Minimum-entropy coupling approximation guarantees beyond the majorization barrier

S Compton, D Katz, B Qi… - International …, 2023 - proceedings.mlr.press
Given a set of discrete probability distributions, the minimum entropy coupling is the
minimum entropy joint distribution that has the input distributions as its marginals. This has …

USSR is in P/poly

N Balaji, S Datta - 2024 Symposium on Simplicity in Algorithms (SOSA), 2024 - SIAM
Abstract The Sum of Square Roots (SSR) problem is the following computational problem:
Given positive integers a 1,…, ak, and signs δ1,…, δ k∈{-1, 1}, check if. The problem is …

On enumerating monomials and other combinatorial structures by polynomial interpolation

Y Strozecki - Theory of Computing Systems, 2013 - Springer
We study the problem of generating the monomials of a black box polynomial in the context
of enumeration complexity. We present three new randomized algorithms for restricted …

On the Order of Power Series and the Sum of Square Roots Problem

G Jindal, L Gaillard - Proceedings of the 2023 International Symposium …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
This paper focuses on the study of the order of power series that are linear combinations of a
given finite set of power series. The order of a formal power series, known as, is defined as …

Algebraic independence in positive characteristic: A 𝑝-adic calculus

J Mittmann, N Saxena, P Scheiblechner - Transactions of the American …, 2014 - ams.org
A set of multivariate polynomials, over a field of zero or large characteristic, can be tested for
algebraic independence by the well-known Jacobian criterion. For fields of other …

Low-depth uniform threshold circuits and the bit-complexity of straight line programs

E Allender, N Balaji, S Datta - … MFCS 2014, Budapest, Hungary, August 25 …, 2014 - Springer
We present improved uniform TC 0 circuits for division, matrix powering, and related
problems, where the improvement is in terms of “majority depth”(as studied by Maciel and …

Independence in algebraic complexity theory

J Mittmann - 2013 - bonndoc.ulb.uni-bonn.de
This thesis examines the concepts of linear and algebraic independence in algebraic
complexity theory. Arithmetic circuits, computing multivariate polynomials over a field, form …

On the complexity of algebraic numbers, and the bit-complexity of straight-line programs 1

E Allender, N Balaji, S Datta, R Pratap - Computability, 2023 - content.iospress.com
We investigate the complexity of languages that correspond to algebraic real numbers, and
we present improved upper bounds on the complexity of these languages. Our key technical …

Identity testing for radical expressions

N Balaji, K Nosan, M Shirmohammadi… - Proceedings of the 37th …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
We study the Radical Identity Testing problem (RIT): Given an algebraic circuit representing
a polynomial and nonnegative integers a1,…, ak and d1,…, dk, written in binary, test …

Approximate equality for two sums of roots

A Dubickas - Journal of Complexity, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, we consider the problem of finding how close two sums of mth roots can be to
each other. For integers m≥ 2, k≥ 1 and 0≤ s≤ k, let em (s, k)> 0 and E m (s, k)> 0 be the …