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15 claims from 9 papers

1. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Algorithmic Barriers from Phase Transitions

   Achlioptas and Coja‐Oghlan · 2013

   The paper studies how the set of k-colourings of a random graph changes as edges are added, and ties the factor-of-2 barrier for known algorithms to a phase transition in that set's geometry.

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   1. UncheckedThe factor of 2 in colouring random graphs marks a precise geometric phase transition in the set of valid colourings, according to the authors' proof.“We prove that the factor of 2 corresponds in a precise mathematical sense to a phase transition in the geometry of this set.”
   2. UncheckedThe authors develop a general technique that rigorously proves much of the 1-step Replica-Symmetry-Breaking hypothesis from statistical physics for random CSPs.“To prove our results we develop a general technique that allows us to prove rigorously much of the celebrated 1-step Replica-Symmetry-Breaking hypothesis of statistical physics for random CSPs.”

2. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Algorithmic Barriers from Phase Transitions

   Achlioptas and Coja-Oghlan · Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science · 2008

   The paper studies how the set of colourings of a random graph changes as edges are added, and links a geometric phase transition to the point where all known polynomial-time algorithms stop working.

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   1. UncheckedThe factor-of-2 barrier in colouring random graphs matches a phase transition in how the set of valid colourings is shaped, as the paper proves.“We prove that the factor of 2 corresponds in a precise mathematical sense to a phase transition in the geometry of this set.”
   2. UncheckedThe paper proves that random k-SAT and random hypergraph 2-colouring show the same kind of change in the shape of their solution sets as random graph colouring.“We prove that a completely analogous phase transition also occurs both in random $k$-SAT and in random hypergraph 2-coloring.”

3. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   A variational description of the ground state structure in random satisfiability problems

   Biroli, Monasson and Weigt · The European Physical Journal B · 2000

   The authors develop a variational method for spin-glass-like models and use it to describe how optimal solutions are structured in random satisfiability problems, finding two transitions in 3-SAT.

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   1. Unchecked“At the second threshold $α_c \simeq 4.48$, satisfying assignments disappear and a finite fraction $B_0 \simeq 0.13$ of variables are overconstrained and take the same values in all optimal (though unsatisfying) assignments.”
   2. UncheckedIn random 3-SAT, at a clause-to-variable ratio of about 3.96, the solutions are reported to split into geometrically separated clusters.“At the first one $α_s \simeq 3.96$, a non-trivial organization of the solution space in geometrically separated clusters emerges.”
   3. UncheckedFor mixed 2+p-SAT with p below 2/5, the paper reports a single smooth shift from satisfiable to unsatisfiable at a clause ratio of 1/(1-p).“For the mixed $2+p$-SAT with $p<2/5$, the behavior is as expected much simpler: a unique smooth transition from SAT to UNSAT takes place at $α_c=1/(1-p)$.”

4. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Polynomial iterative algorithms for coloring and analyzing random graphs

   Braunstein, Mulet, Pagnani, Weigt and Zecchina · Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics · 2003

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   1. Unchecked“This lead us to propose a new algorithm able to color in polynomial time random graphs in the hard but colorable region, i.e when $c\in [c_d,c_q]$.”

5. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Instability of one-step replica-symmetry-broken phase in satisfiability problems

   A, Parisi and Ricci‐Tersenghi · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General · 2004

   The authors give a general method for testing whether one-step replica-symmetry-breaking solutions of random k-XORSAT and k-SAT remain stable against further symmetry breaking, and apply it to both problems.

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   1. UncheckedIn two random satisfiability problems, the one-step replica-symmetry-broken solution is unstable when clause density is low enough or energy is high enough.“It turns out that 1RSB is always unstable at sufficiently small clauses density alpha or high energy.”
   2. UncheckedThe paper reports that the switch between satisfiable and unsatisfiable random problems seems to be correctly described by a one-step replica-symmetry-breaking picture.“On the other hand, the SAT-UNSAT phase transition seems to be correctly described within 1RSB.”

6. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Statistical mechanics of the random K -satisfiability model

   Monasson and Zecchina · Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics · 1997

   The paper uses a replica symmetric method from the physics of disordered systems to study random K-satisfiability, covering K=2, K≥3 and large K, and calculates the number of solutions.

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   1. UncheckedThe paper states that the annealed approximation, a simpler way of counting solutions, gives the exact answer for the random K-satisfiability problem when K is large.“The annealed approximation is proven to be exact for large K.”

7. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Belief propagation on the random k-SAT model

   Coja‐Oghlan, Müller and Ravelomanana · The Annals of Applied Probability · 2022

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   1. Unchecked“From this result we deduce that a replica symmetry breaking phase transition occurs in the random $k$-SAT model at low temperature for clause/variable densities below but close to the satisfiability threshold.”

8. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Behavior of heuristics on large and hard satisfiability problems

   Ardelius and Aurell · Physical Review E · 2006

   The paper studies ASAT, a simple stochastic local search heuristic for satisfiability problems, and examines how it behaves near the point where problems switch from satisfiable to unsatisfiable.

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   1. UncheckedThe ASAT search heuristic solves random 3SAT instances up to one million variables in linear time on average, up to 4.21 clauses per variable.“We show that ASAT solves instances as large as one million variables in linear time, on average, up to 4.21 clauses per variable for random 3SAT.”
   2. UncheckedFor random satisfiability problems with more than 3 literals per clause, ASAT appears to solve instances at the 'FRSB threshold' in linear time, up to K=7.“For K higher than 3, ASAT appears to solve instances at the ``FRSB threshold'' in linear time, up to K=7.”

9. Physics and Astronomy › Theoretical and Computational Physics

   Charting the Replica Symmetric Phase

   Coja‐Oghlan, Efthymiou, Jaafari, Kang and Kapetanopoulos · DROPS (Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz Center for Informatics) · 2017

   The paper gives rigorous proofs of the cavity-method picture of the replica symmetric phase in diluted mean-field models, and proves a conjecture about detection in the stochastic block model.

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   1. UncheckedThe paper says it rigorously proves the physicists' predicted picture of the replica symmetric phase for a broad class of sparse random spin models.“In this paper we rigorise this picture completely for a broad class of models, encompassing the Potts antiferromagnet on the random graph, the $k$-XORSAT model and the diluted $k$-spin model for even $k$.”