28 Search Results for "Gurjar, Rohit"


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Faster Approximate Linear Matroid Intersection

Authors: Tatsuya Terao

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 370, 20th Scandinavian Symposium on Algorithm Theory (SWAT 2026)


Abstract
We consider a fast approximation algorithm for the linear matroid intersection problem. In this problem, we are given two r × n matrices M₁ and M₂, and the objective is to find a largest set of columns that are linearly independent in both M₁ and M₂. We design a (1 - ε)-approximation algorithm with time complexity Õ_{ε}(nnz(M₁) + nnz(M₂) + r_{*}^{ω}), where nnz(M_i) denotes the number of nonzero entries in M_i for i = 1, 2, r_{*} denotes the maximum size of a common independent set, and ω < 2.372 denotes the matrix multiplication exponent. Our approximation algorithm is faster than the exact algorithm by Harvey [FOCS'06 & SICOMP'09] and Cheung-Kwok-Lau [STOC'12 & JACM'13], which runs in Õ(nnz(M₁) + nnz(M₂) + n r_{*}^{ω - 1}) time. We also develop a fast (1 - ε)-approximation algorithm for the weighted version of the linear matroid intersection problem. In fact, we design a (1 - ε)-approximation algorithm for weighted linear matroid intersection with time complexity Õ_{ε}(nnz(M₁) + nnz(M₂) + r_{*}^{ω}). Our algorithm improves upon the (1 - ε)-approximation algorithm by Huang-Kakimura-Kamiyama [SODA'16 & Math. Program.'19], which runs in Õ_{ε}(nnz(M₁) + nnz(M₂) + nr_{*}^{ω - 1}) time. To obtain these results, we combine Quanrud’s adaptive sparsification framework [ICALP'24] with a simple yet effective method for efficiently checking whether a given vector lies in the linear span of a subset of vectors, which is of independent interest.

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Tatsuya Terao. Faster Approximate Linear Matroid Intersection. In 20th Scandinavian Symposium on Algorithm Theory (SWAT 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 370, pp. 39:1-39:19, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)


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@InProceedings{terao:LIPIcs.SWAT.2026.39,
  author =	{Terao, Tatsuya},
  title =	{{Faster Approximate Linear Matroid Intersection}},
  booktitle =	{20th Scandinavian Symposium on Algorithm Theory (SWAT 2026)},
  pages =	{39:1--39:19},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-421-5},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{370},
  editor =	{Fraigniaud, Pierre},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.SWAT.2026.39},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-260756},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.SWAT.2026.39},
  annote =	{Keywords: Linear matroid intersection, fast approximation algorithm}
}
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Computing Consistent Least Upper Bounds in Aggregate Logic

Authors: Aziz Amezian El Khalfioui and Jef Wijsen

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 365, 29th International Conference on Database Theory (ICDT 2026)


Abstract
We consider the problem of answering conjunctive queries with aggregation on database instances that may violate primary key constraints. In SQL, these queries follow the SELECT-FROM-WHERE-GROUP BY format, where the WHERE clause involves a conjunction of equalities, and the SELECT clause can incorporate aggregate operators like MAX, MIN, SUM, AVG, or COUNT. Repairs of a database instance are defined as inclusion-maximal subsets that satisfy all primary keys. The range-consistent answer to a numerical query over an inconsistent database is a pair [glb, lub], where glb and lub are, respectively, the smallest and the greatest results returned by the query over all possible repairs. While previous work has focused on the computation of the glb, the current paper studies the computation of the lub for a numerical domain of non-negative rational numbers. We introduce the notion of κ-acyclicity for self-join-free conjunctive queries. We show that if the body of a SUM-query is κ-acyclic, then the lub can be computed through a rewriting in first-order aggregate logic. Moreover, we show that this result extends to all aggregate operators that are monotone and associative. Importantly, we also prove the inverse: if the body of a SUM-query is not κ-acyclic, then the lub cannot be computed in first-order aggregate logic.

