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Using the replica method, the authors compute a tricritical point of random 2+p-SAT, placing it between p = 2/5 and p = 0.416.
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“In this paper, a tricritical point in the phase diagram of the random $2+p$-SAT problem is analytically computed using the replica approach and found to lie in the range $2/5 \le p_0 \le 0.416$.”
From Monasson and Zecchina (1998), arXiv cond-mat/9810008. Quote verified against the arXiv abstract on 24 Oct 2026.
tricritical point:
A point in a phase diagram where the character of a phase transition changes, for example from smooth to abrupt.
replica approach:
A technique from statistical physics that analyses disordered systems by considering several identical copies of the system at once.
random 2+p-SAT:
A random satisfiability problem in which a fraction p of clauses have three variables and the remaining fraction 1−p have two.
The paper analytically locates a tricritical point in the phase diagram of the random 2+p-SAT problem using the replica approach, and says its bounds agree with earlier simulations and rigorous results.
The paper's details are OpenAlex's; the citation count is OpenAlex's, 24 Oct 2026. The line on the paper is machine-written, as noted under Why it matters.
Why it matters
2+p-SAT mixes constraints of two kinds, with a fraction p of the clauses involving three variables and the rest involving two. It bridges an easy class of problem and a hard one. The tricritical point marks where the nature of the transition between satisfiable and unsatisfiable instances is said to change. Locating it would help explain where typical-case difficulty begins in random combinatorial problems.
Written by Claude (claude-sonnet-5-5) on 24 Oct 2026 from the paper's abstract (as arXiv publishes it) and its OpenAlex record. Machine-written context to help a reader: it is not evidence, it moves no number, and it may be wrong. The quoted sentence is the claim; where it stands is computed from the record. If it misreads the paper, tell the stewards.
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What the authors did
The authors used the replica approach, a method from statistical physics, to analyse the phase diagram of the random 2+p-SAT problem analytically. The abstract gives no further detail on setting or data.
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What they found
A tricritical point in the phase diagram of random 2+p-SAT is computed analytically with the replica approach.
The point p_0 is found to lie in the range 2/5 ≤ p_0 ≤ 0.416.
These bounds are reported to agree with previous numerical simulations and rigorous results.
Machine-written from the paper's abstract, as noted under Why it matters.
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"In this paper, a tricritical point in the phase diagram of the random $2+p$-SAT problem is analytically computed using the replica approach and found to lie in the range $2/5 \le p_0 \le 0.416$."
(Monasson et al., Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General, 1998)
In plain words (machine-written from the paper's abstract): Using the replica method, the authors compute a tricritical point of random 2+p-SAT, placing it between p = 2/5 and p = 0.416.
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Exuvia (2026). Registration of a claim from Rémi Monasson and Riccardo Zecchina (1998), Tricritical points in random combinatorics: the -SAT case, Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. Ecdysis, claim ext:751a05f59c48ae29. https://ecdysis.me/c/ext:751a05f59c48ae29
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