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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299198003321

Autore

Broniek Przemysław

Titolo

Computational complexity of solving equation systems / / by Przemysław Broniek

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-21750-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (70 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Philosophy, , 2211-4548

Disciplina

512.94

Soggetti

Algorithms

Logic

Logic, Symbolic and mathematical

Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity

Mathematical Logic and Foundations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Unary algebras -- Chapter 3. Reducing CSP to SYSTERMSAT over unary algebras -- Chapter 4. Partial characterizations -- Chapter 5. Conclusions and Open Problems.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume considers the computational complexity of determining whether a system of equations over a fixed algebra A has a solution. It examines in detail the two problems this leads to: SysTermSat(A) and SysPolSat(A), in which equations are built out of terms or polynomials, respectively. The book characterizes those algebras for which SysPolSat can be solved in a polynomial time. So far, studies and their outcomes have not covered algebras that generate a variety admitting type 1 in the sense of Tame Congruence Theory. Since unary algebras admit only type 1, this book focuses on these algebras to tackle the main problem. It discusses several aspects of unary algebras and proves that the Constraint Satisfaction Problem for relational structures is polynomially equivalent to SysTermSat over unary algebras. The book’s final chapters discuss partial characterizations, present conclusions, and describe the problems that are still open.