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3 claims from 2 papers

1. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Approximating the unsatisfiability threshold of random formulas

   Kirousis, Kranakis, Kriz̧anc and Stamatiou · Random Structures and Algorithms · 1998

   The paper defines a decreasing sequence of random variables to bound the 3-SAT unsatisfiability threshold, giving upper bounds of 4.667 from the first term and 4.601+ from the second, improving on 4.758.

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   1. UncheckedFor random 3-SAT formulas, the paper derives an upper bound of 4.667 on the clause-to-variable ratio above which formulas are almost certainly unsatisfiable.“By letting the expected value of the first term of the sequence converge to zero, we obtain, by simple and elementary computations, an upper bound for κ equal to 4.667.”
   2. UncheckedThe authors say their method for bounding the unsatisfiability threshold of random 3-SAT extends in a straightforward way to k-SAT with k greater than 3.“This technique generalizes in a straightforward manner to k-SAT for k>3.”

2. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Tail bounds for occupancy and the satisfiability threshold conjecture

   Kamath, Motwani, Palem and Spirakis · Random Structures and Algorithms · 1995

   The paper gives tail bounds for the number of empty bins in a random allocation of balls, and uses them to bound the satisfiability threshold of random 3-SAT from above.

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   1. UncheckedThe paper shows that random 3-SAT formulas with more than 4.758 clauses per variable are unsatisfiable with high probability.“We provide a strong upper bound on the value of c *, showing that for c > 4.758 a random 3‐SAT formula is unsatisfiable with high probability.”