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4 claims from 3 papers

1. Computer Science › Neural Networks and Applications

   Origin of the computational hardness for learning with binary synapses

   Huang and Kabashima · Physical Review E · 2014

   The authors analytically studied the weight space of a binary perceptron and found its solutions are isolated rather than clustered, which they link to the difficulty of finding them.

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   1. UncheckedIn the binary perceptron, solutions sit as isolated points far apart, which the paper says explains why local search algorithms behave glassily.“The point-like clusters far apart from each other in the weight space explain the previously observed glassy behavior of stochastic local search heuristics.”

2. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Constraint satisfaction problems with isolated solutions are hard

   Zdeborová and Mézard · Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment · 2008

   The paper studies the phase diagram and algorithmic hardness of random 'locked' constraint satisfaction problems, whose solution clusters are isolated points, and compares them with problems like satisfiability and graph colouring.

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   1. UncheckedIn random 'locked' constraint satisfaction problems, the clustered phase is empirically very hard: the best known algorithms all fail to find solutions.“On the other hand we show empirically that the clustered phase of these problems is extremely hard from the algorithmic point of view: the best known algorithms all fail to find solutions.”

3. Physics and Astronomy › Theoretical and Computational Physics

   How to escape atypical regions in the symmetric binary perceptron: A journey through connected-solutions states

   Barbier · SciPost Physics · 2025

   The paper studies sequences of closely linked solutions in the binary symmetric perceptron, tests a statistical measure against simulations, and introduces a 'nested Markov chain' ansatz for the correlations.

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   1. Unchecked“We obtain good agreement and show that connected states with a Markovian correlation profile can fully decorrelate from their initialization only for $κ>κ_{\rm no-mem.\, state}$ ($κ_{\rm no-mem.\, state}\sim \sqrt{0.91\log(N)}$ for $α=0.5$ and $N$ being the…
   2. UncheckedBelow a threshold value of κ, sequences of connected solutions can still decorrelate from their start, but with a non-trivial correlation profile.“For $κ<κ_{\rm no-mem.\, state}$, we show that decorrelated sequences still exist but have a non-trivial correlations profile.”