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Comments and corrections are welcome and should be sent to [wilf@math.upenn.edu](mailto:wilf@math.upenn.edu). A Second Edition of this book was published in 2003 and can be purchased now. The Second Edition contains solutions to most of the exercises. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 1 Context: # Algorithms and Complexity **Herbert S. Wilf** University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104-6395 ## Copyright Notice Copyright © 1994 by Herbert S. Wilf. This material may be reproduced for any educational purpose; multiple copies may be made for classes, etc. Charges, if any, for reproduced copies must be just enough to recover reasonable costs of reproduction. Reproduction for commercial purposes is prohibited. This cover page must be included in all distributed copies. --- ## Internet Edition, Summer 1994 This edition of *Algorithms and Complexity* is available at the web site [http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~wilf](http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~wilf). It may be taken at no charge by all interested persons. Comments and corrections are welcome and should be sent to [wilf@math.upenn.edu](mailto:wilf@math.upenn.edu). A Second Edition of this book was published in 2003 and can be purchased now. The Second Edition contains solutions to most of the exercises. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 2 Context: # CONTENTS ## Chapter 0: What This Book Is About 0.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0.2 Hard vs. easy problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0.3 A preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 ## Chapter 1: Mathematical Preliminaries 1.1 Orders of magnitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.2 Positional number systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1.3 Manipulations with series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 1.4 Recurrence relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 1.5 Counting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 1.6 Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 ## Chapter 2: Recursive Algorithms 2.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 2.2 Quicksort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 2.3 Recursive graph algorithms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 2.4 Fast matrix multiplication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 2.5 The discrete Fourier transform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 2.6 Applications of the FFT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 2.7 A review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 ## Chapter 3: The Network Flow Problem 3.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 3.2 Algorithms for the network flow problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 3.3 The algorithm of Ford and Fulkerson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 3.4 The max-flow min-cut theorem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 3.5 The complexity of the Ford-Fulkerson algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 3.6 Layered networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 3.7 The MPM Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 3.8 Applications of network flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 ## Chapter 4: Algorithms in the Theory of Numbers 4.1 Preliminaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 4.2 The greatest common divisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 4.3 The extended Euclidean algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 4.4 Primality testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 4.5 Interlude: the ring of integers modulo n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 4.6 Pseudoprimality tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 4.7 Proof of goodness of the strong pseudoprimality test . . . . . . . . . . 94 4.8 Factoring and cryptography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 4.9 Factoring large integers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 4.10 Proving primality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 2 Context: # CONTENTS ## Chapter 0: What This Book Is About 0.1 Background 0.2 Hard vs. easy problems 0.3 A preview ## Chapter 1: Mathematical Preliminaries 1.1 Orders of magnitude 1.2 Positional number systems 1.3 Manipulations with series 1.4 Recurrence relations 1.5 Counting 1.6 Graphs ## Chapter 2: Recursive Algorithms 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Quicksort 2.3 Recursive graph algorithms 2.4 Fast matrix multiplication 2.5 The discrete Fourier transform 2.6 Applications of the FFT 2.7 A review ## Chapter 3: The Network Flow Problem 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Algorithms for the network flow problem 3.3 The algorithm of Ford and Fulkerson 3.4 The max-flow min-cut theorem 3.5 The complexity of the Ford-Fulkerson algorithm 3.6 Layered networks 3.7 The MPM Algorithm 3.8 Applications of network flow ## Chapter 4: Algorithms in the Theory of Numbers 4.1 Preliminaries 4.2 The greatest common divisor 4.3 The extended Euclidean algorithm 4.4 Primality testing 4.5 Interlude: the ring of integers modulo n 4.6 Pseudoprimality tests 4.7 Proof of goodness of the strong pseudoprimality test 4.8 Factoring and cryptography 4.9 Factoring large integers 4.10 Proving primality #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 3 Context: # Chapter 5: NP-completeness ## 5.1 Introduction ................................................ 104 ## 5.2 Turing machines ............................................. 109 ## 5.3 Cook's theorem .............................................. 112 ## 5.4 Some other NP-complete problems ............................. 116 ## 5.5 Half a loaf .................................................. 119 ## 5.6 Backtracking (I): independent sets ........................... 122 ## 5.7 Backtracking (II): graph coloring ............................ 124 ## 5.8 Approximate algorithms for hard problems ..................... 128 #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 3 Context: # Chapter 5: NP-completeness ## 5.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 ## 5.2 Turing machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 ## 5.3 Cook's theorem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 ## 5.4 Some other NP-complete problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 ## 5.5 Half a loaf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 ## 5.6 Backtracking (I): independent sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 ## 5.7 Backtracking (II): graph coloring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 ## 5.8 Approximate algorithms for hard problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 4 Context: # Preface For the past several years, mathematics majors in the computing track at the University of Pennsylvania have taken a course in continuous algorithms (numerical analysis) in the junior year, and in discrete algorithms in the senior year. This book has grown out of the senior course as I have been teaching it recently. It has also been tried out on a large class of computer science and mathematics majors, including seniors and graduate students, with good results. Selection by the instructor of topics of interest will be very important, because normally I've found that I can't cover anywhere near all of this material in a semester. A reasonable choice for a first try might be to begin with Chapter 2 (recursive algorithms) which contains lots of motivation. Then, as new ideas are needed in Chapter 2, one might delve into the appropriate sections of Chapter 1 to get the concepts and techniques well in hand. After Chapter 2, Chapter 4, on number theory, discusses material that is extremely attractive, and surprisingly pure and applicable at the same time. Chapter 5 would be next, since the foundations would then all be in place. Finally, material from Chapter 3, which is rather independent of the rest of the book, but is strongly connected to combinatorial algorithms in general, might be studied as time permits. Throughout the book, there are opportunities to ask students to write programs and get them running. These are not mentioned explicitly, with a few exceptions, but will be obvious when encountered. Students should all have the experience of writing, debugging, and using a program that is nontrivially recursive, for example. The concept of recursion is subtle and powerful, and is helped a lot by hands-on practice. Any of the algorithms of Chapter 2 would be suitable for this purpose. The recursive graph algorithms are particularly recommended since they are usually quite foreign to students’ previous experience and therefore have great learning value. In addition to the exercises that appear in this book, student assignments might consist of writing occasional programs, as well as delivering reports in class on assigned readings. The latter might be found among the references cited in the bibliographies in each chapter. I am indebted first of all to the students on whom I worked out these ideas, and to a number of colleagues for their helpful advice and friendly criticism. Among the latter I will mention Richard Brault, Daniel Kleitman, Albert Nijenhuis, Robert Tarjan, and Alan Tucker. For the no-doubt-numerous shortcomings that remain, I accept full responsibility. This book was typeset in TeX. To the extent that it’s a delight to look at, thank TeX. For the deficiencies in its appearance, thank my limitations as a typesetter. It was, however, a pleasure for me to have had the chance to typeset my own book. My thanks to the Computer Science department of the University of Pennsylvania, and particularly to Aravind Joshi, for generously allowing me the use of TeX facilities. Herbert S. Wilf #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 4 Context: # Preface For the past several years mathematics majors in the computing track at the University of Pennsylvania have taken a course in continuous algorithms (numerical analysis) in the junior year, and in discrete algorithms in the senior year. This book has grown out of the senior course as I have been teaching it recently. It has also been tried out on a large class of computer science and mathematics majors, including seniors and graduate students, with good results. Selection by the instructor of topics of interest will be very important, because normally I've found that I can’t cover anywhere near all of this material in a semester. A reasonable choice for a first try might be to begin with Chapter 2 (recursive algorithms) which contains lots of motivation. Then, as new ideas are needed in Chapter 2, one might delve into the appropriate sections of Chapter 1 to get the concepts and techniques well in hand. After Chapter 2, Chapter 4, on number theory, discusses material that is extremely attractive, and surprisingly pure and applicable at the same time. Chapter 5 would be next, since the foundations would then all be in place. Finally, material from Chapter 3, which is rather independent of the rest of the book, but is strongly connected to combinatorial algorithms in general, might be studied as time permits. Throughout the book there are opportunities to ask students to write programs and get them running. These are not mentioned explicitly, with a few exceptions, but will be obvious when encountered. Students should all have the experience of writing, debugging, and using a program that is nontrivially recursive, for example. The concept of recursion is subtle and powerful, and is helped a lot by hands-on practice. Any of the algorithms of Chapter 2 would be suitable for this purpose. The recursive graph algorithms are particularly recommended since they are usually quite foreign to students' previous experience and therefore have great learning value. In addition to the exercises that appear in this book, then, student assignments might consist of writing occasional programs, as well as delivering reports in class on assigned readings. The latter might be found among the references cited in the bibliographies in each chapter. I am indebted first of all to the students on whom I worked out these ideas, and second to a number of colleagues for their helpful advice and friendly criticism. Among the latter I will mention Richard Brualdi, Daniel Kleitman, Albert Nijenhuis, Robert Tarjan and Alan Tucker. For the no-doubt-numerous shortcomings that remain, I accept full responsibility. This book was typeset in TeX. To the extent that it’s a delight to look at, thank TeX. For the deficiencies in its appearance, thank my limitations as a typesetter. It was, however, a pleasure for me to have had the chance to typeset my own book. My thanks to the Computer Science department of the University of Pennsylvania, and particularly to Aravind Joshi, for generously allowing me the use of TeX facilities. Herbert S. Wilf #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 5 Context: # Chapter 0: What This Book Is About ## 0.1 Background An algorithm is a method for solving a class of problems on a computer. The complexity of an algorithm is the cost, measured in running time, or storage, or whatever units are relevant, of using the algorithm to solve one of those problems. This book is about algorithms and complexity, and so it is about methods for solving problems on computers and the costs (usually the running time) of using those methods. Computing takes time. Some problems take a very long time, others can be done quickly. Some problems seem to take a long time, and then someone discovers a faster way to do them (a "faster algorithm"). The study of the amount of computational effort that is needed in order to perform certain kinds of computations is the study of computational complexity. Naturally, we would expect that a computing problem for which millions of bits of input data are required would