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1. Physics and Astronomy › Theoretical and Computational Physics

   Replica bounds for optimization problems and diluted spin systems

   Franz and Leone · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2002

   The paper extends Guerra's technique to diluted spin models and random optimisation problems, showing the replica method gives variational bounds, including upper bounds on the K-SAT satisfiability threshold.

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   1. UncheckedFor diluted spin models and random SAT problems, the replica method gives improvable lower bounds on the free energy at all temperatures and on the ground state energy.“We analyze a family of models that includes the Viana-Bray model, the diluted p-spin model or random XOR-SAT problem, and the random K-SAT problem, showing that the replica method provides an improvable scheme to obtain lower bounds of the free-energy at all temperatures and of the ground state ene…”
   2. UncheckedFor random K-SAT, the replica method gives upper bounds on the satisfiability threshold, according to the authors' analysis of diluted spin models.“In the case of K-SAT the replica method thus gives upper bounds of the satisfiability threshold.”

2. Physics and Astronomy › Theoretical and Computational Physics

   On the atypical solutions of the symmetric binary perceptron

   Barbier, El Alaoui, Krząkała and Zdeborová · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical · 2024

   The paper studies rare high-margin solutions of the random symmetric binary perceptron, measuring the structure of their clusters and the barriers around them, and relating the scaling to the overlap-gap property.

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   1. UncheckedIn the random symmetric binary perceptron, rare high-margin solutions sit in large clusters, although most solutions are isolated.“While most solutions are isolated, we demonstrate that these rare solutions are part of clusters of extensive entropy, heuristically corresponding to non-trivial fixed points of an approximate message-passing algorithm.”