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Aziz Amezian El Khalfioui and Jef Wijsen. Computing Consistent Least Upper Bounds in Aggregate Logic. In 29th International Conference on Database Theory (ICDT 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 365, pp. 4:1-4:21, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)


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@InProceedings{amezianelkhalfioui_et_al:LIPIcs.ICDT.2026.4,
  author =	{Amezian El Khalfioui, Aziz and Wijsen, Jef},
  title =	{{Computing Consistent Least Upper Bounds in Aggregate Logic}},
  booktitle =	{29th International Conference on Database Theory (ICDT 2026)},
  pages =	{4:1--4:21},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-413-0},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{365},
  editor =	{ten Cate, Balder and Funk, Maurice},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICDT.2026.4},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-256180},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ICDT.2026.4},
  annote =	{Keywords: Consistent query answering, primary key, conjunctive query, aggregate logic}
}
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2D Minimal Graph Rigidity is in NC for One-Crossing-Minor-Free Graphs

Authors: Rohit Gurjar, Kilian Rothmund, and Thomas Thierauf

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 364, 43rd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2026)


Abstract
Minimally rigid graphs can be decided and embedded in the plane efficiently, i.e. in polynomial time. There is also an efficient randomized parallel algorithm, i.e. in RNC. We present an NC-algorithm to decide whether one-crossing-minor-free graphs are minimally rigid. In the special case of K_{3,3}-free graphs, we also compute an infinitesimally rigid embedding in NC.

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Rohit Gurjar, Kilian Rothmund, and Thomas Thierauf. 2D Minimal Graph Rigidity is in NC for One-Crossing-Minor-Free Graphs. In 43rd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 364, pp. 49:1-49:22, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)


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@InProceedings{gurjar_et_al:LIPIcs.STACS.2026.49,
  author =	{Gurjar, Rohit and Rothmund, Kilian and Thierauf, Thomas},
  title =	{{2D Minimal Graph Rigidity is in NC for One-Crossing-Minor-Free Graphs}},
  booktitle =	{43rd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2026)},
  pages =	{49:1--49:22},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-412-3},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{364},
  editor =	{Mahajan, Meena and Manea, Florin and McIver, Annabelle and Thắng, Nguy\~{ê}n Kim},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2026.49},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-255385},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2026.49},
  annote =	{Keywords: Graph Rigidity, Parallel Algorithms, Polynomial Identity Testing, Derandomization}
}
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Debordering Closure Results in Determinantal and Pfaffian Ideals

Authors: Anakin Dey and Zeyu Guo

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)


Abstract
One important question in algebraic complexity is understanding the complexity of polynomial ideals (Grochow, Bulletin of EATCS 131, 2020). Andrews and Forbes (STOC 2022) studied the determinantal ideals I^{det}_{n,m,r} generated by the r× r minors of n× m matrices. Over fields of characteristic zero or of sufficiently large characteristic, they showed that for any nonzero f ∈ I^{det}_{n,m,r}, the determinant of a t × t matrix of variables with t = Θ{r^{1/3}} is approximately computed by a constant-depth, polynomial-size f-oracle algebraic circuit, in the sense that the determinant lies in the border of such circuits. An analogous result was also obtained for Pfaffians in the same paper. In this work, we deborder the result of Andrews and Forbes by showing that when f has polynomial degree, the determinant is in fact exactly computed by a constant-depth, polynomial-size f-oracle algebraic circuit. We further establish an analogous result for Pfaffian ideals. Our results are established using the isolation lemma, combined with a careful analysis of straightening-law expansions of polynomials in determinantal and Pfaffian ideals.

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Anakin Dey and Zeyu Guo. Debordering Closure Results in Determinantal and Pfaffian Ideals. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 49:1-49:24, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)


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@InProceedings{dey_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.49,
  author =	{Dey, Anakin and Guo, Zeyu},
  title =	{{Debordering Closure Results in Determinantal and Pfaffian Ideals}},
  booktitle =	{17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
  pages =	{49:1--49:24},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-410-9},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{362},
  editor =	{Saraf, Shubhangi},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.49},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253363},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.49},
  annote =	{Keywords: Algebraic circuit complexity, Isolation lemma, Debordering}
}
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Pseudodeterministic Algorithms for Minimum Cut Problems

Authors: Aryan Agarwala and Nithin Varma

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)


Abstract
In this paper we present efficient pseudodeterministic algorithms for both the global minimum cut and minimum s-t cut problems. The running time of our algorithm for the global minimum cut problem is asymptotically better than the fastest sequential deterministic global minimum cut algorithm (Henzinger, Li, Rao, Wang; SODA 2024). Furthermore, we implement our algorithm in streaming, PRAM, and cut-query models, where no efficient deterministic global minimum cut algorithms are known.

