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commit 90f60c2652cfb477c84837d964fb698375f2e071
parent e5e860848ad5eb239e41ecc28c04cdf960a19443
Author: Antoine Amarilli <a3nm@a3nm.net>
Date:   Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:31:12 +0100

Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master'

Diffstat:
1_or_3_in_3_sat | 2+-
aho_corasick | 2+-
backurs2016which | 8++++++--
context_free_language_complement | 2++
decision_dnnf | 2++
dictionary_matching | 7+++++++
functional_dependency | 2++
functional_digraph | 10++++++++++
hypergraph | 4++++
hypergraph_directed | 9+++++++++
hyperpath_width | 5+++++
hypertree_width_variants | 2++
knowledge_compilation_classes | 2+-
logspace | 4++--
mod_k_p | 2+-
multigraph_directed | 9+++++++++
multigraph_undirected | 9+++++++++
nlogspace | 4++--
one_bit_catastrophe | 7+++++++
path | 1+
path_directed | 9+++++++++
pattern_matching | 3++-
probabilistic_membership_problem | 4++++
probabilistic_word | 2--
property_testing | 27+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
query_resilience | 2++
regular_expression_matching_sliding_window | 7+++++++
sjfcq | 2+-
strahler_number | 4++++
tree_evaluation_problem | 7++++++-
vector_addition_system_pushdown | 3+++
31 files changed, 148 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/1_or_3_in_3_sat b/1_or_3_in_3_sat @@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ Up: [schaefers_dichotomy_theorem], [sat_variants] Aliases: 1 or 3 in 3SAT -See also: [xor_sat] +See also: [xor_sat], [1_in_3_SAT] diff --git a/aho_corasick b/aho_corasick @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Aho Corasick -A nice algorithm to build an [automaton] for efficient [pattern_matching] with a dictionary. +A nice algorithm to build an [automaton] for efficient [dictionary_matching] Up: [pattern_matching] diff --git a/backurs2016which b/backurs2016which @@ -1,9 +1,13 @@ # Backurs2016which -uses [strong_exponential_time_hypothesis] and [orthogonal_vectors] +lower bound using [strong_exponential_time_hypothesis] and [orthogonal_vectors] + +classification of [homogeneous_regular_expressions] [follow_up]: [bringmann2016dichotomy] Up: [academic_paper] on [regular_expression_matching] -See also: [Ov_to_regular_expression_matching], [backurs_indyk] +See also: [Ov_to_regular_expression_matching], [word_break_problem] + +Aliases: Backurs Indyk diff --git a/context_free_language_complement b/context_free_language_complement @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ A [formal_language] which is the [language_complementation] of a [CFL] [Emptiness_testing] is [undecidable] because the [universality_problem] is [undecidable] for [CFLs] +The [language_complement] of a [CFL] or even a [UCFL] may not be a [CFL], cf https://mathoverflow.net/questions/163517/is-there-an-unambiguous-cfl-whose-complement-is-not-context-free + Up: [language_complementation], [CFL] Aliases: CFG complement, CFL complement diff --git a/decision_dnnf b/decision_dnnf @@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ A *decision-DNNF* is a [DNNF] but only with [decision_gates] - special case: [ordered_decision_circuit] - special case: [decision_sdnnf] +See [cali2026complexity] + Up: [dnnf] Aliases: decision_DNNFs, decision-DNNF, decision-DNNFs, decDNNF, decDNNFs diff --git a/dictionary_matching b/dictionary_matching @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +# Dictionary matching + +The generalization of the [pattern_matching] problem to the case where you have a dictionary of patterns + +[Algorithm] for this: [aho_corasick] + +Up: [computational_problem], [stringology] diff --git a/functional_dependency b/functional_dependency @@ -27,3 +27,5 @@ Up: [equality_generating_dependency] Aliases: FD, FDs, functional dependencies + +See also: [functional_digraph] diff --git a/functional_digraph b/functional_digraph @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +# Functional digraph + +Also called a "directed pseudoforest" +- cf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoforest#Directed_pseudoforests + +paper: [bridoux2026dividing] + +See also: [enumeration_walk_blit] + +Aliases: directed pseudoforest, directed pseudoforests, functional digraphs, functional graph, functional graphs diff --git a/hypergraph b/hypergraph @@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ generalizes [graph] - [hyperclique_detection] / [hyperclique_hypothesis] +## Variants + +- [hypergraph_directed] + See also: [generalized_hypertree_width], [conjunctive_query], [relational_instance], [simplicial_complex], [Hyperedge_replacement_grammar] Up: [data_structure], [computer_science] diff --git a/hypergraph_directed b/hypergraph_directed @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +# Directed