probably take longer than another problem that needs only a few items of input. So the time complexity of a calculation is measured by expressing the running time of the calculation as a function of some measure of the amount of data that is needed to describe the problem to the computer. For instance, think about this statement: "I just bought a matrix inversion program, and it can invert an \( n \times n \) matrix in just \( 1.2 n^3 \) minutes." We see here a typical description of the complexity of a certain algorithm. The running time of the program is being given as a function of the size of the input matrix. A faster program for the same job might run in \( 0.8 n^3 \) minutes for an \( n \times n \) matrix. If someone were to make a really important discovery (see section 2.4), then maybe we could actually lower the exponent, instead of merely shaving the multiplicative constant. Thus, a program that would invert an \( n \times n \) matrix in only \( 7.2 n^3 \) minutes would represent a striking improvement of the state of the art. For the purposes of this book, a computation that is guaranteed to take at most \( c n^3 \) time for input of size \( n \) will be thought of as "easy" computation. One that needs at most \( n^{10} \) time is also easy. If a certain calculation on an \( n \times n \) matrix were to require \( 2^n \) minutes, then that would be a "hard" problem. Naturally some of the computations that we are calling "easy" may take a very long time to run, but still, from our present point of view, the important distinction to maintain will be the polynomial time guarantee or lack of it. The general rule is that if the running time is at most a polynomial function of the amount of input data, then the calculation is an easy one; otherwise, it’s hard. Many problems in computer science are known to be easy. To convince someone that a problem is easy, it is enough to describe a fast method for solving that problem. To convince someone that a problem is hard is hard, because you will have to prove to them that it is impossible to find a fast way of doing the calculation. It will not be enough to point to a particular algorithm and to lament its slowness. After all, that algorithm may be slow, but maybe there’s a faster way. Matrix inversion is easy. The familiar Gaussian elimination method can invert an \( n \times n \) matrix in time at most \( O(n^3) \). To give an example of a hard computational problem we have to go far afield. One interesting one is called the "tiling problem." Suppose we are given infinitely many identical floor tiles, each shaped like a regular hexagon. The new can tile the whole plane with them, i.e., we can cover the plane with no empty spaces left over. This can also be done if the tiles are identical rectangles, but not if they are regular hexagons. In Fig. 0.1 we show a tiling of the plane by identical rectangles, and in Fig. 0.2 a tiling by regular hexagons. * See, for instance, Martin Gardner’s article in *Scientific American*, January 1977, pp. 110-121. * R. Berger, "The undecidability of the domino problem," *Memor. Amer. Math. Soc.* 66 (1966), Amer. 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The complexity of an algorithm is the cost, measured in running time, or storage, or whatever units are relevant, of using the algorithm to solve one of those problems. This book is about algorithms and complexity, and so it is about methods for solving problems on computers and the costs (usually the running time) of using those methods. Computing takes time. Some problems take a very long time, others can be done quickly. Some problems seem to take a long time, and then someone discovers a faster way to do them (a ‘faster algorithm’). The study of the amount of computational effort that is needed in order to perform certain kinds of computations is the study of computational complexity. Naturally, we would expect that a computing problem for which millions of bits of input data are required would probably take longer than another problem that needs only a few items of input. So the time complexity of a calculation is measured by expressing the running time of the calculation as a function of some measure of the amount of data that is needed to describe the problem to the computer. For instance, think about this statement: “I just bought a matrix inversion program, and it can invert an \( n \times n \) matrix in just \( 1.2n^3 \) minutes.” We see here a typical description of the complexity of a certain algorithm. The running time of the program is being given as a function of the size of the input matrix. A faster program for the same job might run in \( 0.8n^3 \) minutes for an \( n \times n \) matrix. If someone were to make a really important discovery (see section 2.4), then maybe we could actually lower the exponent, instead of merely shaving the multiplicative constant. Thus, a program that would invert an \( n \times n \) matrix in only \( n^2 \log n \) minutes would represent a striking improvement of the state of the art. For the purposes of this book, a computation that is guaranteed to take at most \( c n^3 \) time for input of size \( n \) will be thought of as 'easy' computation. One that needs at most \( n^{10} \) time is also easy. If a certain calculation on an \( n \times n \) matrix were to require \( 2^n \) minutes, then that would be a 'hard' problem. Naturally some of the computations that we are calling 'easy' may take a very long time to run, but still, from our present point of view the important distinction to maintain will be the polynomial time guarantee or lack of it. The general rule is that if the running time is not a polynomial function of the amount of input data, then the calculation is an easy one; otherwise it’s hard. Many problems in computer science are known to be easy. To convince someone that a problem is easy, it is enough to describe a fast method for solving that problem. To convince someone that a problem is hard is hard, because you will have to prove to them that it is impossible to find a fast way of doing the calculation. It will not be enough to point to a particular algorithm and to lament its slowness. After all, that algorithm may be slow, but maybe there’s a faster way. Matrix inversion is easy. The familiar Gaussian elimination method can invert an \( n \times n \) matrix in time of at most \( O(n^3) \). To give an example of a hard computational problem we have to go far afield. One interesting one is called the 'tiling problem'. Suppose we are given infinitely many identical floor tiles, each shaped like a regular hexagon. Then we can tile the whole plane with them, i.e., we can cover the plane with no empty spaces left over. This can also be done if the tiles are identical rectangles, but not if they are regular hexagons. In Fig. 0.1 we show a tiling of the plane by identical rectangles, and in Fig. 0.2 is a tiling by regular hexagons. --- 1. See, for instance, Martin Gardner’s article in *Scientific American*, January 1977, pp. 110-121. 2. R. Berger, “The undecidability of the domino problem,” *Amer. Math. Soc.* 66 (1966), Amer. Image Analysis: ## Analysis of the Attached Visual Content ### 1. Localization and Attribution - **Image**: There is only one image present on the page. ### 2. Scene and Activity Analysis - **Scene Description**: The entire scene appears to be a page from a book or document. - **Activity**: There is no specific activity depicted. The main focus is on the textual content provided on this page. ### 4. Text Analysis - **Extracted Text**: - **Title**: "Chapter 0: What This Book Is About" - **Section**: "0.1 Background" - **Content**: The text describes algorithms, computational complexity, and introduces the purpose and scope of the book. It provides definitions and examples to explain how computational problems can be classified as easy or difficult based on the amount of computational effort required. - **Examples and Explanations**: - Discusses matrix inversion problems. - Mention of "tiling problem" with illustrations (Fig. 0.1 and Fig. 0.2) referred to but not shown in the extracted image. - **References**: - Martin Gardner's article in *Scientific American*. - R. Berger's work on the undecidability of the domino problem. ### 7. Anomaly Detection - **Anomalies**: There are no noticeable anomalies or unusual elements in the image. The layout and content appear to be standard for an academic or technical document. ### 8. Color Analysis - **Color Composition**: The image is black and white with text and some footnotes in a standard format. - **Dominant Colors**: Black text on a white background, which is typical for printed academic material. ### 9. Perspective and Composition - **Perspective**: The perspective is a direct, flat view of the page, typical of a scanned document or a digital book page. - **Composition**: The text is structured with a title, section heading, main body text, and footnotes. There is clear demarcation between sections with proper use of paragraphs and indentations. ### 12. Graph and Trend Analysis - **Existing Graphs**: There are references to figures (Fig. 0.1 and Fig. 0.2) related to tiling problems, but these figures are not part of the extracted image. ### Additional Aspects: #### Prozessbeschreibungen (Process Descriptions) - **Description**: The text provides a process description of computational complexity, explaining how various problems can be classified based on the time they take to compute. #### Typen Bezeichnung (Type Designations) - **Types/Categories**: - Problems are classified based on computational effort. - Examples given involve matrix inversion and tiling problems. - Terms like "easy", "hard", and "polynomial time" are used to categorize problems. ### Contextual Significance - **Overall Document Context**: This page serves as an introductory section to an academic or technical book on algorithms and computational complexity. It provides the reader with foundational knowledge necessary to understand subsequent chapters. - **Contribution to Overall Message**: The image sets the stage for comprehensive discourse on algorithms by explaining fundamental concepts and laying the groundwork for more detailed exploration of computational problems. ### Conclusion The visual content analyzed is an informative introductory page of a book or document centered on computational complexity and algorithms. It introduces key concepts, definitions, and examples, preparing readers for detailed discussions in subsequent sections. The layout, text structure, and references are typical of technical or academic literature. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 6 Context: # Chapter 0: What This Book Is About ![Fig. 0.1: Tiling with rectangles](path/to/rectangles-image) ![Fig. 0.2: Tiling with hexagons](path/to/hexagons-image) The way to do it, so even looking for an algorithm would be fruitless. That doesn’t mean that the question is hard for every polygon. Hard problems can have easy instances. What has been proved is that no single method exists that can guarantee that it will decide this question for every polygon. The fact that a computational problem is hard doesn’t mean that every instance of it has to be hard. The problem is hard because we cannot devise an algorithm for which we can give a guarantee of fast performance for all instances. Notice that the amount of input data to the computer in this example is quite small. All we need to input is the shape of the basic polygon. Yet not only is it impossible to devise a fast algorithm for this problem, it has been proved impossible to devise any algorithm at all that is guaranteed to terminate with a Yes/No answer after finitely many steps. That’s really hard! ## 0.2 Hard vs. Easy Problems Let’s take a moment more to say in another way exactly what we mean by an ‘easy’ computation vs. a ‘hard’ one. Think of an algorithm as being a little box that can solve a certain class of computational problems. Into the box goes a description of a particular problem in that class, and then, after a certain amount of time, or of computational effort, the answer appears. A **fast** algorithm is one that carries a guarantee of fast performance. Here are some examples. **Example 1.** It is guaranteed that if the input problem is described with B bits of data, then an answer will be output after at most \(6B^3\) minutes. **Example 2.