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Aryan Agarwala and Nithin Varma. Pseudodeterministic Algorithms for Minimum Cut Problems. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 4:1-4:15, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)


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@InProceedings{agarwala_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.4,
  author =	{Agarwala, Aryan and Varma, Nithin},
  title =	{{Pseudodeterministic Algorithms for Minimum Cut Problems}},
  booktitle =	{17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
  pages =	{4:1--4:15},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-410-9},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{362},
  editor =	{Saraf, Shubhangi},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.4},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-252917},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.4},
  annote =	{Keywords: Minimum Cut, Pseudodeterministic Algorithms}
}
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Linear Matroid Intersection Is in Catalytic Logspace

Authors: Aryan Agarwala, Yaroslav Alekseev, and Antoine Vinciguerra

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)


Abstract
Linear matroid intersection is an important problem in combinatorial optimization. Given two linear matroids over the same ground set, the linear matroid intersection problem asks you to find a common independent set of maximum size. The deep interest in linear matroid intersection is due to the fact that it generalises many classical problems in theoretical computer science, such as bipartite matching, edge disjoint spanning trees, rainbow spanning tree, and many more. We study this problem in the model of catalytic computation: space-bounded machines are granted access to catalytic space, which is additional working memory that is full with arbitrary data that must be preserved at the end of its computation. Although linear matroid intersection has had a polynomial time algorithm for over 50 years, it remains an important open problem to show that linear matroid intersection belongs to any well studied subclass of {P}. We address this problem for the class catalytic logspace (CL) with a polynomial time bound (CLP). Recently, Agarwala and Mertz (2025) showed that bipartite maximum matching can be computed in the class CLP ⊆ {P}. This was the first subclass of {P} shown to contain bipartite matching, and additionally the first problem outside TC¹ shown to be contained in CL. We significantly improve the result of Agarwala and Mertz by showing that linear matroid intersection can be computed in CLP.

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Aryan Agarwala, Yaroslav Alekseev, and Antoine Vinciguerra. Linear Matroid Intersection Is in Catalytic Logspace. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 3:1-3:23, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)


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@InProceedings{agarwala_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.3,
  author =	{Agarwala, Aryan and Alekseev, Yaroslav and Vinciguerra, Antoine},
  title =	{{Linear Matroid Intersection Is in Catalytic Logspace}},
  booktitle =	{17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
  pages =	{3:1--3:23},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-410-9},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{362},
  editor =	{Saraf, Shubhangi},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.3},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-252908},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.3},
  annote =	{Keywords: Catalytic Computing, Computational Complexity, Matroid Theory, Algorithms}
}
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On Closure Properties of Read-Once Oblivious Algebraic Branching Programs

Authors: Robert Andrews, Jules Armand, Prateek Dwivedi, Magnus Rahbek Dalgaard Hansen, Nutan Limaye, Srikanth Srinivasan, and Sébastien Tavenas

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)


Abstract
We investigate the closure properties of read-once oblivious Algebraic Branching Programs (roABPs) under various natural algebraic operations and prove the following. - Non-closure under factoring: There is a sequence of explicit polynomials (f_n(x₁,…, x_n))_n that have poly(n)-sized roABPs such that some irreducible factor of f_n requires roABPs of superpolynomial size in any order. - Non-closure under powering: There is a sequence of polynomials (f_n(x₁,…, x_n))_n with poly(n)-sized roABPs such that any super-constant power of f_n does not have roABPs of polynomial size in any order (and f_nⁿ requires exponential size in any order). - Non-closure under symmetric operations: There are symmetric polynomials (f_n(e₁,…, e_n))_n that have roABPs of polynomial size such that f_n(x₁,…, x_n) do not have roABPs of subexponential size. (Here, e₁,…, e_n denote the elementary symmetric polynomials in n variables.) These results should be viewed in light of known results on models such as algebraic circuits, (general) algebraic branching programs, formulas and constant-depth circuits, all of which are known to be closed under these operations. To prove non-closure under factoring, we construct hard polynomials based on expander graphs using gadgets that lift their hardness from sparse polynomials to roABPs. For symmetric compositions, we show that the circulant polynomial requires roABPs of exponential size in every variable order.