hypergraph + +A [hypergraph] where each [hyperedge] contains head vertices and tail vertices + +Up: [hypergraph] + +See also: [relational_signature] + +Aliases: directed hypergraph, directed hypergraphs diff --git a/hyperpath_width b/hyperpath_width @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +# Hyperpath width + +discussed in [adler2012hypertree] + +Up: [hypertree_width_variants], [pathwidth] diff --git a/hypertree_width_variants b/hypertree_width_variants @@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ - [query_decomposition] Up: [width_measure] for [hypergraph] + +See also: [hyperpath_width] diff --git a/knowledge_compilation_classes b/knowledge_compilation_classes @@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ Up: [knowledge_compilation], [circuit], [Boolean_function_representation] See also: [circuit_classes], [circuit_condition] -Aliases: knowledge compilation circuit classes +Aliases: knowledge compilation circuit classes, knowledge compilation circuits diff --git a/logspace b/logspace @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # L -Class of problems that can be solved with logarithmic space [complexity_space] +Class of problems that can be solved with logarithmic [complexity_space] Is included in [PTIME] @@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ Variant [SL]: symmetric logspace, class of problems reducible to undirected [rea Up: [complexity_class] -Aliases: L +Aliases: L, deterministic logspace diff --git a/mod_k_p b/mod_k_p @@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ For k=2, [parity_p] Up: [parity_p] -See also: [modular_counting] +See also: [modular_counting], [sharp_k_p] diff --git a/multigraph_directed b/multigraph_directed @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +# Directed multigraph + +#todo + +Up: [multigraph], [directed_graph] + +Aliases: directed multigraph, directed multigraphs + +See also: [undirected_multigraph] diff --git a/multigraph_undirected b/multigraph_undirected @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +# Undirected multigraph + +#todo + +Up: [multigraph], [undirected_graph] + +Aliases: undirected multigraph, undirected multigraphs + +See also: [directed_multigraph] diff --git a/nlogspace b/nlogspace @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # NL -[complexity_class] of [decision_problems] that can be solved by [nondeterministic] [turing_machine] with [logarithmic] amount of memory +[complexity_class] of [decision_problems] that can be solved by [nondeterministic_turing_machine] with [logarithmic] amount of memory Like [logspace] with [nondeterministic] @@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ Up: [complexity_class] See also: [nl_complete] -Aliases: NL +Aliases: NL, nondeterministic logspace diff --git a/one_bit_catastrophe b/one_bit_catastrophe @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +# One bit catastrophe + +cf [lagarde2017lempel] + +Up: [lz78] + +See also: [lz77] diff --git a/path b/path @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ sequence of vertices in a [graph] such that any two successive vertices are conn - [hamiltonian_path] - [eulerian_path] - [path_undirected] +- [path_directed] Up: [graph] diff --git a/path_directed b/path_directed @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +# Directed path + +A [path] in a [directed_graph] + +Up: [path] + +Aliases: directed path, directed paths + +See also: [undirected_path] diff --git a/pattern_matching b/pattern_matching @@ -33,11 +33,12 @@ - [pattern_matching_compressed] on [compressed_data] - [gapped_pattern_matching]: find two patterns separated by a distance within a specified range - [text_index], when the text can be preprocessed +- [dictionary_matching] ## Implementations - [pattern_matching_practice] -Up: [stringology] +Up: [stringology], [computational_problem] See also: [pattern], [pattern_matching_2d] diff --git a/probabilistic_membership_problem b/probabilistic_membership_problem @@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ Having fixed a [formal_language], given a [probabilistic_word], what is the prob Studied in [amarilli2026complexity] Up: [membership_problem], [PQE] + +See also: [Pattern_matching_dontcare_pqe] + +Aliases: formal language membership pqe, membership problem pqe diff --git a/probabilistic_word b/probabilistic_word @@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ A [word] where each position specifies a [probability_distribution] on letters -Studied in [amarilli2026complexity] - - [probabilistic_membership_problem] Related work, cf [probabilistic_word_related_work]: diff --git a/property_testing b/property_testing @@ -1,9 +1,36 @@ # Property testing +You have an object O and a property