** It is guaranteed that every problem that can be input with B bits of data will be solved in at most \(O(B^{1.5})\) seconds. A performance guarantee, like the two above, is sometimes called a ‘worst-case complexity estimate,’ and it’s easy to see why. If we have an algorithm that will, for example, sort any given sequence of numbers into ascending order of size (see section 2.1) it may find that some sequences are easier to sort than others. For instance, the sequence `1, 2, 7, 11, 10, 15, 20` is nearly in order already, so our algorithm might, if it takes advantage of the near-order, sort it very rapidly. Other sequences might be a lot harder for it to handle, and might therefore take more time. Math. Soc., Providence, RI 2 Image Analysis: ### Image Analysis #### 1. Localization and Attribution - **Image 1** is at the top center of the page. - **Image 2** is below **Image 1**, also at the center of the page. #### 2. Object Detection and Classification - **Image 1:** - **Object:** Grid pattern - **Category:** Geometric figure - **Key Features:** Consists of several intersecting horizontal and vertical lines forming rectangles. - **Image 2:** - **Object:** Hexagonal tiling - **Category:** Geometric figure - **Key Features:** Composed of multiple hexagons arranged in a regular pattern. #### 3. Scene and Activity Analysis - **Image 1:** - **Scene Description:** The image shows a simple grid pattern created by perpendicular lines intersecting to form rectangles. - **Main Actors and Actions:** None. - **Image 2:** - **Scene Description:** The image depicts a pattern formed by multiple hexagons joined together. - **Main Actors and Actions:** None. #### 4. Text Analysis - **Detected Text:** - "Chapter 0: What This Book Is About" - "Fig. 0.1: Tiling with rectangles" - "Fig. 0.2: Tiling with hexagons" - Additional body text discusses the difference between hard and easy computational problems and examples of each. - **Text Content Analysis:** - The text explains computational complexity, differentiating between easy and hard problems. It provides a brief introduction to the chapter's content and uses figures to illustrate examples of tiling patterns, which likely relate to computational problem examples. - Significant extracts: - "Fig. 0.1: Tiling with rectangles" and "Fig. 0.2: Tiling with hexagons" are captions that explain the images of tiling patterns. - The body text refers to the problem of tiling patterns, implying some connection to algorithmic complexity and computational problems. #### 10. Contextual Significance - The images and text are part of a chapter introduction about computational problems, specifically focusing on examples that illustrate differences between easy and hard problems. The tiling patterns with rectangles and hexagons visually represent examples of problems that an algorithm might need to solve. #### 12. Graph and Trend Analysis - There are no traditional graphs with axes and data points, but the tiling patterns might be interpreted as visual "graphs" in the sense of theoretical computer science problems (e.g., tiling and coverage problems). #### 13. Graph Numbers - Not applicable as there are no numerically labeled graphs. #### Additional Aspects - **Ablaufprozesse (Process Flows):** - None depicted. - **Prozessbeschreibungen (Process Descriptions):** - Descriptions refer to computational problem definitions and characteristics in the text, not shown visually as processes. - **Typen Bezeichnung (Type Designations):** - Types of problems (hard vs. easy) defined and exemplified in the text. - **Trend and Interpretation:** - Trend towards explaining complexity through visual and textual examples, emphasizing how different problem types demonstrate computational difficulty. - **Tables:** - None present in the document. ### Summary The document's main focus is to introduce computational problems and distinguish between those that are considered hard and easy. The images are geometric figures showing tiling with rectangles and hexagons, correlating to examples mentioned in the text. The text provides context on the computational complexity of problems using these visual examples to help illustrate different types of computational challenges. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 6 Context: # Chapter 0: What This Book Is About ![Fig. 0.1: Tiling with rectangles](path/to/image0.1) ![Fig. 0.2: Tiling with hexagons](path/to/image0.2) The way to do it, so even looking for an algorithm would be fruitless. That doesn’t mean that the question is hard for every polygon. Hard problems can have easy instances. What has been proved is that no single method exists that can guarantee that it will decide this question for every polygon. The fact that a computational problem is hard doesn’t mean that every instance of it has to be hard. The problem is hard because we cannot devise an algorithm for which we can give a guarantee of fast performance for all instances. Notice that the amount of input data to the computer in this example is quite small. All we need to input is the shape of the basic polygon. Yet not only is it impossible to devise a fast algorithm for this problem, it has been proved impossible to devise any algorithm at all that is guaranteed to terminate with a Yes/No answer after finitely many steps. That’s really hard! ## 0.2 Hard vs. Easy Problems Let’s take a moment more to say in another way exactly what we mean by an ‘easy’ computation vs. a ‘hard’ one. Think of an algorithm as being a little box that can solve a certain class of computational problems. Into the box goes a description of a particular problem in that class and then, after a certain amount of time, or of computational effort, the answer appears. A **fast** algorithm is one that carries a guarantee of fast performance. Here are some examples. **Example 1.** It is guaranteed that if the input problem is described with B bits of data, then an answer will be output after at most \( 6B^3 \) minutes. **Example 2.** It is guaranteed that every problem that can be input with B bits of data will be solved in at most \( 0.1B^{1.5} \) seconds. A performance guarantee, like the two above, is sometimes called a ‘worst-case complexity estimate,’ and it’s easy to see why. If we have an algorithm that will, for example, sort any given sequence of numbers into ascending order of size (see section 2.21) it may find that some sequences are easier to sort than others. For instance, the sequence 1, 2, 7, 11, 10, 15, 20 is nearly in order already, so our algorithm might, if it takes advantage of the near-order, sort it very rapidly. Other sequences might be a lot harder for it to handle, and might therefore take more time. Math. Soc., Providence, RI 2 Image Analysis: ### Image Analysis Details --- #### 1. Localization and Attribution 1. **Image 1:** - Located near the top, under the title "Chapter 0: What This Book Is About". - Captioned as "Fig. 0.1: Tiling with rectangles". 2. **Image 2:** - Located below Image 1. - Captioned as "Fig. 0.2: Tiling with hexagons". --- #### 2. Object Detection and Classification 1. **Image 1:** - **Objects Detected:** - A grid of rectangles. - **Classification:** - This image shows an arrangement or tiling pattern using rectangles. 2. **Image 2:** - **Objects Detected:** - A grid of hexagons. - **Classification:** - This image shows a tiling pattern using hexagons. --- #### 3. Scene and Activity Analysis 1. **Image 1:** - **Scene:** - A repetitive grid pattern made up of rectangles, which illustrates a tiling method. - **Activity:** - Demonstrates a method of tiling a plane with rectangular shapes. 2. **Image 2:** - **Scene:** - A repetitive pattern composed of hexagons, indicating a different tiling method. - **Activity:** - Demonstrates another method of tiling a plane, but with hexagons instead of rectangles. --- #### 4. Text Analysis 1. **Associated Text:** - The text provides context and explanations regarding the images: - Discusses the complexities of computational problems. - Describes algorithmic difficulties in tiling problems. - Outlines the concept of hard vs. easy problems. - **Examples of text extracted:** - "Fig. 0.1: Tiling with rectangles" - "Fig. 0.2: Tiling with hexagons" - Discussed examples of ‘fast’ algorithms and performance guarantees. --- #### 8. Color Analysis - **Image 1 and Image 2:** - Both images are in grayscale. - The dominant color is black used for the grid lines against a white background. - The simplicity and lack of color focuses attention on the grid patterns themselves. --- #### 9. Perspective and Composition 1. **Image 1:** - **Perspective:** - Directly from above (top-down view). - **Composition:** - Rectangular grid neatly arranged in rows and columns, illustrating order and uniformity. 2. **Image 2:** - **Perspective:** - Directly from above (top-down view). - **Composition:** - Hexagonal grid showing a closely packed and uniform arrangement, indicating an alternative tiling method. --- #### 10. Contextual Significance - **Overall Context in Document:** - These images and the associated text discuss computational problem-solving, specifically focusing on different patterns of tiling and the complexity of solving such problems. - **Contribution:** - The images serve as visual aids to help the reader understand different tiling patterns and the computational problems associated with each pattern. --- ### Summary The two images on the page serve as visual representations of different tiling problems using rectangles and hexagons, respectively. They illustrate the challenges discussed in the text regarding computational problems and algorithmic complexity. The minimalist, grayscale design of the images ensures that the focus remains on the patterns, supporting the educational content in the document. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 7 Context: So in some problems whose input bit strings has \( B \) bits the algorithm might operate in time \( 6B \) and on others it might need, say, \( 100 \log B \) time units, and for still other problem instances of length \( B \) the algorithm might need \( 5B^2 \) time units to get the job done. Well then, what would the warranty card say? I would have to pick out the worst possibility, otherwise the guarantee wouldn’t be valid. It would assure a user that if the input problem instance can be described by \( B \) bits, then an answer will appear after at most \( 5B^2 \) time units. Hence a performance guarantee is equivalent to an estimation of the worst possible scenario: the longest possible calculation that might ensue if \( B \) was the input to the program. Worst-case bounds are the most common kind, but there are other kinds of bounds for running time. We might give an average case bound instead (see section 5.7). That wouldn’t guarantee performance to worse than \( s \)-and-\( s \); it would state that if the performance is averaged over all possible input bit strings of \( B \) bits, then the average amount of computing time will be \( s \)-and-\( s \) (as a function of \( B \)). Now let’s talk about the difference between easy and hard computational problems and between fast and slow algorithms. A warranty that would not guarantee 'fast' performance would contain some function of \( B \) that grows faster than any polynomial, like \( e^B \), for instance, or like \( x^{\sqrt{n}} \), etc. It is the polynomial time \( t \), not necessarily polynomial time guarantee that makes the difference between the easy and the hard classes of problems, or between the fast and the slow algorithms. It is highly desirable to work with algorithms such that we can give a performance guarantee for running time that is not a polynomial function of the number of bits of input. An algorithm is slow if, whatever polynomial \( P \) we think of, there exists arbitrarily large values of \( B \), input data strings of \( B \) bits, that cause the algorithm to do more than \( P(B) \) units of work. A computational problem is **intractable** if it can be proved that there is no fast algorithm for it. ### Example 3 Here is a familiar computational problem and a method, or algorithm, for solving it. Let’s see if the method has a polynomial time guarantee or not. The problem is this. Let \( n \) be a given integer. We want to find out if \( n \) is prime. The method that we choose is the following. For each integer \( n = 2, 3, \ldots, \sqrt{n} \) we ask if \( n \) divides (evenly) into \( n \). If all the answers are 'No', then we declare \( n \) to be a prime number; else it is composite. Now if we look at the computational complexity of this algorithm, there’s much to say about how much work is involved in doing the test. For a given integer \( n \) that we have to do can be measured in units of divisions of a whole number by another whole number. In those units, we obviously will do about \( \sqrt{n} \) units of work. It seems as though this is a tractable problem, because, after all, \( \sqrt{n} \) is of polynomial growth in \( n \). For instance, we do less than \( n \) units of work, and that’s certainly a polynomial in \( n \), isn’t it? So, according to our definition of fast and slow algorithms, this distinction was made on the basis of polynomial vs. faster-than-polynomial growth of the work done with the problem size, and therefore this problem must be easy. Right? Well, not really. Reference to the distinction between fast and slow methods will show that we have to measure the amount of work done as a function of the number of bits of input to the problem. In this example, \( n \) is not the number of bits of input. For instance, if \( n = 59 \), we don’t need 59 bits to describe it, but only 6. In general, the number of binary digits in the bit string of an integer \( n \) is close to \( \log_2 n \). So, in the problem of this example, testing the primality of a given integer \( n \), the length of the input bit string \( B \) is about \( 10 \log_2 n \). Seen in this light, the calculation suddenly seems very long, a string consisting of mere log \( 0’s \) and 1’s has caused our mighty computer to do about \( \sqrt{n} \) units of work. If we express the amount of work done as a function of \( B \), we find that complexity of this calculation is approximately \( 2^{B/2} \), and that grows much faster than any polynomial function of \( B \). Therefore, the method that we have just discussed for testing the primality of a given integer is slow. See Chapter 6 for further discussion of this problem. At the present time no one has found a fast way to test for primality, nor has anyone proved that there isn’t a fast way. Primality testing belongs to the (well-)polynomial class of seeming, but not provably, intractable problems. In this book we will deal with some easy problems and some seemingly hard ones. It’s the ‘seemingly’ that makes things very interesting. These are problems for which no one has found a fast computer algorithm. Image Analysis: ### Localization and Attribution - **Single Page Document:** The document has only one page with textual content throughout. ### Text Analysis - **Extracted Text:** - Title: "0.2 Hard vs. easy problems" - The content discusses different complexities related to algorithms: performance guarantees using polynomial time bounds, example problems (like testing if a number is prime), computational complexity of algorithms, and the difference between fast and slow algorithms. ### Scene and Activity Analysis - **Scene Description:** The document is a page from a technical book or research paper focused on computational theory and algorithm analysis. There is no graphical or visual activity apart from textual information. ### Diagram and Chart Analysis - **Content:** There are no diagrams or charts present in the image to analyze. ### Contextual Significance - **Overarching Theme:** The document explores the differences between tractable (easy) and intractable (hard) computational problems, and the use of polynomial time guarantees to measure algorithm performance. ### Color Analysis - **Color Composition:** The page is in grayscale, typical of printed technical or academic works. The focus is on readability and clarity of text. ### Perspective and Composition - **Perspective:** The image is taken from a directly overhead angle, capturing the entire page uniformly. - **Composition:** The composition is straightforward for a text document, with titles and paragraphs aligned vertically to enhance readability. ### Additional Aspects - **Ablaufprozesse (Process Flows):** - Discusses the process of determining the computational complexity and tractability of algorithms. - **Prozessbeschreibungen (Process Descriptions):** - Detailed explanation of different types of algorithm running times (polynomial vs. exponential). - Description of an example computational problem (checking the primality of a number) and how work scales with input size. - **Typen Bezeichnung (Type Designations):** - Classifications of problems: tractable vs. intractable, fast vs. slow algorithms. ### Metadata Analysis - **Metadata Information:** Not available in the image provided. ### Conclusion - The document provides a foundational discussion on algorithm complexity, specifically focusing on the performance measures and differentiation between easy and hard computational problems. The text is academic and technical, intended for readers with an understanding of computational theory. