A Complexity Trichotomy for k-Regular Asymmetric Spin Systems Using Number Theory

Cai, Jin-Yi; Fu, Zhiguo; Girstmair, Kurt; Kowalczyk, Michael

doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2018.2

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A Complexity Trichotomy for k-Regular Asymmetric Spin Systems Using Number Theory

Authors Jin-Yi Cai, Zhiguo Fu, Kurt Girstmair, Michael Kowalczyk

Part of: Volume: 9th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2018)
Part of: Series: Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)
Part of: Conference: Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS)
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license
Publication Date: 2018-01-12

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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2018.2
URN: urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-83251

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Spin Systems
Holant Problems
Number Theory
Characters
Cyclotomic Fields

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Abstract

Suppose \varphi and \psi are two angles satisfying \tan(\varphi) = 2  \tan(\psi)  > 0. We prove that under this condition \varphi and  \psi cannot be both rational multiples of \pi. We use this number theoretic result to prove a classification of the computational complexity of spin systems on k-regular graphs with general (not necessarily symmetric) real valued edge weights. We establish explicit criteria, according to which the partition functions of all such systems are classified into three classes: (1) Polynomial time
computable, (2) \#P-hard in general but polynomial time computable
on planar graphs, and (3) \#P-hard on planar graphs. In particular problems in (2) are precisely those that can be transformed to a form solvable by the Fisher-Kasteleyn-Temperley algorithm by a holographic reduction.

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Jin-Yi Cai, Zhiguo Fu, Kurt Girstmair, and Michael Kowalczyk. A Complexity Trichotomy for k-Regular Asymmetric Spin Systems Using Number Theory. In 9th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2018). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 94, pp. 2:1-2:22, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2018) https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2018.2

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Jin-Yi Cai

Zhiguo Fu

Kurt Girstmair

Michael Kowalczyk

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