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Optimal Sparsification for Some Binary CSPs Using Low-degree Polynomials
This paper analyzes to what extent it is possible to efficiently reduce the
number of clauses in NP-hard satisfiability problems, without changing the
answer. Upper and lower bounds are established using the concept of
kernelization. Existing results show that if NP is not contained in coNP/poly,
no efficient preprocessing algorithm can reduce n-variable instances of CNF-SAT
with d literals per clause, to equivalent instances with bits for
any e > 0. For the Not-All-Equal SAT problem, a compression to size
exists. We put these results in a common framework by analyzing
the compressibility of binary CSPs. We characterize constraint types based on
the minimum degree of multivariate polynomials whose roots correspond to the
satisfying assignments, obtaining (nearly) matching upper and lower bounds in
several settings. Our lower bounds show that not just the number of
constraints, but also the encoding size of individual constraints plays an
important role. For example, for Exact Satisfiability with unbounded clause
length it is possible to efficiently reduce the number of constraints to n+1,
yet no polynomial-time algorithm can reduce to an equivalent instance with
bits for any e > 0, unless NP is a subset of coNP/poly.Comment: Updated the cross-composition in lemma 18 (minor update), since the
previous version did NOT satisfy requirement 4 of lemma 18 (the proof of
Claim 20 was incorrect
Multicritical behavior in models with two competing order parameters
We employ the nonperturbative functional Renormalization Group to study
models with an O(N_1)+O(N_2) symmetry. Here, different fixed points exist in
three dimensions, corresponding to bicritical and tetracritical behavior
induced by the competition of two order parameters. We discuss the critical
behavior of the symmetry-enhanced isotropic, the decoupled and the biconical
fixed point, and analyze their stability in the N_1, N_2 plane. We study the
fate of non-trivial fixed points during the transition from three to four
dimensions, finding evidence for a triviality problem for coupled two-scalar
models in high-energy physics. We also point out the possibility of
non-canonical critical exponents at semi-Gaussian fixed points and show the
emergence of Goldstone modes from discrete symmetries.Comment: 16 pages, 7 figures, 5 tables, minor changes in updated version,
identical to published one in Phys. Rev.
The structure of frontoparallel haptic space is task dependent
In three experiments, we investigated the structure of frontoparallel haptic space. In the first experiment, we asked blindfolded participants to rotate a matching bar so that it felt parallel to the reference bar, the bars could be at various positions in the frontoparallel plane. Large systematic errors were observed, in which orientations that were perceived to be parallel were not physically parallel. In two subsequent experiments, we investigated the origin of these errors. In Experiment 2, we asked participants to verbally report the orientation of haptically presented bars. In this task, participants made errors that were considerably smaller than those made in Experiment 1. In Experiment 3, we asked participants to set bars in a verbally instructed orientation, and they also made errors significantly smaller than those observed in Experiment 1. The data suggest that the errors in the matching task originate from the transfer of the reference orientation to the matching-bar position
Interaction of a Moreton/EIT wave and a coronal hole
We report high-cadence H-alpha observations of a distinct Moreton wave
observed at Kanzelhoehe Solar Observatory associated with the 3B/X3.8 flare and
CME event of 2005 January 17. The Moreton wave can be identified in about 40
H-alpha frames over a period of 7 min. The EIT wave is observed in only one
frame but the derived propagation distance is close to that of the
simultaneously measured Moreton wave fronts indicating that they are closely
associated phenomena. The large angular extent of the Moreton wave allows us to
study the wave kinematics in different propagation directions with respect to
the location of a polar coronal hole (CH). In particular we find that the wave
segment whose propagation direction is perpendicular to the CH boundary
(``frontal encounter'') is stopped by the CH which is in accordance with
observations reported from EIT waves (Thompson et al. 1998). However, we also
find that at a tongue-shaped edge of the coronal hole, where the front
orientation is perpendicular to the CH boundary (the wave ``slides along'' the
boundary), the wave signatures can be found up to 100 Mm inside the CH. These
findings are briefly discussed in the frame of recent modeling results.Comment: 14 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in the Ap
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