Time-Reversible Random Number Generators : Solution of Our Challenge by Federico Ricci-Tersenghi

The solution to the challenge in "Time-Reversible Random Number Generators" by Wm. G. Hoover and Carol G. Hoover

I provide the algorithm that solves the challenge proposed by Wm. G. Hoover and Carol G. Hoover in their recent paper “Time-Reversible Random Number Generators”, arXiv:1305.0961v1, with an explanation on how to derive it analytically.

Hiding solutions in random satisfiability problems: A statistical mechanics approach

A major problem in evaluating stochastic local search algorithms for NP-complete problems is the need for a systematic generation of hard test instances having previously known properties of the optimal solutions. On the basis of statistical mechanics results, we propose random generators of hard and satisfiable instances for the 3-satisfiability problem. The design of the hardest problem insta...

Random Formulas Have Frozen Variables

For a large number of random constraint satisfaction problems, such as random k-SAT and random graph and hypergraph coloring, we have very good estimates of the largest constraint density for which solutions exist. Yet, all known polynomial-time algorithms for these problems fail to find solutions even at much lower densities. To understand the origin of this gap one can study how the structure...

Clusters of solutions and replica symmetry breaking in random k-satisfiability

We study the set of solutions of random k-satisfiability formulae through the cavity method. It is known that, for an interval of the clause-to-variables ratio, this decomposes into an exponential number of pure states (clusters). We refine substantially this picture by: (i) determining the precise location of the clustering transition; (ii) uncovering a second ‘condensation’ phase transition i...

Matteo MARSILI referee Federico RICCI - TERSENGHI referee