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Breaking the PPSZ Barrier for Unique 3-SAT
The PPSZ algorithm by Paturi, Pudl\'ak, Saks, and Zane (FOCS 1998) is the
fastest known algorithm for (Promise) Unique k-SAT. We give an improved
algorithm with exponentially faster bounds for Unique 3-SAT.
For uniquely satisfiable 3-CNF formulas, we do the following case
distinction: We call a clause critical if exactly one literal is satisfied by
the unique satisfying assignment. If a formula has many critical clauses, we
observe that PPSZ by itself is already faster. If there are only few clauses
allover, we use an algorithm by Wahlstr\"om (ESA 2005) that is faster than PPSZ
in this case. Otherwise we have a formula with few critical and many
non-critical clauses. Non-critical clauses have at least two literals
satisfied; we show how to exploit this to improve PPSZ.Comment: 13 pages; major revision with simplified algorithm but slightly worse
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Multi-Gigabit Wireless data transfer at 60 GHz
In this paper we describe the status of the first prototype of the 60 GHz
wireless Multi-gigabit data transfer topology currently under development at
University of Heidelberg using IBM 130 nm SiGe HBT BiCMOS technology. The 60
GHz band is very suitable for high data rate and short distance applications as
for example needed in the HEP experments. The wireless transceiver consist of a
transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter includes an On-Off Keying (OOK)
modulator, an Local Oscillator (LO), a Power Amplifier (PA) and a BandPass
Filter (BPF). The receiver part is composed of a BandPass- Filter (BPF), a Low
Noise Amplifier (LNA), a double balanced down-convert Gilbert mixer, a Local
Oscillator (LO), then a BPF to remove the mixer introduced noise, an
Intermediate Amplifier (IF), an On-Off Keying demodulator and a limiting
amplifier. The first prototype would be able to handle a data-rate of about 3.5
Gbps over a link distance of 1 m. The first simulations of the LNA show that a
Noise Figure (NF) of 5 dB, a power gain of 21 dB at 60 GHz with a 3 dB
bandwidth of more than 20 GHz with a power consumption 11 mW are achieved.
Simulations of the PA show an output referred compression point P1dB of 19.7 dB
at 60 GHz.Comment: Proceedings of the WIT201
Clay fraction properties and grassland management imprint on soil organic matter composition and stability at molecular level
Electric-dipole active two-magnon excitation in {\textit{ab}} spiral spin phase of a ferroelectric magnet GdTbMnO
A broad continuum-like spin excitation (1--10 meV) with a peak structure
around 2.4 meV has been observed in the ferroelectric spiral spin phase of
GdTbMnO by using terahertz (THz) time-domain spectroscopy.
Based on a complete set of light-polarization measurements, we identify the
spin excitation active for the light vector only along the a-axis, which
grows in intensity with lowering temperature even from above the magnetic
ordering temperature but disappears upon the transition to the -type
antiferromagnetic phase. Such an electric-dipole active spin excitation as
observed at THz frequencies can be ascribed to the two-magnon excitation in
terms of the unique polarization selection rule in a variety of the
magnetically ordered phases.Comment: 11 pages including 3 figure
A capacitive field-effect sensor for the direct determination of organophosphorus pesticides
Nominal Unification of Higher Order Expressions with Recursive Let
A sound and complete algorithm for nominal unification of higher-order
expressions with a recursive let is described, and shown to run in
non-deterministic polynomial time. We also explore specializations like nominal
letrec-matching for plain expressions and for DAGs and determine the complexity
of corresponding unification problems.Comment: Pre-proceedings paper presented at the 26th International Symposium
on Logic-Based Program Synthesis and Transformation (LOPSTR 2016), Edinburgh,
Scotland UK, 6-8 September 2016 (arXiv:1608.02534
Unary Pushdown Automata and Straight-Line Programs
We consider decision problems for deterministic pushdown automata over a
unary alphabet (udpda, for short). Udpda are a simple computation model that
accept exactly the unary regular languages, but can be exponentially more
succinct than finite-state automata. We complete the complexity landscape for
udpda by showing that emptiness (and thus universality) is P-hard, equivalence
and compressed membership problems are P-complete, and inclusion is
coNP-complete. Our upper bounds are based on a translation theorem between
udpda and straight-line programs over the binary alphabet (SLPs). We show that
the characteristic sequence of any udpda can be represented as a pair of
SLPs---one for the prefix, one for the lasso---that have size linear in the
size of the udpda and can be computed in polynomial time. Hence, decision
problems on udpda are reduced to decision problems on SLPs. Conversely, any SLP
can be converted in logarithmic space into a udpda, and this forms the basis
for our lower bound proofs. We show coNP-hardness of the ordered matching
problem for SLPs, from which we derive coNP-hardness for inclusion. In
addition, we complete the complexity landscape for unary nondeterministic
pushdown automata by showing that the universality problem is -hard, using a new class of integer expressions. Our techniques have
applications beyond udpda. We show that our results imply -completeness for a natural fragment of Presburger arithmetic and coNP lower
bounds for compressed matching problems with one-character wildcards
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