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Robert Andrews, Jules Armand, Prateek Dwivedi, Magnus Rahbek Dalgaard Hansen, Nutan Limaye, Srikanth Srinivasan, and Sébastien Tavenas. On Closure Properties of Read-Once Oblivious Algebraic Branching Programs. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 9:1-9:21, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)


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@InProceedings{andrews_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.9,
  author =	{Andrews, Robert and Armand, Jules and Dwivedi, Prateek and Hansen, Magnus Rahbek Dalgaard and Limaye, Nutan and Srinivasan, Srikanth and Tavenas, S\'{e}bastien},
  title =	{{On Closure Properties of Read-Once Oblivious Algebraic Branching Programs}},
  booktitle =	{17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
  pages =	{9:1--9:21},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-410-9},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{362},
  editor =	{Saraf, Shubhangi},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.9},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-252964},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.9},
  annote =	{Keywords: Factoring, Closure Properties, Sparsity Bounds, Symmetric Polynomials, roABP, Expander Graphs}
}
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Randomized Black-Box PIT for Small Depth +-Regular Non-Commutative Circuits

Authors: G. V. Sumukha Bharadwaj and S. Raja

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 360, 45th IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2025)


Abstract
In this paper, we address the black-box polynomial identity testing (PIT) problem for non-commutative polynomials computed by +-regular circuits, a class of homogeneous circuits introduced by Arvind, Joglekar, Mukhopadhyay, and Raja (STOC 2017, Theory of Computing 2019). These circuits can compute polynomials with a number of monomials that are doubly exponential in the circuit size. They gave an efficient randomized PIT algorithm for +-regular circuits of depth 3 and posed the problem of developing an efficient black-box PIT for higher depths as an open problem. Our work makes progress on this open problem by resolving it for constant-depth +-regular circuits. We present a randomized black-box polynomial-time algorithm for +-regular circuits of any constant depth. Specifically, our algorithm runs in s^{O(d²)} time, where s and d represent the size and the depth of the +-regular circuit, respectively. Our approach combines several key techniques in a novel way. We employ a nondeterministic substitution automaton that transforms the polynomial into a structured form and utilizes polynomial sparsification along with commutative transformations to maintain non-zeroness. Additionally, we introduce matrix composition, coefficient modification via the automaton, and multi-entry outputs - methods that have not previously been applied in the context of black-box PIT. Together, these techniques enable us to effectively handle exponential degrees and doubly exponential sparsity in non-commutative settings, enabling polynomial identity testing for higher-depth circuits. In particular, we show that if f is a non-zero non-commutative polynomial in n variables over the field 𝔽, computed by a depth-d +-regular circuit of size s, then f cannot be a polynomial identity for the matrix algebra 𝕄_{N}(𝔽), where N = s^{O(d²)} and the size of the field 𝔽 depends on the degree of f. Interestingly, the size of the matrices does not depend on the degree of f. Our result can be interpreted as an Amitsur-Levitzki-type result [Amitsur and Levitzki, 1950] for polynomials computed by small-depth +-regular circuits.

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G. V. Sumukha Bharadwaj and S. Raja. Randomized Black-Box PIT for Small Depth +-Regular Non-Commutative Circuits. In 45th IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 360, pp. 51:1-51:16, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{sumukhabharadwaj_et_al:LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2025.51,
  author =	{Sumukha Bharadwaj, G. V. and Raja, S.},
  title =	{{Randomized Black-Box PIT for Small Depth +-Regular Non-Commutative Circuits}},
  booktitle =	{45th IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2025)},
  pages =	{51:1--51:16},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-406-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{360},
  editor =	{Aiswarya, C. and Mehta, Ruta and Roy, Subhajit},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2025.51},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-250949},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2025.51},
  annote =	{Keywords: Polynomial Identity Testing, Non-commutative Circuits, Algebraic Circuits, +-Regular Circuits, Black-Box}
}
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Parallel Complexity of Depth-First-Search and Maximal Path in Restricted Graph Classes

Authors: Archit Chauhan, Samir Datta, and M. Praveen

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 360, 45th IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2025)


