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sav08:small_solutions_for_quantifier-free_presburger_arithmetic [2009/04/23 10:36] vkuncak |
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Each QFPA formula can be reduced to a disjunction of linear integer inequations. | Each QFPA formula can be reduced to a disjunction of linear integer inequations. | ||
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Proof uses duality in integer linear programming and is given here: | Proof uses duality in integer linear programming and is given here: | ||
* [[http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/322276.322287|On the complexity of integer programming]], {{:papadimitriou81complexityintegerprogramming.pdf|pdf}} | * [[http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/322276.322287|On the complexity of integer programming]], {{:papadimitriou81complexityintegerprogramming.pdf|pdf}} | ||
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+ | Consequence: it suffices to search for those solutions whose variables denote integers with the number of bits bounded by: | ||
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+ | \log (n(ma)^{2m+1}) = (2m+1) (\log(ma)) + \log n | ||
+ | \] | ||
+ | here | ||
+ | * $a$ is the maximum of values of integers occuring in the problem | ||
+ | * $m$ is number of constraints | ||
+ | * $n$ is number of variables | ||
+ | We obtain a **polynomial-time** reduction from quantifier-free Presburger arithmetic to SAT. | ||
===== Extending Theorem to QFPA ===== | ===== Extending Theorem to QFPA ===== |