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Track A: Algorithms, Complexity and Games
DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.34
On the Degree Automatability of Sum-Of-Squares Proofs

Authors: Alex Bortolotti, Monaldo Mastrolilli, and Luis Felipe Vargas

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

Abstract
The Sum-of-Squares (SoS) hierarchy, also known as Lasserre hierarchy, has emerged as a promising tool in optimization. However, it remains unclear whether fixed-degree SoS proofs can be automated [O'Donnell (2017)]. Indeed, there are examples of polynomial systems with bounded coefficients that admit low-degree SoS proofs, but these proofs necessarily involve numbers with an exponential number of bits, implying that low-degree SoS proofs cannot always be found efficiently. A sufficient condition derived from the Nullstellensatz proof system [Raghavendra and Weitz (2017)] identifies cases where bit complexity issues can be circumvented. One of the main problems left open by Raghavendra and Weitz is proving any result for refutations, as their condition applies only to polynomial systems with a large set of solutions. In this work, we broaden the class of polynomial systems for which degree-d SoS proofs can be automated. To achieve this, we develop a new criterion and we demonstrate how our criterion applies to polynomial systems beyond the scope of Raghavendra and Weitz’s result. In particular, we establish a separation for instances arising from Constraint Satisfaction Problems (CSPs). Moreover, our result extends to refutations, establishing that polynomial-time refutation is possible for broad classes of polynomial time solvable constraint problems, highlighting a first advancement in this area.
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Alex Bortolotti, Monaldo Mastrolilli, and Luis Felipe Vargas. On the Degree Automatability of Sum-Of-Squares Proofs. In 52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 334, pp. 34:1-34:19, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)

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@InProceedings{bortolotti_et_al:LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.34,
  author =	{Bortolotti, Alex and Mastrolilli, Monaldo and Vargas, Luis Felipe},
  title =	{{On the Degree Automatability of Sum-Of-Squares Proofs}},
  booktitle =	{52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025)},
  pages =	{34:1--34:19},
  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.2025.34},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-234110},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.34},
  annote =	{Keywords: Sum of squares, Polynomial calculus, Polynomial ideal membership, Polymorphisms, Gr\"{o}bner basis theory, Constraint satisfaction problems, Proof complexity}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2016.78
Tight Sum-Of-Squares Lower Bounds for Binary Polynomial Optimization Problems

Authors: Adam Kurpisz, Samuli Leppänen, and Monaldo Mastrolilli

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 55, 43rd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2016)

Abstract
We give two results concerning the power of the Sum-Of-Squares(SoS)/Lasserre hierarchy. For binary polynomial optimization problems of degree 2d and an odd number of variables n, we prove that (n+2d-1)/2 levels of the SoS/Lasserre hierarchy are necessary to provide the exact optimal value. This matches the recent upper bound result by Sakaue, Takeda, Kim and Ito. Additionally, we study a conjecture by Laurent, who considered the linear representation of a set with no integral points. She showed that the Sherali-Adams hierarchy requires n levels to detect the empty integer hull, and conjectured that the SoS/Lasserre rank for the same problem is n-1. We disprove this conjecture and derive lower and upper bounds for the rank.
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Adam Kurpisz, Samuli Leppänen, and Monaldo Mastrolilli. Tight Sum-Of-Squares Lower Bounds for Binary Polynomial Optimization Problems. In 43rd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2016). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 55, pp. 78:1-78:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2016)

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@InProceedings{kurpisz_et_al:LIPIcs.ICALP.2016.78,
  author =	{Kurpisz, Adam and Lepp\"{a}nen, Samuli and Mastrolilli, Monaldo},
  title =	{{Tight Sum-Of-Squares Lower Bounds for Binary Polynomial Optimization Problems}},
  booktitle =	{43rd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2016)},
  pages =	{78:1--78:14},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-013-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2016},
  volume =	{55},
  editor =	{Chatzigiannakis, Ioannis and Mitzenmacher, Michael and Rabani, Yuval and Sangiorgi, Davide},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2016.78},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-63368},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2016.78},
  annote =	{Keywords: SoS/Lasserre hierarchy, lift and project methods, binary polynomial optimization}
}
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