Abstract
Constructing a Depth First Search (DFS) tree is a fundamental graph problem, whose parallel complexity is still not settled. Reif showed parallel intractability of lex-first DFS. In contrast, randomized parallel algorithms (and more recently, deterministic quasipolynomial parallel algorithms) are known for constructing a DFS tree in general (di)graphs. However a deterministic parallel algorithm for DFS in general graphs remains an elusive goal. Working towards this, a series of works gave deterministic NC algorithms for DFS in planar graphs and digraphs. We further extend these results to more general graph classes, by providing NC algorithms for (di)graphs of bounded genus, and for undirected H-minor-free graphs where H is a fixed graph with at most one crossing. For the case of (di)graphs of bounded treewidth, we further improve the complexity to a Logspace bound. Constructing a maximal path is a simpler problem (that reduces to DFS) for which no deterministic parallel bounds are known for general graphs. For planar graphs a bound of O(log n) parallel time on a CRCW PRAM (thus in NC²) is known. We improve this bound to Logspace.

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Archit Chauhan, Samir Datta, and M. Praveen. Parallel Complexity of Depth-First-Search and Maximal Path in Restricted Graph Classes. In 45th IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 360, pp. 23:1-23:21, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{chauhan_et_al:LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2025.23,
  author =	{Chauhan, Archit and Datta, Samir and Praveen, M.},
  title =	{{Parallel Complexity of Depth-First-Search and Maximal Path in Restricted Graph Classes}},
  booktitle =	{45th IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2025)},
  pages =	{23:1--23:21},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-406-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{360},
  editor =	{Aiswarya, C. and Mehta, Ruta and Roy, Subhajit},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2025.23},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-251041},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2025.23},
  annote =	{Keywords: Parallel Complexity, Graph Algorithms, Depth First Search, Maximal Path, Planar Graphs, Minor-Free, Treewidth, Logspace}
}
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On Finding 𝓁-Th Smallest Perfect Matchings

Authors: Nicolas El Maalouly, Sebastian Haslebacher, Adrian Taubner, and Lasse Wulf

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 351, 33rd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2025)


Abstract
Given an undirected weighted graph G and an integer k, Exact-Weight Perfect Matching (EWPM) is the problem of finding a perfect matching of weight exactly k in G. In this paper, we study EWPM and its variants. The EWPM problem is famous, since in the case of unary encoded weights, Mulmuley, Vazirani, and Vazirani showed almost 40 years ago that the problem can be solved in randomized polynomial time. However, up to this date no derandomization is known. Our first result is a simple deterministic algorithm for EWPM that runs in time n^𝒪(𝓁), where 𝓁 is the number of distinct weights that perfect matchings in G can take. In fact, we show how to find an 𝓁-th smallest perfect matching in any weighted graph (even if the weights are encoded in binary, in which case EWPM in general is known to be NP-complete) in time n^𝒪(𝓁) for any integer 𝓁. Similar next-to-optimal variants have also been studied recently for the shortest path problem. For our second result, we extend the list of problems that are known to be equivalent to EWPM. We show that EWPM is equivalent under a weight-preserving reduction to the Exact Cycle Sum problem (ECS) in undirected graphs with a conservative (i.e. no negative cycles) weight function. To the best of our knowledge, we are the first to study this problem. As a consequence, the latter problem is contained in RP if the weights are encoded in unary. Finally, we identify a special case of EWPM, called BCPM, which was recently studied by El Maalouly, Steiner and Wulf. We show that BCPM is equivalent under a weight-preserving transformation to another problem recently studied by Schlotter and Sebő as well as Geelen and Kapadia: the Shortest Odd Cycle problem (SOC) in undirected graphs with conservative weights. Finally, our n^𝒪(𝓁) algorithm works in this setting as well, identifying a tractable special case of SOC, BCPM, and ECS.

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Nicolas El Maalouly, Sebastian Haslebacher, Adrian Taubner, and Lasse Wulf. On Finding 𝓁-Th Smallest Perfect Matchings. In 33rd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 351, pp. 19:1-19:15, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{elmaalouly_et_al:LIPIcs.ESA.2025.19,
  author =	{El Maalouly, Nicolas and Haslebacher, Sebastian and Taubner, Adrian and Wulf, Lasse},
  title =	{{On Finding 𝓁-Th Smallest Perfect Matchings}},
  booktitle =	{33rd Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2025)},
  pages =	{19:1--19:15},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-395-9},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{351},
  editor =	{Benoit, Anne and Kaplan, Haim and Wild, Sebastian and Herman, Grzegorz},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2025.19},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-244875},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2025.19},
  annote =	{Keywords: Exact Matching, Perfect Matching, Exact-Weight Perfect Matching, Shortest Odd Cycle, Exact Cycle Sum, l-th Smallest Solution, l-th Largest Solution, k-th Best Solution, Derandomization}
}
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RANDOM
Efficient Polynomial Identity Testing over Nonassociative Algebras