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 7 Context: The problem is this. Let \(n\) be a given integer. We want to find out if \(n\) is prime. The method that we choose is the following. For each integer \(m = 2, 3, \ldots, \sqrt{n}\)| we ask if \(m\) divides (evenly into) \(n\). If all of the answers are ‘No,’ then we declare \( n \) to be a prime number, else it is composite. First, we look at the computational complexity of this algorithm. That means that we are going to find out how much work is involved in doing the test. For a given integer \( n \) the work that we have to do can be measured in units of divisions of a whole number by another whole number. In those units, we obviously will do about \(\sqrt{n}\) units of work. It seems as though this is a tractable problem, because, after all, \(\sqrt{n}\) is of polynomial growth in \( n \). For instance, we do less than \( n \) units of work, and that’s certainly a polynomial in \( n \), isn’t it? So, according to our definition of fast and slow algorithms, the distinction was made on the basis of polynomial vs. faster-than-polynomial growth of the work done with the problem size, and therefore this problem must be easy. Right? Well, no not really. References to the distinction between fast and slow methods will show that we have to measure the amount of work done as a function of the number of bits of input to the problem. In this example, \( n \) is not the number of bits of input. For instance, if \( n = 59 \), we don’t need 59 bits to describe it, but only 6. In general, the number of binary digits in the bit string of an integer \( n \) is close to \(\log_2 n\). So in the problem of this example, testing the primality of a given integer \( n \), the length of the input bit string \( B \) is about \(\log_2n\). Seen in this light, the calculation suddenly seems very long. A string consisting of mere \(\log_2 n\) 0’s and 1’s has caused our mighty computer to do about \(\sqrt{n}\) units of work. If we express the amount of work done as a function of \( B \), we find that the complexity of this calculation is approximately \(2^{B/2}\), and that grows much faster than any polynomial function of \( B \). Therefore, the method that we have just discussed for testing the primality of a given integer is slow. See Chapter 4 for further discussions of this problem. At the present time no one has found a fast way to test for primality, nor has anyone proved that there isn’t a fast way. Primality testing belongs to the (well-populated) class of seemingly, but not provably, intractable problems. In this book we will deal with some easy problems and some seemingly hard ones. It’s the ‘seemingly’ that makes things very interesting. These are problems for which no one has found a fast computer algorithm, --- ### Scene and Activity Analysis: #### Described Scene and Activities: - The scene described in the image is a text-heavy document discussing computational problems, particularly focusing on the complexity and computational time of algorithms. - There are discussions of worst-case bounds, average case bounds, and the difference between fast and slow algorithms, followed by an example problem regarding the determination of whether a given integer is prime. #### Main Actors: - The main actors in the scene are algorithms and computational problems. - The text describes the actions of measuring computational complexity, evaluating polynomial vs. non-polynomial time, and testing algorithm efficiency. ### Contextual Significance: #### Contribution to Overall Message: - This text excerpt appears to be from a textbook or academic paper focusing on computational complexity, likely aimed at explaining the difference between easy and hard problems in computer science. - The example provided (primality testing) is used to illustrate these concepts and highlight the challenges associated with algorithm efficiency. ### Perspective and Composition: #### Perspective: - The perspective is that of a reader or student studying the material presented on the page. #### Composition: - The text is organized in a traditional scholarly format, with clear headings, paragraphs, and a structured presentation of concepts and examples. ### Anomaly Detection: - No anomalies were detected in the image; the text appears to be consistent with a standard academic document discussing computational complexity. ### Color Analysis: #### Color Composition: - The image consists entirely of black text on a white background. #### Dominant Colors: - The dominant colors are black and white. ### Graph and Trend Analysis: - There are no graphs present in this image. ### Diagram and Chart Analysis: - There are no diagrams or charts present in this image. ### Metadata Analysis: - There is no visible metadata within the image. ### Additional Aspects: #### Prozessbeschreibungen (Process Descriptions): - The described process is related to evaluating the computational complexity of algorithms, specifically mentioning worst-case and average-case scenarios and providing an example with testing for primality. #### Typen Bezeichnung (Type Designations): - Type designations include polynomial-time algorithms and non-polynomial-time algorithms, as well as tractable and intractable problems. ### Conclusion: This image contains a detailed section of text from what appears to be a textbook or academic paper on computational complexity, focusing on the difference between easy and hard computational problems, with a specific example relating to primality testing. The text touches upon polynomial-time guarantees, worst-case and average-case bounds, and the conceptual distinction between fast and slow algorithms. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 7 Context: So in some problems whose input bit string has \( B \) bits, the algorithm might operate in time \( 6B \) and on others it might need, say, \( 100 \log B \) time units, and for still other problems instances of length \( B \) the algorithm might need \( 5B^2 \) time units to get the job done. Well then, what would the warranty card say? I would have to pick out the worst possibility; otherwise the guarantee wouldn’t be valid. It would assure me that if the input problem instance can be described by \( B \) bits, then an answer will appear after at most \( 5B^2 \) time units. Hence, a performance guarantee is equivalent to an estimation of the worst possible scenario: the longest possible calculation that might ensue if \( B \) were input to the program. ### Worst-case bounds Worst-case bounds are the most common kind, but there are other kinds of bounds for running time. We might give an average case bound instead (see section 5.7). That wouldn’t guarantee performance no worse than \( \varepsilon \); it would state that if the performance is averaged over all possible input bit strings of \( B \) bits, then the average amount of computing time will be so-and-so (as a function of \( B \)). Now let’s talk about the difference between easy and hard computational problems and between fast and slow algorithms. A warranty that would not guarantee ‘fast’ performance would contain some function of \( B \) that grows faster than any polynomial, like \( 2^B \), for instance, or like \( n^{\log n} \), etc. It is the polynomial time vs. necessarily polynomial time guarantee that makes the difference between the easy and hard classes of problems, or between the fast and the slow algorithms. It is highly desirable to work with algorithms such that we can give a performance guarantee for running time that is at most a polynomial function of the number of bits of input. An algorithm is slow if, whatever polynomial \( P \) we think of, there exists arbitrary large values of \( B \), such that the input data strings of \( B \) bits, that cause the algorithm to do more than \( P(B) \) units of work. A computational problem is **intractable** if it can be proved that there is no fast algorithm for it. ### Example 3 Here is a familiar computational problem and a method, or algorithm, for solving it. Let’s see if the method has a polynomial time guarantee or not. The problem is this. Let \( n \) be a given integer. We want to find out if \( n \) is prime. The method that we choose is the following. For each integer \( n = 2, 3, \ldots, \sqrt{n} \) we ask if \( n \) divides (evenly into) \( n \). If all the answers are ‘No,’ then we declare \( n \) to be a prime number; else it is composite. In this way, we look at the computational complexity of this algorithm. Therefore, we are going to find out how much work is involved in doing the test. For a given integer \( n \) that we have to do can be measured in units of divisions of a whole number by another whole number. In those units, we obviously will do about \( \sqrt{n} \) units of work. It seems as though this is a tractable problem, because, after all, \( \sqrt{n} \) is of polynomial growth in \( n \). For instance, we do less than \( n \) units of work, and that’s certainly a polynomial in \( n \), isn’t it? So, according to our definition of fast and slow algorithms, this distinction was made on the basis of polynomial vs. faster-than-polynomial growth of the work done with the problem size, and therefore this problem must be easy. Right? Well, not really. Reference to the distinction between fast and slow methods will show that we have to measure the amount of work done as a function of the number of bits of input to the problem. In this example, \( n \) is not the number of bits of input. For instance, if \( n = 59 \), we don’t need 59 bits to describe it, but only 6. In general, the number of binary digits in the bit string of an integer \( n \) is close to \( \log_2 n \). So in the problem of this example, testing the primality of a given integer \( n \), the length of the input bit string \( B \) is about \( 10 \log_2 n \). Seen in this light, the calculation suddenly seems very long, a string consisting of mere log \( 0 \)’s and 1’s has caused our mighty computer to do about \( \sqrt{n} \) units of work. If we express the amount of work done as a function of \( B \), we find that the complexity of this calculation is approximately \( 2^{B/2} \), and that grows much faster than any polynomial function of \( B \). Therefore, note that we have just discussed for testing the primality of a given integer is slow. See Chapter 6 for further discussion of this problem. At the present time no one has found a fast way to test for primality, nor has anyone proved that there isn’t a fast way. Primality testing belongs to the (well-publicized) class of seemingly, but not provably, intractable problems. In this book, we will deal with some easy problems and some seemingly hard ones. It’s the ‘seemingly’ that makes things very interesting. These are problems for which no one has found a fast computer algorithm. 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Hence a performance guarantee is equivalent to an estimation of the worst possible scenario: the longest possible calculation that might ensue if \(B\) bits are input to the program. Worst-case bounds are the most common kind, but there are other kinds of bounds for running time. We might give an average case bound instead (see section 5.7). That wouldn’t guarantee performance no worse than so-and-so; it would state that if the performance is averaged over all possible input bit strings of \(B\) bits, then the average amount of computing time will be so-and-so (as a function of \(B\)). Now let’s talk about the difference between easy and hard computational problems and between fast and slow algorithms. A warranty that would not guarantee ‘fast’ performance would contain some function of \(B\) that grows faster than any polynomial. Like \(B^B\), for instance, or like \(2^{2^B}\), etc. It is the polynomial time vs. not necessarily polynomial time guarantee that makes the difference between the easy and the hard classes of problems, or between the fast and the slow algorithms. It is highly desirable to work with algorithms such that we can give a performance guarantee for running time that is at most a polynomial \(P(B)\) of the number of bits of input. An algorithm is slow if, whatever polynomial \( P \) we think of, there exist arbitrarily large values of \( B \), and input data strings of \( B \) bits, that cause the algorithm to do more than \( P(B) \) units of work. A computational problem is trackable if there is a fast algorithm that will find all its instances of it. A computational problem is intractable if it can be proved that there is no fast algorithm for it. **Example 3.