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16 claims from 15 papers

1. Computer Science › Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs

   The complexity of theorem-proving procedures

   Cook · ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC) · 1971

   Cook shows that tautology checking is as hard as any nondeterministic polynomial-time problem, defines polynomial degrees of difficulty, and introduces a way to measure the complexity of predicate calculus proof procedures.

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   1. UncheckedAny problem solvable by a polynomial-time nondeterministic Turing machine can be reduced to checking whether a propositional formula is a tautology.“It is shown that any recognition problem solved by a polynomial time-bounded nondeterministic Turing machine can be “reduced” to the problem of determining whether a given propositional formula is a tautology.”
   2. UncheckedChecking whether a logical formula is always true is shown to be exactly as hard, in polynomial terms, as checking whether one graph sits inside another.“From this notion of reducible, polynomial degrees of difficulty are defined, and it is shown that the problem of determining tautologyhood has the same polynomial degree as the problem of determining whether the first of two given graphs is isomorphic to a subgraph of the second.”

2. Computer Science › Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs

   Discovering faster matrix multiplication algorithms with reinforcement learning

   Fawzi, Balog, Huang et al. · Nature · 2022

   The paper presents AlphaTensor, a reinforcement learning agent that discovers provably correct matrix multiplication algorithms, outperforming the best known complexity for many matrix sizes.

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   1. Supported · 71%For 4×4 matrices over a finite field, AlphaTensor found an algorithm that improves on Strassen's two-level method, to the authors' knowledge a first in 50 years.“Particularly relevant is the case of 4 × 4 matrices in a finite field, where AlphaTensor’s algorithm improves on Strassen’s two-level algorithm for the first time, to our knowledge, since its discovery 50 years ago.”

3. Computer Science › Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs

   Linear Level Lasserre Lower Bounds for Certain k-CSPs

   Schoenebeck · Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science · 2008

   The paper shows that a high level of the Lasserre hierarchy cannot disprove random k-CSP instances, which gives integrality gaps for problems such as vertex cover and hypergraph independent set.

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   1. UncheckedThe paper says its work is the first construction of an integrality gap for the Lasserre hierarchy, a method for approximating hard optimisation problems.“This is the first construction of a Lasserre integrality gap.”

4. Computer Science › Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs

   Algebrization

   Aaronson and Wigderson · ACM Transactions on Computation Theory · 2009

   The paper introduces a third barrier to proving major complexity results, called algebrization, and shows that known arithmetization-based results get past ordinary relativization but still algebrize.

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   1. UncheckedAaronson and Wigderson show that most major open problems in complexity theory, including P versus NP, cannot be resolved by algebrizing proof techniques.“Second, we show that almost all of the major open problems---including P versus NP, P versus RP, and NEXP versus P/poly---will require non-algebrizing techniques.”

5. Computer Science › Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs

   Nonuniform ACC Circuit Lower Bounds

   Williams · Journal of the ACM · 2014

   The paper proves that NEXP lacks polynomial-size nonuniform ACC circuits, and that E^NP lacks ACC circuits of size 2^(n^o(1)), by designing faster circuit satisfiability algorithms for ACC.

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   1. UncheckedNEXP, a class of problems solvable in nondeterministic exponential time, cannot be computed by polynomial-size nonuniform ACC circuits.“NEXP, the class of languages accepted in nondeterministic exponential time, does not have nonuniform ACC circuits of polynomial size.”

6. Computer Science › Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs

   No Occurrence Obstructions in Geometric Complexity Theory

   Bürgisser, Ikenmeyer and Panova · Journal of the American Mathematical Society · 2016

   The paper shows that occurrence obstructions cannot separate the orbit closures of the determinant and padded permanent, while leaving open the wider approach using multiplicity obstructions.

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   1. UncheckedThe paper proves that separating the determinant and padded permanent orbit closures by occurrence obstructions, as Mulmuley and Sohoni proposed, is impossible.“In that paper it was also proposed to separate these orbit closures by exhibiting occurrence obstructions, which are irreducible representations of GL_{n^2}(C), which occur in one coordinate ring of the orbit closure, but not in the other. We prove that this approach is impossible.”

7. Computer Science › Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs

   A New General-Purpose Method to Multiply 3x3 Matrices Using Only 23 Multiplications

   Courtois, Bard and Hulme · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2011

   Using SAT solvers on the Brent equations, the authors found new 23-multiplication methods for 3x3 matrices, suggesting a 22-multiplication method is more plausible than thought.

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   1. UncheckedThe authors report a new way to multiply two 3x3 matrices with 23 multiplications that they say is not an equivalent variant of Laderman's 1976 method.“We present a new fully general non-commutative solution with 23 multiplications and show that this solution is new and is NOT an equivalent variant of the Laderman's original solution.”

8. Computer Science › Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs

   Binary determinantal complexity

   Hüttenhain and Ikenmeyer · Linear Algebra and its Applications · 2016

   The paper proves a 7 by 7 lower bound for the 3 by 3 permanent using computer enumeration, and links determinants of such matrices to constant free skew circuits.

