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Daily edition · Algorithms

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20 Aug 2026 edition
Algorithms

Space-Efficient Hierholzer for Undirected Graphs

arXiv:2608.19081v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We present a simple linear-time algorithm that outputs an Eulerian tour of an undirected multigraph with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges, if one exists, in $O(m)$ time and…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Elena Grigorescu, Ziad Ismaili Alaoui, Tamio-Vesa Nakajima, Shayan Shirazi Mofrad, Sebastian Wild
Algorithms

Online Service with Per-Batch Maximum Delay

arXiv:2608.18577v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We study online service with one maximum-waiting-time charge per service batch. Requests arrive at points of a finite metric, and a mobile server pays for its movement…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Tianhang Lu, Runtian Ren, Shengcai Liu, Ke Tang
Algorithms

Adversarially Robust Approximate Furthest Neighbor

arXiv:2605.16618v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We work in the adaptive query model, where one is given a point set $P \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ and seeks to construct a data structure that can answer correctly and…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Kiarash Banihashem, Jeff Giliberti, Prashant Gokhale, Samira Goudarzi, MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi, Yuhao Liu, Morteza Monemizadeh, Sandeep Silwal
Algorithms

Deterministic Edge Coloring with few Colors in CONGEST

arXiv:2603.02689v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: As the main contribution of this work we present deterministic edge coloring algorithms in the CONGEST model. In particular, we present an algorithm that edge colors…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Joakim Blikstad, Yannic Maus, Tijn de Vos
Algorithms

Entropy-Constrained Adaptive Stochastic Quantization

arXiv:2608.18147v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Adaptive stochastic quantization (ASQ) is a recently introduced quantization approach that optimizes the Mean Squared Error (MSE) for a given input while preserving…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Ran Ben Basat, Yaniv Ben-Itzhak, Michael Mitzenmacher, Shay Vargaftik
Algorithms

More Asymmetry Yields Faster Matrix Multiplication

arXiv:2404.16349v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We present a new improvement on the laser method for designing fast matrix multiplication algorithms. The new method further develops the recent advances by [Duan, Wu,…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Josh Alman, Ran Duan, Virginia Vassilevska Williams, Yinzhan Xu, Zixuan Xu, Renfei Zhou
Algorithms

Tight Energy Lower Bounds for Distributed Graph Algorithms

arXiv:2608.18992v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: There has been a significant recent interest in designing distributed algorithms in the SLEEPING model that minimize the {energy (a.k.a awake) complexity, which measures…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Fabien Dufoulon, Gopal Pandurangan, Peter Robinson
Algorithms

Online Permutation Embedding: Optimal Stopping and Scaling Laws

arXiv:2608.19050v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We study optimal online algorithms for embedding a permutation $\pi$ of $[k]$ into an iid stream of uniform $[0,1]$ random variables. This problem is a broad…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Dylan J. Altschuler, Quentin Dubroff, Konstantin Tikhomirov
Algorithms

Towards an algebraic approach to the reconfiguration CSP

arXiv:2511.22914v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: This paper investigates the reconfiguration variant of the Constraint Satisfaction Problem (CSP), referred to as the Reconfiguration CSP (RCSP). Given a CSP instance…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Kei Kimura
Algorithms

Computing All Optimal Partial $p$-Wasserstein Matchings on the Line

arXiv:2608.18875v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: For $p \ge 1$, the $p$-Wasserstein distance measures the minimum cost of transporting probability mass between distributions, where moving unit mass between two points…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Sebastian Angrick, Jacobus Conradi, M\'onika Csik\'os, Niko Hastrich, Danny Mittal, Andr\'e Nusser, Krzystof Onak, Sharath Raghvendra
Algorithms

The Limits of Black-Box Reductions for All-Pairs Triangle Detection

arXiv:2608.19092v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: For any tripartite relation $R\subseteq \mathbb{Z}^3$, the $R$-Triangle problem asks, given an edge-weighted graph, whether it contains a triangle whose weights form a…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Nathan Sheffield, Virginia Vassilevska Williams, Zoe Xi
Algorithms

Optimal Deterministic Fully Sparse Matrix Multiplication

arXiv:2608.18496v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We give the first deterministic algorithm for fully sparse matrix multiplication that attains the optimal running-time exponent. This result matches the best previously…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Omar Graia
Algorithms

Tree-Packing Revisited: Faster Fully Dynamic Min-Cut and Arboricity

arXiv:2405.09141v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: A tree-packing is a collection of spanning trees of a graph. It has been a useful tool for computing the minimum cut in static, dynamic, and distributed settings. In…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Tijn de Vos, Aleksander B. G. Christiansen
Algorithms

Decisive Margins in Differentially Private Voting

arXiv:2608.18772v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Differential privacy protects individual voting records by injecting randomness into the published outcome, but this noise can lead to erroneous results when an election…

Source: arXiv cs.DS Quentin Hillebrand, Pasin Manurangsi, Vorapong Suppakitpaisarn, Phanu Vajanopath
Algorithms