Authors: Partha Mukhopadhyay, C. Ramya, and Pratik Shastri

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 353, Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2025)


Abstract
We design the first efficient polynomial identity testing algorithms over the nonassociative polynomial algebra. In particular, multiplication among the formal variables is commutative but it is not associative. This complements the strong lower bound results obtained over this algebra by Hrubeš, Yehudayoff, and Wigderson [Pavel Hrubes et al., 2010] and Fijalkow, Lagarde, Ohlmann, and Serre [Fijalkow et al., 2021] from the identity testing perspective. Our main results are the following: - We construct nonassociative algebras (both commutative and noncommutative) which have no low degree identities. As a result, we obtain the first Amitsur-Levitzki type theorems [A. S. Amitsur and J. Levitzki, 1950] over nonassociative polynomial algebras. As a direct consequence, we obtain randomized polynomial-time black-box PIT algorithms for nonassociative polynomials which allow evaluation over such algebras. - On the derandomization side, we give a deterministic polynomial-time identity testing algorithm for nonassociative polynomials given by arithmetic circuits in the white-box setting. Previously, such an algorithm was known with the additional restriction of noncommutativity [Vikraman Arvind et al., 2017]. - In the black-box setting, we construct a hitting set of quasipolynomial-size for nonassociative polynomials computed by arithmetic circuits of small depth. Understanding the black-box complexity of identity testing, even in the randomized setting, was open prior to our work.

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Partha Mukhopadhyay, C. Ramya, and Pratik Shastri. Efficient Polynomial Identity Testing over Nonassociative Algebras. In Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 353, pp. 56:1-56:22, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{mukhopadhyay_et_al:LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2025.56,
  author =	{Mukhopadhyay, Partha and C. Ramya and Shastri, Pratik},
  title =	{{Efficient Polynomial Identity Testing over Nonassociative Algebras}},
  booktitle =	{Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2025)},
  pages =	{56:1--56:22},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-397-3},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{353},
  editor =	{Ene, Alina and Chattopadhyay, Eshan},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2025.56},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-244224},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2025.56},
  annote =	{Keywords: Polynomial identity testing, nonassociative algebra, arithmetic circuits, black-box algorithms, white-box algorithms}
}
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Quasipolynomial-Time Deterministic Kernelization and (Gammoid) Representation

Authors: Rohit Gurjar, Daniel Lokshtanov, Pranabendu Misra, Fahad Panolan, Saket Saurabh, and Meirav Zehavi

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 345, 50th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2025)


Abstract
In this paper, we suggest to extend the notion of a kernel to permit the kernelization algorithm to be executed in quasi-polynomial time rather than polynomial time. So far, we are only aware of one work that addressed this negatively, showing that some lower bounds on kernel sizes proved for kernelization also hold when quasi-polynomial time complexity is allowed. When we, anyway, deal with an NP-hard problem, sacrificing polynomial time in preprocessing for quasi-polynomial time may often not be a big deal, but, of course, the question is - does it give us more power? The only known work, mentioned above, seems to suggest that the answer is "no". In this paper, we show that this is not the case - in particular, we show that this notion is extremely powerful for derandomization. Some of the most basic kernelization algorithms in the field are based on inherently randomized tools whose derandomization is a huge problem that has remained (and may still remain) open for many decades. Still, some breakthrough advances for derandomization in quasi-polynomial time have been made. Can we harness these advancements to design quasi-polynomial deterministic kernelization algorithms for basic problems in the field? To this end, we revisit the question of deterministic polynomial-time computation of a linear representation of transversal matroids and gammoids, which is a longstanding open problem. We present a deterministic computation of a representation matrix of a transversal matroid in time quasipolynomial in the rank of the matroid, where each entry of the matrix can be represented in quasipolynomial (in the rank of the matroid) bits. As a corollary, we obtain a linear representation of a gammoid in deterministic quasipolynomial time and quasipolynomial bits in the size of the underlying ground set of the gammoid. In turn, as applications of our results, we present deterministic quasi-polynomial time kernels of polynomial size for several central problems in the field.

