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18 Aug 2026 edition

70 articles · 3 sources · 70 papers ·

Top topics: Algorithms

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Time- and Space-Efficient List Decoding up to Capacity

arXiv:2608.15937v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: In the theory of error correcting codes, list-decoding refers to the following problem. Given a code $C \subseteq \Sigma^N$ and a received word $y \in \Sigma^N$, find…

Source: arXiv cs.CC Dorsa Fathollahi, Noga Ron-Zewi, Mary Wootters
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You Can't Solve These Super Mario Bros. Levels: Undecidable Mario Games

arXiv:2405.10546v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We prove RE-completeness (and thus undecidability) of several 2D games in the Super Mario Bros. platform video game series: the New Super Mario Bros. series (original,…

Source: arXiv cs.CC MIT Hardness Group, Erik D. Demaine, Lilly Hall, Hayashi Layers, Ricardo Ruiz, Naveen Venkat
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When More Generators Hurt: Shellsort on Full Product Grids

arXiv:2608.10696v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Shellsort repeatedly runs insertion sort with decreasing gaps, so its worst-case cost depends on the gap sequence. Pratt's $2^u3^v$ sequence, one of the few systematic…

Source: arXiv cs.CC Ziqi Zhao, Qingjian Ni
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$\ell_p$-Norm Maximization over Zonotopes Is W[1]-Hard

arXiv:2608.15847v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We study $\ell_p$-norm maximization over zonotopes given by rational generators, with input length $L$. For fixed $p=a/b>1$, the exact Turing baseline runs in…

Source: arXiv cs.CC Yang Cao, Haoran Qi, Hanzhi Wang
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Bounds on the real tensor rank of octonion multiplication

arXiv:2608.16649v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The tensor rank of a bilinear map is the least number of multiplications any bilinear algorithm needs to compute it; for the multiplication of an algebra it measures how…

Source: arXiv cs.CC Hardik Jain
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Classical Adversarial Fault-Tolerance and PCPs

arXiv:2608.16860v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We show how to compile an arbitrary classical circuit into a fault-tolerant circuit, which performs the desired computation even when an almost-linear number of bits are…

Source: arXiv cs.CC Anurag Anshu, Nikolas P. Breuckmann, Louis Golowich, Quynh T. Nguyen, Umesh Vazirani
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On the Complexity of Locally Dense Lattices

arXiv:2608.14975v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: \emph{Locally dense lattices} are central gadgets used to prove the hardness of the Shortest Vector Problem and related lattice problems. Informally, a locally dense…

Source: arXiv cs.CC Shuichi Hirahara, Kazuki Ogitsuka
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PSPACE-Hard 2D Super Mario Games: Thirteen Doors

arXiv:2404.10380v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We prove PSPACE-hardness for fifteen games in the Super Mario Bros. 2D platforming video game series. Previously, only the original Super Mario Bros. was known to be…

Source: arXiv cs.CC MIT Hardness Group, Erik D. Demaine, Lilly Hall, Hayashi Layers, Matias Korman
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Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computation with Adversarial Errors

arXiv:2608.16857v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We prove a fault-tolerance theorem for quantum computation against adversarial noise. For every quantum circuit on $\bar{N}$ logical qudits of depth $\bar{T}$, we…

Source: arXiv cs.CC Nikolas P. Breuckmann, Louis Golowich, Umesh Vazirani
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Superlogarithmic Gap Result for LCLs on Trees in Quantum-LOCAL

arXiv:2608.16854v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We show that, on trees, any locally checkable labeling problem (LCL) $\Pi$ that can be solved by an $n^{o(1)}$-dependent distribution can also be solved by an $O(\log…

Source: arXiv cs.CC Francesco d'Amore, Henrik Lievonen
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Pre-Model Representation Failures in GNN-Based Smart Contract Vulnerability Detection

arXiv:2608.15184v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: This paper is a failure analysis of the representation layer underlying GNN-based smart contract vulnerability detectors. These systems convert source code into graphs…

Source: arXiv cs.CC Birindwa Prisca Hondi, Chinoso Philip Nwishienyi, Charity Wanja Mwaura, Alia Teto, Jema David Ndibwile
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Distributed Quantum Advantage in Locally Checkable Labeling Problems

arXiv:2504.05191v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: In this paper, we present the first known example of a locally checkable labeling problem (LCL) that admits asymptotic distributed quantum advantage in the LOCAL…

Source: arXiv cs.CC Alkida Balliu, Filippo Casagrande, Francesco d'Amore, Massimo Equi, Barbara Keller, Henrik Lievonen, Dennis Olivetti, Gustav Schmid, Jukka Suomela
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The K\"onig constant is one

arXiv:2608.14817v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: For each $N\geq1$, consider the normalized K\"onig bilinear form $B_{\mathrm K}:L_\infty(\mathbb R^N)\times L_\infty(\mathbb R^N)\to\mathbb R$ given by \[ B_{\mathrm…

Source: arXiv cs.CC Xinyuan Xie, Haonan Zhang
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Feature-Aware (Hyper)graph Generation via Next-Scale Prediction

arXiv:2506.01467v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Graph generative models perform well on small-scale structured data but struggle to scale to large, complex structures. Hierarchical approaches improve…

Source: arXiv cs.DM Dorian Gailhard, Enzo Tartaglione, Lirida Naviner, Jhony H. Giraldo
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On the Laplacian spectral gap of generalized pancake graphs

arXiv:2608.15398v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The generalized pancake graph $P(m,n)$ is the Cayley graph of the group of colored permutations $\mathbb{Z}_m\wr S_n=(\mathbb{Z}_m)^n\rtimes S_n$ generated by…

Source: arXiv cs.DM Sa\'ul A. Blanco

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