Entropy of the K-Satisfiability Problem

Rémi Monasson and Riccardo Zecchina
Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 3881 – Published 20 May 1996
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Abstract

The threshold behavior of the K-satisfiability problem is studied in the framework of the statistical mechanics of random diluted systems. We find that at the transition the entropy is finite and hence that the transition itself is due to the abrupt appearance of logical contradictions in all solutions and not to the progressive decreasing of the number of these solutions down to zero. A physical interpretation is given for the different cases K=1, K=2, and K3.

  • Received 12 January 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.3881

©1996 American Physical Society

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Rémi Monasson1 and Riccardo Zecchina2

  • 1Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de l'ENS, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris cedex 05, France
  • 2Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare and Dip. di Fisica, Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, I-10129 Torino, Italy

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Vol. 76, Iss. 21 — 20 May 1996

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