** Here is a familiar computational problem and a method, or algorithm, for solving it. Let’s see if the method has a polynomial time guarantee or not. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 8 Context: # Chapter 0: What This Book Is About but also, no one has proved the impossibility of doing so. It should be added that the entire area is vigorously being researched because of the attractiveness and the importance of the many unanswered questions that remain. Thus, even though we just don't know many things that we'd like to know in this field, it isn't for lack of trying! ## 0.3 Preview Chapter 1 contains some of the mathematical background that will be needed for our study of algorithms. It is not intended that reading this book or using it as a text in a course must necessarily begin with Chapter 1. It’s probably a better idea to plunge into Chapter 2 directly, and then when particular skills or concepts are needed, to read the relevant portions of Chapter 1. Otherwise the definitions and ideas that are in that chapter may seem to be unmotivated, when in fact motivation in great quantity resides in the later chapters of the book. Chapter 2 deals with recursive algorithms and the analysis of their complexities. Chapter 3 is about a problem that seems as though it might be hard, but turns out to be easy, namely the network flow problem. Thanks to quite recent research, there are fast algorithms for network flow problems, and they have many important applications. In Chapter 4 we study algorithms in one of the oldest branches of mathematics, the theory of numbers. Remarkably, the connections between this ancient subject and the most modern research in computer methods are very strong. In Chapter 5 we will see that there is a large family of problems, including a number of very important computational questions, that are bound together by a good deal of structural unity. We don’t know if they’re hard or easy. We do know that we haven’t found a fast way to do them yet, and most people suspect that they’re hard. We also know that if any one of these problems is hard, then they all are, and if any one of them is easy, then they all are. We hope that, having found out something about what people know and what people don’t know, the reader will have enjoyed the trip through this subject and may be interested in helping to find out a little more. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 8 Context: # Chapter 0: What This Book Is About but also, no one has proved the impossibility of doing so. It should be added that the entire area is vigorously being researched because of the attractiveness and the importance of the many unanswered questions that remain. Thus, even though we just don’t know many things that we’d like to know in this field, it isn’t for lack of trying! ## 0.3 Preview Chapter 1 contains some of the mathematical background that will be needed for our study of algorithms. It is not intended that reading this book or using it as a text in a course must necessarily begin with Chapter 1. It’s probably a better idea to plunge into Chapter 2 directly, and then when particular skills or concepts are needed, to read the relevant portions of Chapter 1. Otherwise, the definitions and ideas that are in that chapter may seem to be unmotivated, when in fact motivation in great quantities resides in the later chapters of the book. Chapter 2 deals with recursive algorithms and the analyses of their complexities. Chapter 3 is about a problem that seems as though it might be hard, but turns out to be easy, namely the network flow problem. Thanks to quite recent research, there are fast algorithms for network flow problems, and they have many important applications. In Chapter 4, we study algorithms in one of the oldest branches of mathematics, the theory of numbers. Remarkably, the connections between this ancient subject and the most modern research in computer methods are very strong. In Chapter 5, we will see that there is a large family of problems, including a number of very important computational questions, that are bound together by a good deal of structural unity. We don’t know if they’re hard or easy. We do know that we haven’t found a fast way to do them yet, and most people suspect that they’re hard. We also know that if any one of these problems is hard, then they all are, and if any one of them is easy, then they all are. We hope that, having found out something about what people know and what people don’t know, the reader will have enjoyed the trip through this subject and may be interested in helping to find out a little more. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 9 Context: # Chapter 1: Mathematical Preliminaries ## 1.1 Orders of Magnitude In this section, we're going to discuss the rates of growth of different functions and to introduce the five symbols of asymptotics that are used to describe those rates of growth. In the context of algorithms, the reason for this discussion is that we need a good language for the purpose of comparing the speeds with which different algorithms do the same job, or the amounts of memory that they use, or whatever other measure of the complexity of the algorithm we happen to be using. Suppose we have a method of inverting square nonsingular matrices. How might we measure its speed? Most commonly, we would say something like: "If the matrix is n × n, then the method will run in time 16.8n³." Then we would know that if a 100 × 100 matrix can be inverted, with this method, in 1 minute of computer time, then a 200 × 200 matrix would require 2³ = 8 times as long, or about 8 minutes. The constant 16.8 wasn't used at all in this example; only the fact that the labor grows as the third power of the matrix size was relevant. Hence, we need a language that will allow us to say that the computing time, as a function of n, grows "in the order of n³", or not as fast as n², or at least as fast as n×log n, etc. The key symbols that are used in the language of comparing the rates of growth of functions are the following five: - `o` (read as "little o" of) - `O` (read as "big O" of) - `Θ` (read as "theta of") - `ω` (read as "little omega of") - `Ω` (read as "big omega of") Now let's explain what each of them means. Let \( f(n) \) and \( g(n) \) be two functions of \( n \). Each of the five symbols above is intended to compare the rapidity of growth of \( f \) and \( g \). If we say that \( f(n) = o(g(n)) \), then informally we are saying that \( f \) grows more slowly than \( g \) does when \( n \) is very large. Formally, we state the following: **Definition.** We say that \( f(n) = o(g(n)) \) if \( \lim_{n \to \infty} f(n)/g(n) \) exists and is equal to 0. Here are some examples: 1. \( x^2 = o(x^3) \) 2. \( \sin x = o(x) \) 3. \( 1.4\log n = o(n/2 + 7 \cos x) \) 4. \( 1/n = o(1) \) 5. \( 23\log^2 n = o(n^2) \) We can see from these few examples that sometimes it might be easy to prove that a relationship is true and sometimes it might be rather difficult. Example (4), for instance, requires the use of L'Hôpital's rule. If we leave two computer programs, and if one of them inverts a n × n matrices in time \( c n^3 \) and the other does so in time \( o(n^3) \), then we know that for all sufficiently large values of \( n \), the performance guarantee of the second program will be superior to that of the first program. Of course, the first program might run faster on small matrices, say up to size 10,000 x 10,000. If a certain program runs in time \( n^{2.8} \) and someone were to produce another program for the same problem that runs in \( n^{2} \log n \), then that second program would be an improvement, at least in the theoretical sense. The reason for the "theoretical" qualification, once more, is that the second program would be known to be superior only if \( n \) were sufficiently large. The second symbol of the asymptotics vocabulary is the `O`. When we say that \( f(n) = O(g(n)) \), we mean, informally, that \( f \) certainly doesn't grow at a faster rate than \( g \). It might grow at the same rate or it might grow more slowly; both are possibilities that the "O" permits. Formally, we have the set: **Definition.** We say that \( f(n) = O(g(n)) \) if there exists \( c > 0 \) such that \( |f(x)| \leq c|g(x)| \) for \( x \) large enough. The qualifier \( n \to \infty \) will usually be omitted, since it will be understood that we will most often be interested in large values of the variables that are involved. For example, it is certainly true that \( n = O(n) \), but even more can be said, namely that \( n = O(1) \). Also \( 2x^2 + 7x = O(x^2) \) and \( 1/(1 + x^2) = O(1) \). Now we can sharpen the last example by saying that \( 1/(1 + x^2) = o(1) \). 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No objects, diagrams, or charts are depicted in the image presented, focusing solely on textual content describing mathematical concepts. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 9 Context: # Chapter 1: Mathematical Preliminaries ## 1.1 Orders of Magnitude In this section we're going to discuss the rates of growth of different functions and to introduce the five symbols of asymptotics that are used to describe those rates of growth. In the context of algorithms, the reason for this discussion is that we need a good language for the purpose of comparing the speeds with which different algorithms do the same job, or the amounts of memory that they use, or whatever other measure of the complexity of the algorithm we happen to be using. Suppose we have a method of inverting square nonsingular matrices. How might we measure its speed? Most commonly we would say something like: “if the matrix is \( n \times n \), then the method will run in time \( 16.8n^3 \).” Then we would know that if a \( 100 \times 100 \) matrix can be inverted with this method, in 1 minute of computer time, then a \( 200 \times 200 \) matrix would require \( 2^3 \) times as long, or about 8 minutes. The constant \( 16.8 \) wasn't used at all in this example; only the fact that the labor grows as the third power of the matrix size was relevant. Hence we need a language that will allow us to say that the computing time, as a function of \( n \), grows “in the order of \( n^3 \)” or “not as fast as \( n^3 \)”, or “at least as fast as \( n \log n \)”, etc. The new symbols that are used in the language of comparing the rates of growth of functions are the following five: \( o \) (read 'is little of'), \( O \) (read 'is big O of'), \( \Theta \) (read 'is theta of'), \( \sim \) (read 'is asymptotically equal to'), and \( \Omega \) (read 'is omega of'). Now let's explain what each of them means. Let \( f(x) \) and \( g(x) \) be two functions of \( x \). Each of the five symbols above is intended to compare the rapidity of growth of \( f \) and \( g \). If we say that \( f(x) = o(g(x)) \), then informally we are saying that \( f \) grows more slowly than \( g \) when \( x \) is very large. Formally, we state the following: ### Definition We say that \( f(x) \) is \( o(g(x)) \) (as \( x \to \infty \)) if \( \lim_{x \to \infty} f(x)/g(x) \) exists and is equal to 0. Here are some examples: - (a) \( x^2 = o(x^3) \) - (b) \( \sin x = o(x) \) - (c) \( 1.4 \log n = o(n/2 + 7 \cos x) \) - (d) \( 1/2 = o(1) \) ? - (e) \( 23 \log x = o(x^2) \) We can see from these few examples that sometimes it might be easy to prove that a \( o \) relationship is true and sometimes it might be rather difficult. Example (e), for instance, requires the use of L'Hospital's rule. If we leave two computer programs, and if one of them inverses a \( n \times n \) matrix in \( 53n^3 \) and the other one does so in time \( o(n^3) \), then we know that for all sufficiently large values of \( n \) the performance guarantee of the second program will be superior to that of the first program. Of course, the first program might run faster on small matrices, say up to size \( 10,000 \times 10,000 \). If a certain program runs in time \( n^{2.8} \) and someone were to produce another program for the same problem that runs in \( o(n \log n) \), then that second program would be an improvement, at least in the theoretical sense. The reason for the “theoretical” qualification, once more, is that the second program would be known to be superior only if \( n \) were sufficiently large. The second symbol of the asymptotics vocabulary is the \( O \). When we say that \( f(x) = O(g(x)) \), we mean, informally, that \( f \) certainly doesn't grow at a faster rate than \( g \). It might grow at the same rate or it might grow more slowly; both are possibilities that the \( O \) permits. Formally, we have the next statement: ### Definition We say that \( f(x) = O(g(x)) \) (as \( x \to x_0 \)) if \( |f(x)| \leq C |g(x)| \) (for \( x \geq x_0 \)). The qualifier \( x \to \infty \) will usually be omitted, since it will be understood that we will most often be interested in large values of the variables that are involved. For example, it is certainly true that \( n = O(1) \), but even more can be said, namely that \( n^2 = O(n) \). Also \( 3x^2 + 7x = o(x^2) \) and \( 1/(1 + x^2) = O(1) \). Now we can see how to tighten the system, providing information than the \( O \); for we can sharpen the last example by saying that \( 1/(1 + x^2) = o(1) \). This is Image Analysis: ### Comprehensive Examination of the Visual Content **1. Localization and Attribution:** - **Single Image:** - The page contains one image which consists of text and mathematical notations. - Position: Central part of the page. **2. Object Detection and Classification:** - **Image 1:** - Objects detected: Text, mathematical symbols, and equations. - Key Features: The text includes both inline and block-style mathematical expressions. **3. 