Abstract
We study the following KS₂(c) problem: let c ∈ ℝ^+ be some constant, and v₁,…, v_m ∈ ℝ^d be vectors such that ‖v_i‖² ≤ α for any i ∈ [m] and ∑_{i=1}^m ⟨v_i, x⟩² = 1 for any x ∈ ℝ^d with ‖x‖ = 1. The KS₂(c) problem asks to find some S ⊂ [m], such that it holds for all x ∈ ℝ^d with ‖x‖ = 1 that |∑_{i∈S} ⟨v_i, x⟩² - 1/2| ≤ c⋅√α, or report no if such S doesn't exist. Based on the work of Marcus et al. [Adam Marcus et al., 2013] and Weaver [Nicholas Weaver, 2004], the KS₂(c) problem can be seen as the algorithmic Kadison-Singer problem with parameter c ∈ ℝ^+.
Our first result is a randomised algorithm with one-sided error for the KS₂(c) problem such that (1) our algorithm finds a valid set S ⊂ [m] with probability at least 1-2/d, if such S exists, or (2) reports no with probability 1, if no valid sets exist. The algorithm has running time O(binom(m,n)⋅poly(m, d)) for n = O(d/ε² log(d) log(1/(c√α))), where ε is a parameter which controls the error of the algorithm. This presents the first algorithm for the Kadison-Singer problem whose running time is quasi-polynomial in m in a certain regime, although having exponential dependency on d. Moreover, it shows that the algorithmic Kadison-Singer problem is easier to solve in low dimensions. Our second result is on the computational complexity of the KS₂(c) problem. We show that the KS₂(1/(4√2)) problem is FNP-hard for general values of d, and solving the KS₂(1/(4√2)) problem is as hard as solving the NAE-3SAT problem.
Our first result is a randomised algorithm with one-sided error for the KS₂(c) problem such that (1) our algorithm finds a valid set S ⊂ [m] with probability at least 1-2/d, if such S exists, or (2) reports no with probability 1, if no valid sets exist. The algorithm has running time O(binom(m,n)⋅poly(m, d)) for n = O(d/ε² log(d) log(1/(c√α))), where ε is a parameter which controls the error of the algorithm. This presents the first algorithm for the Kadison-Singer problem whose running time is quasi-polynomial in m in a certain regime, although having exponential dependency on d. Moreover, it shows that the algorithmic Kadison-Singer problem is easier to solve in low dimensions. Our second result is on the computational complexity of the KS₂(c) problem. We show that the KS₂(1/(4√2)) problem is FNP-hard for general values of d, and solving the KS₂(1/(4√2)) problem is as hard as solving the NAE-3SAT problem.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 34th international symposium on algorithms and computation (ISAAC 2023) |
Editors | Satoru Iwata, Naonori Kakimura |
Place of Publication | Dagstuhl, Germany |
Publisher | Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik GmbH |
Pages | 43:1-43:18 |
Number of pages | 18 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783959772891 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 18 Nov 2023 |
Publication series
Name | Leibniz international proceedings in informatics (LIPIcs) |
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Publisher | Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik |
Volume | 283 |
ISSN (Print) | 1868-8969 |
Keywords
- Kadison-Singer problem
- Spectral sparsification