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Rohit Gurjar, Daniel Lokshtanov, Pranabendu Misra, Fahad Panolan, Saket Saurabh, and Meirav Zehavi. Quasipolynomial-Time Deterministic Kernelization and (Gammoid) Representation. In 50th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 345, pp. 54:1-54:17, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{gurjar_et_al:LIPIcs.MFCS.2025.54,
  author =	{Gurjar, Rohit and Lokshtanov, Daniel and Misra, Pranabendu and Panolan, Fahad and Saurabh, Saket and Zehavi, Meirav},
  title =	{{Quasipolynomial-Time Deterministic Kernelization and (Gammoid) Representation}},
  booktitle =	{50th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2025)},
  pages =	{54:1--54:17},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-388-1},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{345},
  editor =	{Gawrychowski, Pawe{\l} and Mazowiecki, Filip and Skrzypczak, Micha{\l}},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2025.54},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-241617},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2025.54},
  annote =	{Keywords: Network Flows, Gammoids, Matchings, Transversal Matroids, Matroid Representation, Derandomization}
}
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Track A: Algorithms, Complexity and Games
Faster & Deterministic FPT Algorithm for Worst-Case Tensor Decomposition

Authors: Vishwas Bhargava and Devansh Shringi

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 334, 52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025)


Abstract
We present a deterministic 2^{k^{𝒪(1)}} poly(n,d) time algorithm for decomposing d-dimensional, width-n tensors of rank at most k over ℝ and ℂ. This improves upon the previous randomized algorithm of Peleg, Shpilka, and Volk (ITCS '24) that takes 2^{k^{k^{𝒪(k)}}} poly(n,d) time and the deterministic n^k^k time algorithms of Bhargava, Saraf, and Volkovich (STOC '21). Our work resolves an open question asked by Peleg, Shpilka, and Volk (ITCS '24) on whether a deterministic Fixed Parameter Tractable (FPT) algorithm exists for worst-case tensor decomposition. We also make substantial progress on the fundamental problem of how the tractability of tensor decomposition varies as the tensor rank increases. Our result implies that we can achieve deterministic polynomial-time decomposition as long as the rank of the tensor is at most (log n)^{1/C}, where C is some fixed constant independent of n and d. Further, we note that there cannot exist a polynomial-time algorithm for k = ω(log n) unless ETH fails. Our algorithm works for all fields; however, the time complexity worsens to 2^{k^{k^{𝒪(1)}}} and requires randomization for finite fields of large characteristics. Both conditions are provably necessary unless there are improvements in the state of the art for system solving over the corresponding fields. Our approach achieves this by designing a proper learning (reconstruction) algorithm for set-multilinear depth-3 arithmetic circuits. On a technical note, we design a "partial" clustering algorithm for set-multilinear depth-3 arithmetic circuits that lets us isolate a cluster from any set-multilinear depth-3 circuit while preserving the structure of the circuit.

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Vishwas Bhargava and Devansh Shringi. Faster & Deterministic FPT Algorithm for Worst-Case Tensor Decomposition. In 52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 334, pp. 28:1-28:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{bhargava_et_al:LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.28,
  author =	{Bhargava, Vishwas and Shringi, Devansh},
  title =	{{Faster \& Deterministic FPT Algorithm for Worst-Case Tensor Decomposition}},
  booktitle =	{52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025)},
  pages =	{28:1--28:20},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-372-0},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{334},
  editor =	{Censor-Hillel, Keren and Grandoni, Fabrizio and Ouaknine, Jo\"{e}l and Puppis, Gabriele},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.28},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-234052},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.28},
  annote =	{Keywords: Algebraic circuits, Deterministic algorithms, FPT algorithm, Learning circuits, Reconstruction, Tensor Decomposition, Tensor Rank}
}
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Uniform Bounds on Product Sylvester-Gallai Configurations

Authors: Abhibhav Garg, Rafael Oliveira, and Akash Kumar Sengupta

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 332, 41st International Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG 2025)


