm looking to write a survey on the method of representing the dynamics of state-based computation within the framework of coalgebras. So far I've managed to find papers on coalgebra representations ...
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### Worst case polynomial in elimination theory under rank conditions?

Given $n$ polynomials $h_1(x_1,\dots,x_{2n}),\dots,h_{2n}(x_1,\dots,x_{2n})\in\mathbb Z[x_1,\dots,x_{2n}]$ where each of $h_1(x_1,\dots,x_{2n}),\dots,h_{2n}(x_1,\dots,x_{2n})$ is homogeneous of degree ...
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### Are there cascade decompositions of machines that are more general than finite automata?

The idea of decomposing automata and their associated semi-groups into irreducible sub-components is due to Krohn & Rhodes and has been explored relatively thoroughly. Krohn & Rhodes gave an ...
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### Does an initial algebra for a class have to belong to the class itself?

In the context of algebraic data types, a concept of initial algebras is usually defined, e.g., in the following way: An algebra $S$ is initial in a class $C$ of algebras iff for every $A\in C$ ...
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### Relation between OSAs and grammars

Are there any relation between order-sorted algebra (OSA) and grammars (context-free grammar in particular)? If I'm not mistaken, according to [1], there is an equivalence between order-sorted and ...
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### If a root||nonce Proof-of-Work certificate is prime, can it be used in any other interesting proofs?

Because Bitcoin and many other cryptocurrency mining certificates are "rare" in that their respective hash is less than a very small number, can we leverage their rarity in probabilistic proofs of ...
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### Connection between algebraic logic and computational complexity of logics?

I'm learning a bit about algebraic logic and I was wondering how knowing the algebraic semantics of a given logic might help the study of the logic itself from a computational point of view. In ...
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### Terminology about computation and Finite algebra

I am looking for the name of something that may have one. A finite algebra $\mathcal{A} = (E, \{f_1, f_2, \ldots, f_k\})$ is a non-empty set $E$ together with some functions $f_i$ from $E^{r_i} \to E$...
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### On $\Sigma \Pi \Sigma \Pi(2,r)$-circuits

As I understand from the survey "Progress on Polynomial Identity Testing - II" a polynomial-time algorithm for solving PIT for $\Sigma \Pi \Sigma \Pi (2, r)$ is unknown. However, there exists paper ...
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### Is the relation decidable?

Given an ideal $I$ over $\mathbb{C}$ and P, a polynomial, is it decidable whether $P\in I$?
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### What does a private coin $\mathsf{IP}$ protocol for Hilbert's Nullstellensatz look like?

$\mathsf{GNI}$ Private Coin In [GMW85], the authors provided the famous interactive proof $\mathsf{IP}$ of Graph Non Isomorphism $\mathsf{GNI}$. The $\mathsf{GNI}$ protocol entails a verifier ...
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### What kind of theoretical object corresponds to a C++ concept?

I am lacking a background in theoretical computer science but I would have liked to understand to what kind of theoretical objects C++ concepts corresponds to. Basically, C++ concepts allow to define ...
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### Standard basis for recurrence relations

In polynomial algebra there is a powerful tool for treating system of polynomial equations. It is standard or Groebner Bases. It allows to verify if system is consistent, eliminate variables, reduce ...
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### Are There Highly Symmetric NP- or P-complete Languages?

Does there exist $L$, an NP- or P-complete language which has some family of symmetry groups $G_n$ (or groupoid, but then the algorithmic questions become more open) acting (in polynomial time) on ...
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### the number of rational points of a curve modulo 2

Consider the language $L=\{f, q\}$ - the number of solutions of equations $f(x,y)=0$ in $\mathbb{F}_q^2$ is equal to zero modulo $2$, where $q = 2^m$. Does $L$ belong to $P$? to $NP$? ($f$ is written ...
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### What automorphisms on a Markov Chain imply a uniform limiting distribution?

Consider an irreducible aperiodic Markov chain $M$, modeled as a connected directed graph with weighted edges. The existence of certain (graph) automorphisms on this Markov chain imply various ...
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