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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2022.40

Hardness Results for Weaver’s Discrepancy Problem

Authors: Daniel A. Spielman and Peng Zhang

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 245, Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2022)

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Marcus, Spielman and Srivastava (Annals of Mathematics 2014) solved the Kadison-Singer Problem by proving a strong form of Weaver’s conjecture: they showed that for all α > 0 and all lists of vectors of norm at most √α whose outer products sum to the identity, there exists a signed sum of those outer products with operator norm at most √{8α} + 2α. We prove that it is NP-hard to distinguish such a list of vectors for which there is a signed sum that equals the zero matrix from those in which every signed sum has operator norm at least η √α, for some absolute constant η > 0. Thus, it is NP-hard to construct a signing that is a constant factor better than that guaranteed to exist. For α = 1/4, we prove that it is NP-hard to distinguish whether there is a signed sum that equals the zero matrix from the case in which every signed sum has operator norm at least 1/4.

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Daniel A. Spielman and Peng Zhang. Hardness Results for Weaver’s Discrepancy Problem. In Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2022). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 245, pp. 40:1-40:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2022)

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@InProceedings{spielman_et_al:LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2022.40,
  author =	{Spielman, Daniel A. and Zhang, Peng},
  title =	{{Hardness Results for Weaver’s Discrepancy Problem}},
  booktitle =	{Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2022)},
  pages =	{40:1--40:14},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-249-5},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2022},
  volume =	{245},
  editor =	{Chakrabarti, Amit and Swamy, Chaitanya},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2022.40},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-171628},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2022.40},
  annote =	{Keywords: Discrepancy Problem, Kadison-Singer Problem, Hardness of Approximation}
}

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DOI: 10.4230/DagSemProc.09061.3

A Nearly-Linear Time Algorithm for Approximately Solving Linear Systems in a Symmetric M-Matrix

Authors: Samuel I. Daitch and Daniel A. Spielman

Published in: Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 9061, Combinatorial Scientific Computing (2009)

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We present an algorithm for solving a linear system in a symmetric M-matrix. In particular, for $n times n$ symmetric M-matrix $M$, we show how to find a diagonal matrix $D$ such that $DMD$ is diagonally-dominant. To compute $D$, the algorithm must solve $O{log n}$ linear systems in diagonally-dominant matrices. If we solve these diagonally-dominant systems approximately using the Spielman-Teng nearly-linear time solver, then we obtain an algorithm for approximately solving linear systems in symmetric M-matrices, for which the expected running time is also nearly-linear.

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Samuel I. Daitch and Daniel A. Spielman. A Nearly-Linear Time Algorithm for Approximately Solving Linear Systems in a Symmetric M-Matrix. In Combinatorial Scientific Computing. Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 9061, pp. 1-4, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2009)

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@InProceedings{daitch_et_al:DagSemProc.09061.3,
  author =	{Daitch, Samuel I. and Spielman, Daniel A.},
  title =	{{A Nearly-Linear Time Algorithm for Approximately Solving Linear Systems in a Symmetric M-Matrix}},
  booktitle =	{Combinatorial Scientific Computing},
  pages =	{1--4},
  series =	{Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings (DagSemProc)},
  ISSN =	{1862-4405},
  year =	{2009},
  volume =	{9061},
  editor =	{Uwe Naumann and Olaf Schenk and Horst D. Simon and Sivan Toledo},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagSemProc.09061.3},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-20803},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagSemProc.09061.3},
  annote =	{Keywords: M-matrix, diagonally-dominant matrix, linear system solver, iterative algorithm, randomized algorithm, network flow, gain graph}
}

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