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Linear Time Parameterized Algorithms via Skew-Symmetric Multicuts
A skew-symmetric graph is a directed graph with an
involution on the set of vertices and arcs. In this paper, we
introduce a separation problem, -Skew-Symmetric Multicut, where we are given
a skew-symmetric graph , a family of of -sized subsets of
vertices and an integer . The objective is to decide if there is a set
of arcs such that every set in the family has a vertex
such that and are in different connected components of
. In this paper, we give an algorithm for
this problem which runs in time , where is the
number of arcs in the graph, the number of vertices and the length
of the family given in the input.
Using our algorithm, we show that Almost 2-SAT has an algorithm with running
time and we obtain algorithms for {\sc Odd Cycle Transversal}
and {\sc Edge Bipartization} which run in time and
respectively. This resolves an open problem posed by Reed,
Smith and Vetta [Operations Research Letters, 2003] and improves upon the
earlier almost linear time algorithm of Kawarabayashi and Reed [SODA, 2010].
We also show that Deletion q-Horn Backdoor Set Detection is a special case of
3-Skew-Symmetric Multicut, giving us an algorithm for Deletion q-Horn Backdoor
Set Detection which runs in time . This gives the first
fixed-parameter tractable algorithm for this problem answering a question posed
in a paper by a superset of the authors [STACS, 2013]. Using this result, we
get an algorithm for Satisfiability which runs in time where
is the size of the smallest q-Horn deletion backdoor set, with being
the length of the input formula
Looking for bSM physics using top-quark polarization and decay-lepton kinematic asymmetries
We explore beyond Standard Model (bSM) physics signatures in the
channel of pair production process at the Tevatron and the LHC.
We study the effects of bSM physics scenarios on the top quark polarization and
on the kinematics of the decay leptons. To this end, we construct asymmetries
using the lepton energy and angular distributions. Further, we find their
correlations with the top polarization, net charge asymmetry and top forward
backward asymmetry. We show that used together, these observables can help
discriminate effectively between SM and different bSM scenarios which can lead
to varying degrees of top polarization at the Tevatron as well as the LHC. We
use two types of coloured mediator models to demonstrate the effectiveness of
proposed observables, an -channel axigluon and a -channel diquark.Comment: 39 pages, 10 figures and 4 tables. To appear in Phys. Rev.
A Linear Time Parameterized Algorithm for Node Unique Label Cover
The optimization version of the Unique Label Cover problem is at the heart of
the Unique Games Conjecture which has played an important role in the proof of
several tight inapproximability results. In recent years, this problem has been
also studied extensively from the point of view of parameterized complexity.
Cygan et al. [FOCS 2012] proved that this problem is fixed-parameter tractable
(FPT) and Wahlstr\"om [SODA 2014] gave an FPT algorithm with an improved
parameter dependence. Subsequently, Iwata, Wahlstr\"om and Yoshida [2014]
proved that the edge version of Unique Label Cover can be solved in linear
FPT-time. That is, there is an FPT algorithm whose dependence on the input-size
is linear. However, such an algorithm for the node version of the problem was
left as an open problem. In this paper, we resolve this question by presenting
the first linear-time FPT algorithm for Node Unique Label Cover
Longitudinal top polarisation measurement and anomalous coupling
Kinematical distributions of decay products of the top quark carry
information on the polarisation of the top as well as on any possible new
physics in the decay of the top quark. We construct observables in the form of
asymmetries in the kinematical distributions to probe their effects.
Charged-lepton angular distributions in the decay are insensitive to anomalous
couplings to leading order. Hence these can be a robust probe of top
polarisation. However, these are difficult to measure in the case of highly
boosted top quarks as compared to energy distributions of decay products. These
are then sensitive, in general, to both top polarisation and top anomalous
couplings. We compare various asymmetries for their sensitivities to the
longitudinal polarisation of the top quark as well as to possible new physics
in the vertex, paying special attention to the case of highly boosted top
quarks. We perform a - analysis to determine the regions in the
longitudinal polarisation of the top quark and the couplings of the
vertex constrained by different combinations of the asymmetries. Moreover, we
find that use of observables sensitive to the longitudinal top polarisation can
add to the sensitivity to which the vertex can be probed.Comment: significantly revised version, clarifications on the term
'polarisation' added, new references added, the title modified, 41 figures.
Accepted for publication in EPJ
Lossy Kernelization
In this paper we propose a new framework for analyzing the performance of
preprocessing algorithms. Our framework builds on the notion of kernelization
from parameterized complexity. However, as opposed to the original notion of
kernelization, our definitions combine well with approximation algorithms and
heuristics. The key new definition is that of a polynomial size
-approximate kernel. Loosely speaking, a polynomial size
-approximate kernel is a polynomial time pre-processing algorithm that
takes as input an instance to a parameterized problem, and outputs
another instance to the same problem, such that . Additionally, for every , a -approximate solution
to the pre-processed instance can be turned in polynomial time into a
-approximate solution to the original instance .
Our main technical contribution are -approximate kernels of
polynomial size for three problems, namely Connected Vertex Cover, Disjoint
Cycle Packing and Disjoint Factors. These problems are known not to admit any
polynomial size kernels unless . Our approximate
kernels simultaneously beat both the lower bounds on the (normal) kernel size,
and the hardness of approximation lower bounds for all three problems. On the
negative side we prove that Longest Path parameterized by the length of the
path and Set Cover parameterized by the universe size do not admit even an
-approximate kernel of polynomial size, for any , unless
. In order to prove this lower bound we need to combine
in a non-trivial way the techniques used for showing kernelization lower bounds
with the methods for showing hardness of approximationComment: 58 pages. Version 2 contain new results: PSAKS for Cycle Packing and
approximate kernel lower bounds for Set Cover and Hitting Set parameterized
by universe siz
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