Exact SAT Solving for the Two-Dimensional Bandwidth Minimization Problem

arXiv:2608.18514v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The two-dimensional bandwidth minimization problem (2DBMP) seeks an injective embedding of a guest graph into a square grid that minimizes the maximum Manhattan distance…

Source: arXiv cs.DM Pham Quang Minh, Dao Xuan Nghia, To Van Khanh
Algorithms

Parry condition, existence and uniqueness of alternate bases

arXiv:2603.17819v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Alternate bases are a numeration system that generalizes the R\'enyi numeration system. It is common in this context to construct examples or counter-examples by…

Source: arXiv cs.DM \'Emilie Charlier, Savinien Kreczman, Zuzana Mas\'akov\'a, Edita Pelantov\'a
Algorithms

Polytopes of alternating sign matrices with dihedral symmetries

arXiv:2602.18427v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We study the convex hulls of $n \times n$ alternating sign matrices invariant under subgroups of the dihedral group of the square. For each non-trivial symmetry…

Source: arXiv cs.DM P\'eter Madarasi
Algorithms

Alon-Tarsi for hypergraphs

arXiv:2501.00157v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Given a hypergraph $H=(V,E)$, define for every edge $e\in E$ a linear expression with arguments corresponding to the vertices. Next, let the polynomial $p_H$ be…

Source: arXiv cs.DM Marcin Anholcer, Bart{\l}omiej Bosek, Grzegorz Gutowski, Micha{\l} Laso\'n, Jakub Przyby{\l}o, Oriol Serra, Micha{\l} Tuczy\'nski, Llu\'is Vena, Mariusz Zaj\k{a}c
Algorithms

Hardness of Forcing Unique Perfect Matchings in Bipartite Graphs of Maximum Degree 3

arXiv:2608.18617v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: In a graph $G$, a set of edges $F$ is called a \emph{forcing set} if there exists a unique perfect matching $M$ such that $F \subseteq M$. Similarly, a set of edges $A$…

Source: arXiv cs.DM Ryoma Aoshima, Takashi Horiyama, Atsuki Nagao, Fumiya Sakamoto, Hibiki Sato, Kazuhisa Seto, Karin Umebayashi
Algorithms

On the Triangle Inequality for the Jaccard Distance in Arbitrary Lattices

arXiv:2608.18194v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: This paper presents new theoretical results on generalizing the Jaccard distance for lattices and real valuations. We demonstrate that when the valuation is strictly…

Source: arXiv cs.DM Costin B\u{a}dic\u{a}, Amelia B\u{a}dic\u{a}
Algorithms

Lower Bounds for Domination-Type Problems Parameterized by Rank-Width

arXiv:2608.18854v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: For graphs of rank-width \(w\), the algorithms of Bui-Xuan, Telle, and Vatshelle (\emph{Theor. Comput. Sci.}, 2013) for fixed finite/cofinite \((\sigma,\rho)\)-problems…

Source: arXiv cs.CC Chenghua Liu, Boning Meng
Algorithms

P=NP

arXiv:2405.08051v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: This paper investigates an extremely classic NP-complete problem: How to determine if a graph G, where each vertex has a degree of at most 4, can be 3-colorable(The…

Source: arXiv cs.CC Zikang Deng
Algorithms

Quantum Mixedness Testing with Pauli Measurements

arXiv:2608.18839v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We consider a fundamental problem of \emph{mixedness testing}: Given $n$ copies of an $N$-qubit state $\rho$, determine whether $\rho = \mathbb{I}_d/d$ or…

Source: arXiv cs.CC Jayadev Acharya, Abhilash Dharmavarapu, Yuhan Liu, Nengkun Yu
Algorithms

On the quantum communication complexity of total functions

arXiv:2608.18784v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We present a total function with a polylogarithmic two-message quantum protocol, whereas every randomised protocol, even with arbitrarily many rounds, requires polynomial…

Source: arXiv cs.CC Dmytro Gavinsky
Algorithms

Structure and Complexity of 2-Nilpotent Mal'cev Algebras

arXiv:2608.18917v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We investigate the structure of central extensions for algebras in a congruence modular variety. We use a multisorted algebraic object called a clonoid to understand the…

Source: arXiv cs.CC Patrick Wynne
Algorithms

Good Stabilizer Codes from Shallow Clifford Circuits with Random Matchings

arXiv:2608.18536v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Encoding quantum information with low circuit overhead is a fundamental challenge in fault-tolerant quantum computation. Random circuits provide a natural mechanism for…

Source: arXiv cs.CC Emile Anand, Elia Gorokhovsky, Jennifer Hritz, Jingtong Sun
Algorithms

Quantum Speedups Require Structure or Depth

arXiv:2608.19158v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: One of the most basic conjectures in quantum complexity theory states that every $t$-query quantum algorithm can be simulated on most inputs by a…

Source: arXiv cs.CC Guy Blanc, Jordan Docter, Carmen Strassle, Li-Yang Tan