Abstract
In this work, we explore a non-linear extension of the classical Sylvester-Gallai configuration. Let 𝕂 be an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero, and let ℱ = {F_1, …, F_m} ⊂ 𝕂[x_1, …, x_N] denote a collection of irreducible homogeneous polynomials of degree at most d, where each F_i is not a scalar multiple of any other F_j for i ≠ j. We define ℱ to be a product Sylvester-Gallai configuration if, for any two distinct polynomials F_i, F_j ∈ ℱ, the following condition is satisfied: ∏_{k≠i, j} F_k ∈ rad (F_i, F_j) . We prove that product Sylvester-Gallai configurations are inherently low dimensional. Specifically, we show that there exists a function λ : ℕ → ℕ, independent of 𝕂, N, and m, such that any product Sylvester-Gallai configuration must satisfy: dim(span_𝕂(ℱ)) ≤ λ(d). This result generalizes the main theorems from (Shpilka 2019, Peleg and Shpilka 2020, Oliveira and Sengupta 2023), and gets us one step closer to a full derandomization of the polynomial identity testing problem for the class of depth 4 circuits with bounded top and bottom fan-in.

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Abhibhav Garg, Rafael Oliveira, and Akash Kumar Sengupta. Uniform Bounds on Product Sylvester-Gallai Configurations. In 41st International Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 332, pp. 52:1-52:15, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{garg_et_al:LIPIcs.SoCG.2025.52,
  author =	{Garg, Abhibhav and Oliveira, Rafael and Sengupta, Akash Kumar},
  title =	{{Uniform Bounds on Product Sylvester-Gallai Configurations}},
  booktitle =	{41st International Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG 2025)},
  pages =	{52:1--52:15},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-370-6},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{332},
  editor =	{Aichholzer, Oswin and Wang, Haitao},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.SoCG.2025.52},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-232043},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.SoCG.2025.52},
  annote =	{Keywords: Sylvester-Gallai theorem, arrangements of hypersurfaces, algebraic complexity, polynomial identity testing, algebraic geometry, commutative algebra}
}
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Parallel Complexity of Geometric Bipartite Matching

Authors: Sujoy Bhore, Sarfaraz Equbal, and Rohit Gurjar

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 323, 44th IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2024)


Abstract
In this work, we study the parallel complexity of the geometric minimum-weight bipartite perfect matching (GWBPM) problem in ℝ². Here our graph is the complete bipartite graph G on two sets of points A and B in ℝ² (|A| = |B| = n) and the weight of each edge (a,b) ∈ A × B is the 𝓁_p distance (for some integer p ≥ 2) between the corresponding points, i.e., ||a-b||_p. The objective is to find a minimum weight perfect matching of A∪ B. In their seminal work, Mulmuley, Vazirani, and Vazirani (STOC 1987) showed that the weighted perfect matching problem on general bipartite graphs is in RNC. Almost three decades later, Fenner, Gurjar, and Thierauf (STOC 2016) showed that the problem is in Quasi-NC. Both of these results work only when the weights are of O(log n) bits. It is a long-standing open question to show the problem to be in NC. First, we show that in a geometric bipartite graph under the 𝓁_p metric for any p ≥ 2, unless we take Ω(n) bits of approximation for weights, we cannot distinguish the minimum-weight perfect matching from other perfect matchings. This means that we cannot hope for an MVV-like NC/RNC algorithm for solving GWBPM exactly (even when vertex coordinates are small integers). Next, we give an NC algorithm (assuming vertex coordinates are small integers) that solves GWBPM up to 1/poly(n) additive error, under the l_p metric for any p ≥ 2.

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Sujoy Bhore, Sarfaraz Equbal, and Rohit Gurjar. Parallel Complexity of Geometric Bipartite Matching. In 44th IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2024). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 323, pp. 12:1-12:15, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2024)


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@InProceedings{bhore_et_al:LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2024.12,
  author =	{Bhore, Sujoy and Equbal, Sarfaraz and Gurjar, Rohit},
  title =	{{Parallel Complexity of Geometric Bipartite Matching}},
  booktitle =	{44th IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2024)},
  pages =	{12:1--12:15},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-355-3},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2024},
  volume =	{323},
  editor =	{Barman, Siddharth and Lasota, S{\l}awomir},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2024.12},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-222014},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2024.12},
  annote =	{Keywords: Parallel algorithms, Geometric matching, Derandomization, Isolation Lemma}
}
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