# Questions tagged [ds.algorithms]

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### Matrix multiplication when one matrix is fixed

Let $A$ be a fixed positive entried integer matrix of size $a\times n$ with $\ell$ bits per entry One is allowed to pre-process this matrix as appropriate. Given another positive integer entried $B$...
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### Scheduling and routing

Given: $k > 1$ sales execs, each specializing in one of 4 lines of business (LOBs), where each exec works (sales and travel) at 7.5 hours / day $n > 1$ client sites. Constraints: Each ...
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### What are some examples of algorithmic applications of noncommutative rational identity testing?

The problem of polynomial identity testing (PIT) is known to be in $\mathsf{RP}$, but not known to be in $\mathsf{P}$. The related problem of noncommutative rational identity testing (NCIT) is known ...
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### Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem with multiple pickups at some sites but constrained to max 1 pickup per vehicle per site

I am looking for literature or code for a variant of capacitated vehicle routing problem. The variance is that some sites have multiple items for pickup, but there is a constraint such that even if a ...
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### What are the consequences of a faster algorithm for $CIRCUIT$-$SAT$?

What is the best algorithm known for $CIRCUIT$-$SAT$ in $n$ variables and $m$ gates? What is the consequence if there is an $\alpha\in(0,1)$ such that $CIRCUIT$-$SAT$ in $n$ variables and $m$ gates ...
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### In external memory, is grouping equal elements easier than sorting?

Sorting an array will put equal elements adjacent to each other. So, in no model of computation can grouping equal elements be harder than sorting. In the RAM model, grouping equal elements is $O(n)$ ...
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### Longest stack-sortable subsequence

Given an array of $n$ pairwise-different positive integers, the problem is to find the longest subsequence that is stack-sortable, i.e. avoiding the permutation pattern $231$. How fast can this ...
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### Shortest s-t path when is allowed to ignore k weights

Given an undirected graph $G$ with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges, with non-negative weights on the edges, what's the best algorithm that computes the shortest path from $s$ to $t$, where you are allowed ...
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### Complexity of comparing extended integer power towers

Inspired by this stackexchange question, is it an open problem to compare two power towers of positive integers if we additionally allow numbers lower in the tower to themselves be represented by ...
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### Finding 3SUM witness when promised a solution

Suppose we have a 3SUM instance given with the promise that there exists at least one solution. Is the trivial $O(n^2)$ (modulo logarithmic improvements) solution still the best algorithm or is there ...
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### Entropy bounds on solutions to problems in BPP and other complexity classes based on entropy demands

Has anyone studied the asymptotics of problems in complexity classes like $BPP$? The thought came to me that if a problem in $BPP$ only requires $O(log(n))$ bits of entropy to solve then, intuitively, ...
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### Enumerate all allocations of points in a simplex

Consider the standard 2-simplex $\{(x,y)~|~x+y=1~;~ x,y\geq 0\}$. Given a set $M$ of $m$ points in this simplex, we allocate each point either to X or to Y by the following process: Fix two positive ...
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### Minimising the maximum distance to the centre of a cluster of points

I have a set of points $C_i$ on a two dimensional plane and I want to find a point $P$ such that the maximum distance from $P$ to any of the points is minimised, i.e. minimise(max($||P-C_i||$)). I've ...
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### Generalizations of linear programming

Linear problems can be solved in polynomial time. So can semidefinite programs and, presumably, many other useful classes of optimization programs. Is there a survey/lecture notes describing ...
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### Time complexity of finding a point of infinite order on a rank 1 elliptic curve over Q

As an outsider, it sounds like a lot of progress has been made on understanding rank 1 elliptic curves over Q. Much of the BSD conjecture is known for rank 1, and Heegner points provide a way in ...
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### Example problem that is not in $2^{o(n)}$ but could be solved in $O(2^{cn})$ for any $c > 0$ (suggested by wording of ETH)

In the wikipedia article on Time Complexity it is written that: The exponential time hypothesis (ETH) is that 3SAT, the satisfiability problem of Boolean formulas in conjunctive normal form with, ...
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### About learning a single Gaussian in total-variation distance

I am looking for the proof of this following result which I saw as being claimed as a "folklore" in a paper. It would be helpful if someone can share a reference where this has been shown! Let $G$ ...