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It also provides definitions and examples to clarify the usage of different notations, such as 'o', 'O', 'Ω', '∼', and 'Θ'. The examples help to illustrate the theoretical concepts and their applications in algorithm analysis. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 10 Context: The last symbol in the asymptotic set that we will need is the ‘Ω.’ In a nutshell, ‘Ω’ is the negation of ‘o.’ That is to say, f(x) ∈ Ω(g(x)) means that it is not true that f(x) = o(g(x)). In the study of algorithms for computers, the ‘Ω’ is used when we want to express the thought that a certain calculation takes at least so-and-so long to do. For instance, we can multiply together two n × n matrices in time O(n^2.81). Later on in this book we will see how to multiply two matrices even faster, in time O(n^2.81). People know of even faster ways to do that job, but one thing that can be sure of is this: nobody will ever be able to write a matrix multiplication program that will multiply pairs n × n matrices with fewer than n^2 computational steps, because whatever program we write will have to look at the input data, and there are n^2 entries in the input matrices. Thus, a computing time of cn^2 is certainly a lower bound on the speed of any possible general matrix multiplication program. We might say, therefore, that the problem of multiplying two n x n matrices requires Ω(n^2) time. The exact definition of the ‘Ω’ that was given above is actually rather detailed. We stated it as the negation of something. Can we rephrase it as a positive assertion? Yes, with a bit of work (see exercises 6 and 7 below). Since f = g(x) means that f = g - 0, the symbol f = Ω(g) means that f/g does not approach zero. If we assume that g takes positive values only, which is usually the case in practice, then to say that f/g does not approach 0 is to say that x > 0 and an infinite sequence of values of x, tending to ∞, along which |f|/g > c. So we don’t have to show that |f|/g > c for all large x, but only for infinitely many large x. ``` - **Text Analysis:** - The text is centered on mathematical preliminaries, focusing on asymptotic notations used in analyzing the growth of functions. It discusses different notations, including 'Θ', '∼', 'Ω', and provides definitions and examples of each. - **Key Definitions Included:** - **Θ (Theta):** Used to express a function's bounded growth rate with specific constants. - **∼ (Tilde):** Indicates that two functions grow at the same rate and eventually their ratio approaches 1. - **Ω (Omega):** Signifies a lower bound on the growth rate of a function, indicating that a function will grow at least as quickly as another. ### Diagram and Chart Analysis: - **Image 1: Diagram Analysis:** - There are no diagrams or charts present. ### Anomaly Detection: - **Image 1: Anomalies:** - The content in Image 1 does not exhibit any noticeable anomalies. ### Color Analysis: - **Image 1: Color Composition:** - The page is primarily composed of black text on a white background. ### Perspective and Composition: - **Image 1: Perspective and Composition:** - The image is taken from a straight-on perspective, typical of scanned or captured document pages for legibility and clarity. The text is uniformly arranged in a single-column format. ### Contextual Significance: - **Image 1: Context Within Document:** - The content appears to be an excerpt from a mathematical or computer science textbook, specifically covering foundational concepts in asymptotic analysis. ### Conclusion: - **Overall Insights:** - Image 1 presents essential mathematical definitions and examples focusing on the growth rates of functions using asymptotic notations. The clear explanations and examples serve as a foundational understanding for further study in algorithm analysis and complexity theory. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 35 Context: # 2.2 Quicksort ```markdown procedure calculate(list of variables); if (trivialcase) then do (triviatthing); else do {call calculate(smaller values of the variables)}; {maybe do a few more things} end. In this chapter we're going to work out a number of examples of recursive algorithms, of varying sophistication. We will see how the recursive structure helps us to analyze the running time, or complexity, of the algorithms. We will also find that there is a bit of art involved in choosing the list of variables that a recursive procedure operates on. Sometimes the first list we think of doesn't work because the recursive call seems to need more detailed information than we have provided for it. So we try a larger list, and then perhaps it works, or maybe we need a still larger list ..., but more of this later. ## Exercises for section 2.1 1. Write a recursive routine that will find the digits of a given integer n in the base b. There should be no visible loops in your program. ## 2.2 Quicksort Suppose that we are given an array \(x[1], \ldots, x[n]\) of n numbers. We would like to rearrange these numbers as necessary so that they end up in nondecreasing order of size. This operation is called sorting the numbers. For instance, if we are given \( \{9, 4, 7, 2, 1\} \), then we want our program to output the sorted array \( \{1, 2, 4, 7, 9\} \). There are many methods of sorting, but we are going to concentrate on methods that rely on only two kinds of basic operations, called comparisons and interchanges. This means that our sorting routine is allowed to: 1. pick up two numbers ('keys') from the array, compare them, and decide which is larger. 2. interchange the positions of two selected keys. Here is an example of a rather primitive sorting algorithm: 1. find, by successive comparisons, the smallest key 2. interchange it with the first key 3. find the second smallest key 4. interchange it with the second key, etc. Here is a more formal algorithm that does the job above. ```markdown procedure quicksort(X: array[1..n]); {sorts a given array into nondecreasing order} for i = 1 to n - 1 do for j = i + 1 to n do if (X[j] < X[i]) then swap(X[i], X[j]); end. If you are wondering why we called this method 'primitive', 'slowsort', and other pejorative names, the reason will be clearer after we look at its complexity. What is the cost of sorting n numbers by this method? We will look at two ways to measure that cost. First let's choose our unit of cost to be one comparison of two numbers, and then we will choose a different unit of cost, namely one interchange of position ('swap') of two numbers. ``` #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 35 Context: ```markdown ## 2.2 Quicksort **Procedure:** ```plaintext procedure calculate(list of variables); if (trivialcase) then do (triviallything); else do {call calculate(smaller values of the variables)}; {maybe do a few more things} end. ``` In this chapter, we’re going to work out a number of examples of recursive algorithms, of varying sophistication. We will see how the recursive structure helps us to analyze the running time, or complexity, of the algorithms. We will also find that there is a bit of art involved in choosing the list of variables that a recursive procedure operates on. Sometimes the first list we think of doesn’t work because the recursive call seems to need more detailed information than we have provided for it. So we try a larger list, and then perhaps it works, or maybe we need a still larger list ..., but more of this later. ### Exercises for Section 2.1 1. Write a recursive routine that will find the digits of a given integer n in the base b. There should be no visible loops in your program. ## 2.2 Quicksort Suppose that we are given an array `x[1], ..., x[n]` of n numbers. We would like to rearrange these numbers as necessary so that they end up in nondecreasing order of size. This operation is called **sorting** the numbers. For instance, if we are given `{9, 4, 7, 2, 1}`, then we want our program to output the sorted array `{1, 2, 4, 7, 9}`. There are many methods of sorting, but we are going to concentrate on methods that rely on only two kinds of basic operations, called **comparisons** and **interchanges**. This means that our sorting routine is allowed to: - (a) pick up two numbers (‘keys’) from the array, compare them, and decide which is larger. - (b) interchange the positions of two selected keys. Here is an example of a rather primitive sorting algorithm: 1. (i) find, by successive comparisons, the smallest key 2. (ii) interchange it with the first key 3. (iii) find the second smallest key 4. (iv) interchange it with the second key, etc. Here is a more formal algorithm that does the job above: ```plaintext procedure slowsort(X: array[1..n]); {sorts a given array into nondecreasing order} for i = 1 to n - 1 do for j = i + 1 to n do if X[i] > X[j] then swap(X[i], X[j]) end. slowsort ``` If you were wondering why we called this method ‘primitive’, ‘slowsort’, and other pejorative names, the reason will be clearer after we look at its complexity. What is the cost of sorting n numbers by this method? We will look at two ways to measure that cost. First let’s choose our unit of cost to be one comparison of two numbers, and then we will choose a different unit of cost, namely one interchange of position (‘swap’) of two numbers. ``` #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 36 Context: # Chapter 2: Recursive Algorithms How many paired comparisons does the algorithm make? Reference to *provide dissort* shows that it makes one comparison for each value of \( j = r+1, \ldots, n \) in the inner loop. This means that the total number of comparisons is \[ f(n) = \sum_{r=1}^{n-1} \sum_{j=r+1}^{n} 1 = \sum_{r=1}^{n-1} (n - r) = (n - 1)n/2. \] The number of comparisons is \(\Theta(n^2)\), which is quite a lot of comparisons for a sorting method to do. Not only that, but the method does that many comparisons regardless of the input array, i.e. its best case and worst case are equally bad. The Quicksort method, which is the main object of study in this section, does a minimum of \( c n \log n \) comparisons, but on the average it does far fewer, a neat \( O(n \log n) \) comparisons. This economy is much appreciated by those who sort, because sorting applications can be immense and time-consuming. One popular sorting application is in alphabetizing lists of names. It is easy to imagine that some of those lists are very long, and that the replacement of \( O(n^2) \) by an average of \( O(n \log n) \) comparisons is very welcome. An insurance company that wants to alphabetize its list of 5,000,000 policyholders will gratefully notice the difference between \( n^2 = 25,000,000,000,000 \) comparisons and \( n \approx 7,121,740 \) comparisons. If we choose as our unit of complexity the number of swaps of position, then the running time may depend strongly on the input array. In the ‘slowest’ method described above, some arrays will need no swaps at all while others might require the maximum number of \( (n - 1)/2 \) (which arrays need that many swaps?). If we average over all \( n! \) possible arrangements of the input data, assuming that the keys are distinct, then it is not hard to see that the average number of swaps that slowest needs is \(\Theta(n^2)\). Now let’s discuss Quicksort. In contrast to the sorting method above, the basic idea of Quicksort is sophisticated and powerful. Suppose we want to sort the following list: ``` 26, 18, 4, 9, 37, 119, 220, 47, 74 ``` The number 37 in the above list is in a very intriguing position. Every number that precedes it is smaller than it and every number that follows it is larger than it. What that means is that after sorting the list, the 37 will be in the same place it now occupies, the numbers to its left will have been sorted but still be on its left, and the numbers on its right will have been sorted but still be on its right. If we are fortunate enough to be given an array that has a ‘splitter,’ like 37, then we can - (a) sort the numbers to the left of the splitter, and then - (b) sort the numbers to the right of the splitter. Obviously we have the germ of a recursive sorting routine. The fly in the ointment is that most arrays don’t have splitters, so we won’t often be lucky enough to find the state of affairs that exists in (2.2.1). However, we can make our own splitters, with some extra work, and that is the idea of the Quicksort algorithm. Let’s state a preliminary version of the recursive procedure as follows (look carefully for how the procedure handles the trivial case where \( n=1 \)): ```markdown procedure quicksort(perm): {sorts the array x into nondescending order} if n ≤ 2 then permute the array elements so as to create a splitter; let z[i] be the splitter that was just created; quicksort(perm(subarray x[1],...,x[j-1])) in place; quicksort(perm(subarray x[j+1],...,x[n])) in place; end; ``` * C. A. R. Hoare, Comp. J., 5 (1962), 10-15. 32 Image Analysis: ## Comprehensive Examination of the Attached Visual Content ### 1. Localization and Attribution - **Image 1**: The entire page consists of only one image. - This single image is numbered **Image 1** for further analysis. ### 2. Object Detection and Classification - **Image 1**: - **Text Objects**: - Main body of text content describing recursive algorithms and the Quicksort method. - **Mathematical Formulas**: - Several mathematical equations related to the number of comparisons in sorting algorithms. - **Code Snippet**: - Pseudocode for the Quicksort algorithm. - **Table/List**: - Specific list of numbers given as an example to be sorted using Quicksort. ### 3. 