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   1. Supported · 71%Writing the 3 by 3 permanent polynomial as a determinant of a matrix of zeros, ones and variables needs a matrix of at least 7 by 7.“We prove that for writing the 3 by 3 permanent polynomial as a determinant of a matrix consisting only of zeros, ones, and variables as entries, a 7 by 7 matrix is required. Our proof is computer based and uses the enumeration of bipartite graphs.”

9. Computer Science › Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs

   Flip Graphs for Matrix Multiplication

   Kauers and Moosbauer · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2022

   The paper introduces a way of finding matrix multiplication schemes by random walks in a 'flip graph', and reports using it to cut the multiplications needed for two matrix formats.

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   1. Supported · 71%Using a random-walk method on a 'flip graph', the authors report fewer multiplications for 4×4 by 4×5 and 5×5 by 5×5 matrix products, including in characteristic two.“Using this method, we were able to reduce the number of multiplications for the matrix formats (4, 4, 5) and (5, 5, 5), both in characteristic two and for arbitrary ground fields.”

10. Computer Science › Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs

    Adaptive Flip Graph Algorithm for Matrix Multiplication

    Arai, Ichikawa and Hukushima · International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation · 2024

    The paper proposes an adaptive version of the flip graph algorithm for finding faster matrix multiplication methods, and reports fewer multiplications for two matrix sizes.

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    1. Supported · 71%An adaptive flip graph search cut the multiplications needed for 4×5 by 5×5 matrices from 76 to 73, and for 5×5 by 5×5 from 95 to 94, in characteristic two.“Numerical experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the adaptive flip graph algorithm, showing a reduction in the number of multiplications for a $4\times 5$ matrix multiplied by a $5\times 5$ matrix from $76$ to $73$, and that from $95$ to $94$ for a $5 \times 5$ matrix multiplied by a…”

11. Computer Science › Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs

    A non-commutative algorithm for multiplying 4x4 matrices using 48 non-complex multiplications

    Dumas, Pernet and Sedoglavic · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2025

    The authors give a rational-coefficient 4x4 matrix multiplication algorithm with 48 multiplications, plus faster variants and an equivalent 63-multiplication algorithm for 3x4 by 4x7 matrices.

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    1. Supported · 71%The paper proposes a 48-multiplication algorithm for 4x4 matrices using only rational coefficients, valid over any ring except those of characteristic 2.“We propose an algorithm requiring 48 multiplications that uses only rational coefficients, thereby removing the requirement for complex-number arithmetic, and making this algorithm valid over any ring except those of characteristic 2.”

12. Computer Science › Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs

    Fast matrix multiplication via recursive $\langle$ 4x4x4:48 $\rangle$ algorithms into practice

    Dumas, Pernet, Sedoglavic, Stapleton and Tichavský · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2026

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    1. Supported · 71%“We present a fast algorithm for multiplying two 4x4 matrices using 48 multiplications and 204 other operations (addition, subtraction or scaling by a constant) over any ring containing an inverse of 2.”

13. Computer Science › Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs

    Fast Matrix Multiplication in Small Formats: Discovering New Schemes with an Open-Source Flip Graph Framework

    Perminov · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2026

    The paper presents an open-source C++ flip graph framework that searches for fast matrix multiplication schemes over several coefficient rings, improving the rank of 79 schemes among 680 studied.

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    1. Supported · 71%A new scheme multiplies a 4×4 matrix by a 4×10 matrix using 115 multiplications, giving an exponent of about 2.80478, below Strassen's.“Notably, a new $4 \times 4 \times 10$ scheme requiring only 115 multiplications is discovered, achieving $ω\approx 2.80478$ and beating Strassen's exponent for this specific size.”

14. Computer Science › Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs

    Flip Graphs with Symmetry and New Matrix Multiplication Schemes

    Moosbauer and Michael · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2025

    The paper adapts the flip graph search method to schemes with symmetry, shrinking the search space, and uses it to find new schemes for 5×5 and 6×6 matrix multiplication.

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    1. Supported · 71%The authors report new matrix multiplication schemes: 93 multiplications for 5×5 matrices and 153 for 6×6 matrices, over any ground field.“Our results are new schemes for multiplying $5\times 5$ matrices using $93$ multiplications and $6\times 6$ matrices using $153$ multiplications over arbitrary ground fields.”

15. Computer Science › Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs

    Improving the matrix multiplication exponent with modern optimization and AlphaEvolve

    Dupont, Eisenberger, Kozlovskii et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2026

    The note improves the optimisation step behind the laser method's combination loss analysis, using a reformulation, a machine-learning-based algorithm and AlphaEvolve, giving a slightly lower bound on ω.

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    1. UncheckedThe authors report a new upper bound on the matrix multiplication exponent, ω < 2.371177, slightly below the previous best of 2.371339.“Our combined approach yields an upper bound of $ω$ < 2.371177, improving the previous best bound of 2.371339.”