P, and you want to determine if O has property P via local queries. Further, you have the promise that O either has the property P, or is ε-far from the property, i.e., the distance from O to any object X having the property is at least ε |X|. You want to minimize the [query_complexity] + +Examples: + - [property_testing_formal_language] + - you want to test membership to a [formal_language] + - you can test which letter is at a given position + - the promise is on some proportion of the letters in the word +- [property_testing_Boolean_function] + - you want to test if a [Boolean_function] has a certain property + - is it a [constant_boolean_function] + - is it a [dictatorship_boolean_function] + - you can evaluate the function at some point + - the promise is on some proportion of the values of the truth table +- [property_testing_graph] + - you want to test a [graph_property] + - you can test whether some edge exists (dense graphs) or find the i-th neighbor of a vertex (sparse graphs of bounded degree) + - the promise is in some proportion of the values of the [adjacency_matrix] (dense graphs) or edges (sparse graphs) - [property_testing_CSP] - [property_testing_databases] +Typical framework: + +- local obstructions that justify that you don't have the property + - e.g., a [triangle] in a graph, when determining if the graph is [triangle_free] + - e.g., x and y such that f(x) \neq f(y), when determining if a function is constant +- lemma: ε-far => contains many obstructions + - e.g., a graph which is ε-far from a triangle-free graph contains many triangles + - [Szemerédi's_Regularity_Lemma] +- sampling algorithm to find a local obstruction whp + Up: [computational_problem] See also: [model_checking], [Approximate_membership], [tolerant_property_testing] diff --git a/query_resilience b/query_resilience @@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ Generalization: - [deletion_propagation_with_source_side_effects] +Introduced in: [meliou2010complexity] + Old related work: [yannakakis1981edge] Up: [database_theory] diff --git a/regular_expression_matching_sliding_window b/regular_expression_matching_sliding_window @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +# Regular expression matching sliding window + +[academic_papers]: [ganardi2022low], [ganardi2024regular] + +Up: [sliding_window], [Regular_expression_matching] + +Aliases: regular language membership sliding window, regular language matching sliding window, regular expression membership sliding window diff --git a/sjfcq b/sjfcq @@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ Special cases: Up: [conjunctive_query], [self_join] -Aliases: self join free CQ, self join free CQs, selfjoin free CQ, selfjoin free CQs, cq self join free, cqs self join free, self-join-free CQ, self-join-free CQs, conjunctive query self join free, SJFCQs +Aliases: self join free CQ, self join free CQs, selfjoin free CQ, selfjoin free CQs, cq self join free, cqs self join free, self-join-free CQ, self-join-free CQs, conjunctive query self join free, SJFCQs, self join free query, self join free queries diff --git a/strahler_number b/strahler_number @@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ cf [esparza2016brief] Related to [pathwidth] by a factor of 2 - cf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strahler_number#Pathwidth +The height of the largest [perfect_binary_tree] that can be [tree_embedded] into t + Up: [parameter] on [tree] See also: [cantor_bendixson_rank], [ganardi2025complexity] + +Aliases: Strahler numbers diff --git a/tree_evaluation_problem b/tree_evaluation_problem @@ -2,10 +2,15 @@ You have a [tree] and you want to evaluate a [bottom_up_nondeterministic_tree_automaton] on the tree, in a [nonuniform] sense where each [node] is labeled by the transition function +Covers in particular the evaluation of [Boolean_formulas] and the acceptance of a fixed [tree_automaton] + +Sometimes considered specifically on [complete_binary_trees] and on functions at the nodes given as input. + It is in O(log n log log n), cf [cook2023tree] and [goldreich2024cook] +=> leading to [williams2025simulating] Up: [computational_problem] on [tree] -Aliases: TreeEval +Aliases: TreeEval, tree evaluation See also: [formula_value_problem] diff --git a/vector_addition_system_pushdown b/vector_addition_system_pushdown @@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ Unclear if [reachability] is [decidable] - cf [ganardi2022reachability] +- cf [biziere2025reachability] for one-dimensional - claimed decidable in [guttenberg2026pvass] Also with counters and with resets [schmitz2019coverability] (but for [coverability]) Up: [vector_addition_system], [pushdown_automaton] + +Aliases: pushdown VAS, pushdown VASS