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Text Analysis - **Main Content**: - **Title/Subsection**: Chapter 2: Recursive Algorithms - **Explanation**: - Discussion on the number of comparisons necessary for sorting algorithms. - The Quicksort method is highlighted, detailing its average and worst-case complexity. - Theoretical analysis presented using mathematical notation. - Practical explanation of the procedure for the Quicksort method. - Sample list and step-by-step pseudocode provided. - **Significance**: - Provides an understanding of the computational complexity of different sorting algorithms. - Demonstrates the implementation of the Quicksort sorting algorithm. - Explains the benefits and efficiency gains of Quicksort in practical use, despite its theoretical worst-case behavior. ### 9. Perspective and Composition - **Perspective**: - The image is captured directly from a top-down, eye-level perspective, typically how a reader would view a page from a book. - **Composition**: - The page is well-structured: it has a clear title at the top followed by a combination of paragraphs, mathematical equations, an example list of numbers, and pseudocode. - Each segment is neatly separated making the content easy to follow. - There is a footnote with a reference at the bottom. ### 12. Graph and Trend Analysis - **No Graphs Present**: There are no graphical trends or data points illustrated as graphs in the image. ### Additional Aspects #### Prozessbeschreibungen (Process Descriptions) - **Quicksort Algorithm**: - The process involves selecting a "splitter" element and sorting the array such that all elements less than the splitter are to its left and all elements greater are to its right. - Recursive calls are made to sort the sub-arrays formed around the splitter. #### Typen Bezeichnung (Type Designations) - **Types**: - Sorting methods discussed are classified. - Quicksort method is discussed in detail, differentiating it from "slowsort" and other sorting techniques by its efficiency and complexity. ### Contextual Significance - **Overall Document**: - Forms part of an educational chapter on recursive algorithms, aiding in the understanding of complex computer science concepts. - The image contributes significantly by providing both theoretical foundations and practical implementation details for one of the critical sorting algorithms, Quicksort. ### Conclusion The image encapsulates detailed educational content aimed at explaining recursive algorithms, specifically focusing on the Quicksort method. Through textual explanations, mathematical analysis, and pseudocode, it provides a comprehensive overview necessary for understanding both the theoretical and practical aspects of sorting algorithms. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 36 Context: # Chapter 2: Recursive Algorithms How many paired comparisons does the algorithm make? Reference to previous work shows that it makes one comparison for each value of \( j = r+1, \ldots, n \) in the inner loop. This means that the total number of comparisons is \[ f(n) = \sum_{r=1}^{n-1} \sum_{j=r+1}^{n} 1 = \sum_{r=1}^{n-1} (n - r) = (n-1)n/2. \] The number of comparisons is \(\Theta(n^2)\), which is quite a lot of comparisons for a sorting method to do. Not only that, but the method does that many comparisons regardless of the input array, i.e., its best case and its worst case are equally bad. The Quicksort method, which is the main object of study in this section, does a minimum of \( c n \log n \) comparisons, but on the average it does far fewer, a neat \( O(n \log n) \) comparisons. This economy is much appreciated by those who sort, because sorting applications can be immense and time-consuming. One popular sorting application is in alphabetizing lists of names. It is easy to imagine that some of those lists are very long, and that the replacement of \( O(n^2) \) by an average of \( O(n \log n) \) comparisons is very welcome. An insurance company that wants to alphabetize its list of 5,000,000 policyholders will gratefully notice the difference between \( n^2 = 25,000,000,000,000 \) comparisons and \( n \log n = 72,741,740 \) comparisons. If we choose as our unit of complexity the number of swaps of position, then the running time may depend strongly on the input array. In the “slowest” method described above, some arrays will need no swaps at all while others might require the maximum number of \( (n-1)/2 \) (which arrays need that many swaps?). If we average over all \( n! \) possible arrangements of the input data, assuming that the keys are distinct, then it is not hard to see that the average number of swaps that slowest needs is \(\Theta(n^2)\). Now let’s discuss Quicksort. In contrast to the sorting method above, the basic idea of Quicksort is sophisticated and powerful. Suppose we want to sort the following list: ``` 26, 18, 4, 9, 37, 119, 220, 47, 74 ``` The number 37 in the above list is in a very intriguing position. Every number that precedes it is smaller than it and every number that follows it is larger than it. What that means is that after sorting the list, the 37 will be in the same place it now occupies, the numbers to its left will have been sorted but still be to its left, and the numbers on its right will have been sorted but still be on its right. If we are fortunate enough to be given an array that has a “splitter,” like 37, then we can - (a) sort the numbers to the left of the splitter, and then - (b) sort the numbers to the right of the splitter. Obviously, we have the germ of a recursive sorting routine. The fly in the ointment is that most arrays don’t have splitters, so we won’t often be lucky enough to find the state of affairs that exists in (2.2.1). However, we can make our own splitters, with some extra work, and that is the idea of the Quicksort algorithm. Let’s state a preliminary version of the recursive procedure as follows (look carefully for how the procedure handles the trivial case where \( n=1 \)): ``` procedure quicksort(arr: x: an array of n numbers); { sort the array in nondecreasing order } if n > 2 then permute the array elements so as to create a splitter; let z[] be the splitter that was just created; quicksort(arr[1], ..., arr[j-1]) in place; quicksort(arr[j+1], ..., arr[n]) in place; end; (quicksort arr) ``` *C. A. R. Hoare, Comp. J.*, 5 (1962), 10-15. Image Analysis: ### Comprehensive Examination of the Attached Visual Content --- #### 1. Localization and Attribution: - **Image Number:** 1 - **Position on the Page:** Entire page #### 4. Text Analysis: - **Detected Text:** **Header:** Chapter 2: Recursive Algorithms **Content:** The text discusses how many paired comparisons an algorithm makes according to the "disjoint shows" procedure, providing mathematical explanations and formula derivations. It also delves into the Quicksort method, its comparisons and swaps, best and worst-case scenarios, and the recursive sorting routine implications. ``` ... f1(n) = ∑_(i=1)^(n-1) ∑_(j=i+1)^n j = (n-1)/2 = (n-1)n/2. ``` **Explanation on Quicksort Method:** - Discusses the efficiency of the Quicksort method in comparison: - Maximum comparisons: \( c \cdot n^2 \) - Average comparisons: \( O(n \log n) \) - The significance is its efficiency in sorting applications, stressing insurance companies and various applications with large datasets. **Example List for Sorting:** - 26, 18, 4, 9, 37, 119, 220, 47, 74 **Procedure for Quicksort:** ```quick procedure quicksortprime(x : an array of n numbers); {sorts the array x into nondecreasing order} if n ≥ 2 then permute the array elements so as to create a splitter; let z[i] be the splitter that was just created: quicksortprime(the subarray z1, ..., z[i-1]; x1, ..., x[i-1]) in place; quicksortprime(the subarray z[i+1], ..., zn; x[i+1], ..., xn) in place; end.{quicksortprime} ``` **Footnote:** - C. A. R. Hoare, Comp. J., 5 (1962), 10–15. **Significance in the context of the image:** - The text lays the groundwork for understanding recursive algorithms, especially the Quicksort method, which is pivotal for efficient sorting in computer science. It provides a thorough explanation of the algorithm's theoretical and practical implications. #### 10. Contextual Significance: - **Contribution to Overall Message:** - This image serves as a detailed explanation of recursive algorithms in the context of a computer science textbook, specifically focusing on the Quicksort algorithm. It discusses mathematical derivations and practical implementations, essential for students or readers learning about sorting algorithms. #### 9. Perspective and Composition: - **Image Composition:** - The page seems to be laid out in a typical textbook format with a chapter header, main text body, mathematical formulas, examples, and a relevant footnote. Clear sections divide the explanations, enhancing readability. #### 13. Tables: - **Analyzed Content:** **Table:** There are no explicit tables in the visual content, but there is an implicit list used for explaining the sorting procedure. **Implicit List for Sorting Example:** - Items: 26, 18, 4, 9, 37, 119, 220, 47, 74 --- This detailed examination leverages analysis aspects relevant to the attached visual content, providing insights on text analysis, contextual significance, and image composition. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 39 Context: # 2.2 Quicksort ## procedure qsort(x: array; left, right: integer); {sorts the subarray z[left], ..., z[right]}; if right > left then split(x, left, right); qsort(x, left, right - 1); qsort(x, left + 1, right); end; ## procedure Quicksort(x: array; n: integer); {sorts an array of length n}; qsort(x, 1, n); end; Now let’s consider the complexity of Quicksort. How long does it take to sort an array? Well, the amount of time will depend on exactly which array we happen to be sorting, and furthermore it will depend on how lucky we are with our random choices of splitting elements. If we want to see Quicksort at its worst, suppose we have a really unlucky day, and that the random choice of the splitter element happens to be the smallest element in the array. Not only that, but suppose this kind of unlucky choice is repeated on each and every recursive call. If the splitter element is the smallest array entry, then it won’t do a whole lot of splitting. In fact, if the original array had n entries, then one of the two recursive calls will be to an array with no entries at all, and the other recursive call will be to an array of n - 1 entries. If L(n) is the number of paired comparisons that are required in this extreme scenario, then, since the number of comparisons that are needed to carry out the call to split an array of length n is n - 1, it follows that: L(n) = L(n - 1) + n - 1 (n ≥ 2; L(0) = 0). Hence, L(n) = (1 + 2 + ... + (n - 1)) = Θ(n²). The worst-case behavior of Quicksort is therefore quadratic in time. In its worst modes, therefore, it is as bad as 'slowsort' above. Whereas the performance of slowsort is pretty much always quadratic, no matter what the input is, Quicksort is usually a lot faster than its worst case discussed above. We want to show that on average the running time of Quicksort is O(n log n). The first step is to get quite clear about what the word 'average' refers to. We suppose that the entries of the input array are all distinct. Then the performance of Quicksort can depend only on the size relationships in the input array and the choices of the random splitting elements. The actual numerical values that appear in the input array are not themselves important, except that, to simplify the discussion we will assume that they are all different. The only thing that will matter, then, will be the relative order of all of the paired comparisons of two elements that are done by the algorithm. Therefore, we will assume, for the purposes of analysis, that the entries of the input array are exactly the numbers 1, 2, ..., n in some order. There are n! possible orders in which these elements might appear, so we are considering the action of Quicksort on just these n inputs. Second, for each particular one of these inputs, the choices of the splitting elements will be made by choosing, at random, one of the entries of the array at each step of the recursion. We will also average over all such random choices of the splitting elements. Therefore, when we speak of the function F(n), the average complexity of Quicksort, we are speaking of the average number of paired comparisons of any entries that are made by Quicksort, where the averaging #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 40 Context: # Chapter 2: Recursive Algorithms is done first of all over all n! of the possible input orderings of the array elements, and second, for each such input ordering, we average also over all sequences of choices of the splitting elements. Now let's consider the behavior of the function \( F(n) \). What we are going to show is that \( F(n) = O(n \log n) \). The label that \( F(n) \) estimates has two components. First there are the pairwise comparisons involved in choosing a splitting element and rearranging the array about the chosen splitting value. Second there are the comparisons that are done in the two recursive calls that follow the creation of a splitter. As we have seen, the number of comparisons involved in splitting the array is \( n - 1 \). Hence it remains to estimate the number of comparisons in the recursive calls. For this purpose, suppose we have rearranged the array about the splitting element, and that it has turned out that the splitting entry now occupies the \( i \)th position in the array. Our next remark is that each value of \( i = 1, 2, \ldots, n \) is equally likely to occur. The reason for this is that we chose the splitter originally by choosing a random array entry. Since all orderings of the array entries are equally likely, the one that we happened to have chosen was just as likely to have been the largest entry as to have been the smallest, or the 17th-from-largest, or whatever. Since each value of \( i \) is equally likely, each \( i \) has probability \( \frac{1}{n} \) of being chosen as the residence of the splitter. If the splitting element lives in the \( i \)th array position, the two recursive calls to Quicksort will be on two subarrays, one of which has length \( i - 1 \) and the other of which has length \( n - i \). The average numbers of pairwise comparisons that are involved in such recursive calls are \( F(i - 1) \) and \( F(n - i) \), respectively. It follows that our average complexity function \( F \) satisfies the relation: \[ F(n) = n - 1 + \frac{1}{n} \sum_{i=1}^{n} \left[ F(i - 1) + F(n - i) \right] \quad (n \geq 2) \tag{2.2.2} \] together with the initial value \( F(0) = 0 \). How can we find the solution of the recurrence relation (2.2.2)? First let's simplify it a little by noticing that \[ \sum_{i=1}^{n} F(n - i) = F(n - 1) + F(n - 2) + \ldots + F(0) \tag{2.2.3} \] and so (2.2.2) can be written as: \[ F(n) = n - 1 + \frac{2}{n} \sum_{i=1}^{n} F(i - 1) \tag{2.4} \] We can simplify (2.4) a lot by getting rid of the summation sign. This next step may seem like a trick at first (and it is!), but it's a trick that is used in so many different ways that now we call it a 'method.' What we do is first to multiply (2.4) by \( n \), to get: \[ n F(n) = n(n - 1) + 2 \sum_{i=1}^{n} F(i - 1) \tag{2.5} \] Next, in (2.5), we replace \( n \) by \( n - 1 \), yielding: \[ (n - 1)F(n - 1) = (n - 1)(n - 2) + 2 \sum_{i=1}^{n - 1} F(i - 1) \tag{2.6} \] Finally, we subtract (2.6) from (2.5), and the summation sign obliquely disappears, leaving behind just: \[ n F(n) - (n - 1)F(n - 1) = n(n - 1) - (n - 1)(n - 2) + 2F(n - 1) \tag{2.7} \] Image Analysis: ### Analysis of the Attached Visual Content: --- #### 1. Localization and Attribution: - The image contains a single page, analyzed as **Image 1**. --- #### 2. Object Detection and Classification: - **Image 1**: - Objects detected: - Text blocks. - Mathematical equations/forms. - Page number indicator. - Categories: - The text paragraphs are categorized as educational content on computer science/mathematics. - The equations are identified as mathematical formulas. --- #### 3. Scene and Activity Analysis: - **Image 1**: - Scene Description: This page appears to be from a textbook or academic paper discussing recursive algorithms. - Activities: It shows an explanation of a recursive function \(F(n)\), involving mathematical derivations and steps to solve a recurrence relation. --- #### 4. 