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8 claims from 4 papers

1. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Critical Behavior in the Satisfiability of Random Boolean Expressions

   Kirkpatrick and Selman · Science · 1994

   The paper looks at random Boolean formulas with k variables per clause, describes sharp satisfiability thresholds, and uses finite-size scaling to link them to the difficulty of search algorithms.

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   1. UncheckedRandom Boolean formulas with more than two variables per clause also show a sharp threshold in satisfiability as the clause-to-variable ratio changes.“Similar sharp threshold behavior is observed for higher values of k .”
   2. UncheckedFinite-size scaling, a technique from statistical physics, can describe how the size of a random logic problem affects behaviour near its satisfiability threshold.“Finite-size scaling, a method from statistical physics, can be used to characterize size-dependent effects near the threshold.”

2. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   The scaling window of the 2‐SAT transition

   Bollobás, Borgs, Chayes, Kim and Wilson · Random Structures and Algorithms · 2001

   The paper determines how sharply random 2-SAT formulas switch from almost surely satisfiable to almost surely unsatisfiable, and proves the transition is continuous with exponents matching the random graph.

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   1. UncheckedFor random 2-SAT, the transition from satisfiable to unsatisfiable happens in a window of width of order n^(-1/3) around a clause-to-variable ratio of 1.“We show that W(n,delta)=(1-Theta(n^{-1/3}),1+Theta(n^{-1/3})), where the constants implicit in Theta depend on delta.”
   2. UncheckedThe paper proves that the random 2-SAT phase transition is continuous, with an order parameter critical exponent equal to 1.“Using this order parameter, we prove that the 2-SAT phase transition is continuous with an order parameter critical exponent of 1.”
   3. UncheckedThe paper determines two further critical exponents for random 2-SAT and reports that its exponents match those of the random graph.“We also determine the values of two other critical exponents, showing that the exponents of 2-SAT are identical to those of the random graph.”

3. Physics and Astronomy › Theoretical and Computational Physics

   Phase coexistence and finite-size scaling in random combinatorial problems

   Leone, Ricci‐Tersenghi and Zecchina · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General · 2001

   The authors study random XOR-SAT, an exactly solvable cousin of random satisfiability, and report phase coexistence and a parameter-dependent critical exponent linking hypergraph structure to universality classes.

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   1. UncheckedIn a random XOR-SAT model, rare events let solvable and unsolvable instances coexist in a certain region of the model's parameters.“Rare events are shown to affect the combinatorial ``phase diagram'' leading to a coexistence of solvable and unsolvable instances of the combinatorial problem in a certain region of the parameters characterizing the model.”

4. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Finite-size scaling in random K -satisfiability problems

   Lee, Ha, Jeon and Jeong · Physical Review E · 2010

   The paper studies phase transitions in random K-satisfiability problems solved by stochastic local search, focusing on the finite-size scaling exponent, and tests two conjectured values in simulations for K from 2 to 3.

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   1. UncheckedIn random K-satisfiability problems, the density of unsatisfied clauses marks the shift from a solvable to an unsolvable phase as noise and constraint density vary.“Using the FSS theory of nonequilibrium absorbing phase transitions, we show that the density of unsatisfied clauses clearly indicates the transition from the solvable (absorbing) phase to the unsolvable (active) phase as varying the noise parameter and the density of constraints.”
   2. Unchecked“Based on the solution clustering (percolation-type) argument, we conjecture two possible values of the FSS exponent, which are confirmed reasonably well in numerical simulations for 2 ≤ K ≤ 3.”