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This contrast facilitates readability and is typical in academic documents. --- #### 9. Perspective and Composition: - **Image 1**: - Perspective: The image is taken from a straight-on (eye-level) perspective, common for document scanning. - Composition: The page layout is structured in a standard academic format, with the title at the top, followed by coherent paragraphs and mathematical derivations down the page. --- #### 10. Contextual Significance: - **Image 1**: - The image functions as a page in an academic resource aimed at explaining recursive algorithms, which is essential for computer science students and professionals working with algorithm analysis. --- #### 11. Metadata Analysis: - Metadata not provided or visible. --- #### 12. Graph and Trend Analysis: - Not applicable as there are no graphs presented. --- #### 13. Graph Numbers: - Not applicable as there are no numerical graphs provided. --- #### Additional Aspects: - **Ablaufprozesse (Process Flows):** - **Image 1** details the process flow of estimating and simplifying the complexity of a recursive function \(F(n)\). - **Prozessbeschreibungen (Process Descriptions):** - **Image 1** provides a detailed mathematical process of breaking down and simplifying the recurrence relation to understand the behavior of \(F(n)\). - **Typen Bezeichnung (Type Designations):** - **Image 1** categorizes the function \(F(n)\) as a measure of average computational complexity. - **Trend and Interpretation:** - Analyzing the recurrence \(F(n)\), it reveals how simplification techniques can reduce computational complexity analysis. - **Tables:** - Not applicable as there are no tables present. --- This comprehensive analysis captures the essential aspects of the attached visual content, maintaining focus on relevant attributes while ignoring immaterial details. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 40 Context: # Chapter 2: Recursive Algorithms is done first of all over all \( n! \) of the possible input orderings of the array elements, and second, for each such input ordering, we average also over all sequences of choices of the splitting elements. Now let’s consider the behavior of the function \( F(n) \). What we are going to show is that \( F(n) = O(n \log n) \). The labor that \( F(n) \) estimates has two components. First there are the pairwise comparisons involved in choosing a splitting element and rearranging the array about the chosen splitting value. Second there are the comparisons that are done in the two recursive calls that follow the creation of a splitter. As we have seen, the number of comparisons involved in splitting the array is \( n - 1 \). Hence it remains to estimate the number of comparisons in the recursive calls. For this purpose, suppose we have rearranged the array about the splitting element, and that it has turned out that the splitting entry now occupies the \( i^{th} \) position in the array. Our next remark is that each value of \( i = 1, 2, \ldots, n \) is equally likely to occur. The reason for this is that we chose the splitter originally by choosing a random array entry. Since all orderings of the array entries are equally likely, the one that we happened to have chosen was just as likely to have been the largest entry as to have been the smallest, or the \( 17^{th} \) from-largest, or whatever. Since each value of \( i \) is equally likely, each has a probability \( 1/n \) of being chosen as the residence of the splitter. If the splitting element lives in the \( i^{th} \) array position, the two recursive calls to Quicksort will be on two subarrays, one of which has length \( i - 1 \) and the other of which has length \( n - i \). The average numbers of pairwise comparisons that are involved in such recursive calls are \( F(i - 1) \) and \( F(n - i) \), respectively. It follows that our average complexity function \( F \) satisfies the relation \[ F(n) = n - 1 + \frac{1}{n} \sum_{i=1}^{n} [F(i - 1) + F(n - i)] \quad (n \geq 2). \] together with the initial value \( F(0) = 0 \). How can we find the solution of the recurrence relation (2.2.2)? First let’s simplify it a little by noticing that \[ \sum_{i=1}^{n} [F(i - 1)] = F(n - 1) + F(n - 2) + \ldots + F(0) = \sum_{i=1}^{n} F(i - 1). \] and so (2.2.2) can be written as \[ F(n) = n - 1 + \frac{2}{n} \sum_{i=1}^{n} F(i - 1). \] We can simplify (2.4) a lot by getting rid of the summation sign. This next step may seem like a trick at first (and it is!), but it’s a trick that is used in so many different ways that now we call it a ‘method.’ What we do is first to multiply (2.4) by \( n \) to get \[ nF(n) = n(n - 1) + 2 \sum_{i=1}^{n} F(i - 1). \] Next, in (2.5), we replace \( n \) by \( n - 1 \), yielding \[ (n - 1)F(n - 1) = (n - 1)(n - 2) + 2 \sum_{i=1}^{n - 1} F(i - 1). \] Finally we subtract (2.6) from (2.5), and the summation sign obligingly disappears, leaving behind just \[ nF(n) - (n - 1)F(n - 1) = n(n - 1) - (n - 1)(n - 2) + 2F(n - 1). \] Which simplifies to \[ nF(n) - (n - 1)F(n - 1) = 2F(n - 1). \] Image Analysis: ### Analysis of the Attached Visual Content #### 1. **Localization and Attribution:** - The document is a single page consisting of a combination of textual content and mathematical formulae. - The entire content should be treated as one image (Image 1). #### 4. **Text Analysis:** - The text is an excerpt from Chapter 2: Recursive Algorithms. - The content focuses on the analysis and behavior of the recursive function \( F(n) \). - Explanation proceeds through a series of equations and logical steps to simplify and solve the recurrence relation for \( F(n) \). - Detailed statements and assumptions are made regarding comparisons and their recurrence in algorithms. #### 5. **Diagram and Chart Analysis:** - No diagrams or charts are present. #### 10. **Contextual Significance:** - In the context of a document or textbook on algorithms, this page provides an in-depth explanation of recursive function analysis. - It contributes to the theme of understanding recursion and its implications in algorithmic complexity, specifically dealing with QuickSort and comparisons within arrays. #### 12. **Graph and Trend Analysis:** - The trend analyzed here is the recursive breakdown and understanding of the function \( F(n) \), depicted through mathematical formulae rather than graphical elements. #### 13. **Graph Numbers:** - Although it is primarily textual, the following important equations and steps illustrate significant points: - (2.2.2) \( F(n) = n - 1 + \frac{1}{n} \sum_{i=1}^{n-1} \left[ F(i-1) + F(n-i) \right] \) for \( n \geq 2 \) - (2.2.4) \( F(n) = n - 1 + 2 \sum_{i=1}^{n-1} F(i - 1) \) - (2.2.5), (2.2.6), and (2.2.7) facilitate further simplification and step-by-step resolution to deduce the recurrence relation. --- #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 40 Context: # Chapter 2: Recursive Algorithms is done first of all over all \( n! \) of the possible input orderings of the array elements, and second, for each such input ordering, we average also over all sequences of choices of the splitting elements. Now let's consider the behavior of the function \( F(n) \). What we are going to show is that \( F(n) = O(n \log n) \). The label that \( F(n) \) estimates has two components. First there are the pairwise comparisons involved in choosing a splitting element and rearranging the array about the chosen splitting value. Second there are the comparisons that are done in the two recursive calls that follow the creation of a splitter. As we have seen, the number of comparisons involved in splitting the array is \( n - 1 \). Hence it remains to estimate the number of comparisons in the recursive calls. For this purpose, suppose we have rearranged the array about the splitting element, and that it has turned out that the splitting entry now occupies the \( i \)th position in the array. Our next remark is that each value of \( i = 1, 2, \ldots, n \) is equally likely to occur. The reason for this is that we chose the splitter originally by choosing a random array entry. Since all orderings of the array entries are equally likely, the one that we happened to have chosen was just as likely to have been the largest entry as to have been the smallest, or the 17th-from-largest, or whatever. Since each value of \( i \) is equally likely, each \( i \) has a probability \( 1/n \) of being chosen as the residence of the splitter. If the splitting element lives in the \( i \)th array position, the two recursive calls to Quicksort will be on two subarrays, one of which has length \( i - 1 \) and the other of which has length \( n - i \). The average numbers of pairwise comparisons that are involved in such recursive calls are \( F(i - 1) \) and \( F(n - i) \), respectively. It follows that our average complexity function \( F \) satisfies the relation: \[ F(n) = n - 1 + \frac{1}{n} \sum_{i=1}^{n} [F(i - 1) + F(n - i)] \quad (n \geq 2) \] together with the initial value \( F(0) = 0 \). How can we find the solution of the recurrence relation (2.2.2)? First let's simplify it a little by noticing that \[ \sum_{i=1}^{n} [F(i - 1)] = F(n - 1) + F(n - 2) + \ldots + F(0) \] and so (2.2.2) can be written as \[ F(n) = n - 1 + \frac{2}{n} \sum_{i=1}^{n} F(i - 1). \] We can simplify (2.2.4) a lot by getting rid of the summation sign. This next step may seem like a trick at first (and it is!), but it’s a trick that is used in so many different ways that now we call it a 'method.' What we do is first to multiply (2.2.4) by \( n \), to get \[ nF(n) = n(n - 1) + 2 \sum_{i=1}^{n} F(i - 1). \] Next, in (2.2.5), we replace \( n \) by \( n - 1 \), yielding \[ (n - 1)F(n - 1) = (n - 1)(n - 1 - 2) + 2 \sum_{i=1}^{n - 1} F(i - 1). \] Finally, we subtract (2.2.6) from (2.2.5), and the summation sign obliquely disappears, leaving behind just \[ nF(n) - (n - 1)F(n - 1) = n(n - 1) - (n - 1)(n - 1 - 2) + 2F(n - 1). \] Image Analysis: **Localization and Attribution:** - There is one image on the page. - The image is located centrally and consists of a single continuous text block. **Text Analysis:** - **Detected Text:** The text discusses recursive algorithms, focusing on the analysis of a function \( F(n) \). The goal is to show that \( F(n) = O(n \log n) \). The text elaborates on the behavior of the function, breaking down the number of comparisons involved in recursive calls during the array splitting process. It explains the mathematical concept behind the average complexity function and provides a detailed derivation to find the solution of the recurrence relation. The specific details include the steps for simplification and manipulation of the summation, eventually leading to a reduced form of the original expression. - **Key Extracted Equations and Annotations:** 1. Recurrence Relation: \[ F(n) = n - 1 + \frac{1}{n} \sum_{i=1}^{n} [F(i - 1) + F(n - i)] \quad (n \geq 2) \tag{2.2.2} \] 2. Simplified Step: \[ \sum_{i=1}^{n} [F(n - i)] = F(n - 1) + F(n - 2) + \cdots + F(0) \] 3. Further Simplified Recurrence: \[ F(n) = n - 1 + \frac{2}{n} \sum_{i=1}^{n} F(i - 1) \tag{2.2.4} \] 4. Multiplication by \(n\): \[ nF(n) = n(n - 1) + 2 \sum_{i=1}^{n} F(i - 1) \tag{2.2.5} \] 5. Replacement and Rearrangement: \[ (n - 1)F(n - 1) = (n - 1)(n - 2) + 2 \sum_{i=1}^{n-1} F(i - 1) \tag{2.2.6} \] 6. Subtraction Result: \[ nF(n) - (n - 1)F(n - 1) = n(n - 1) - (n - 1)(n - 2) + 2F(n - 1) \tag{2.2.7} \] **Diagram and Chart Analysis:** - There are no diagrams or charts present in the image. **Process Descriptions:** - The image provides a detailed description of the steps involved in solving the recurrence relation for \( F(n) \). This includes simplifying the summation, multiplying through by \( n \), and then using the resulting equations to eliminate terms and simplify the recurrence. **Trend and Interpretation:** - The text shows a methodological approach to reduce a complex recursion problem into a simpler form. It highlights the significance of understanding the behavior of recursive functions and the mathematical techniques used for their analysis. **Contextual Significance:** - In the context of the overall document (assuming it is a textbook or academic paper on algorithms), this image serves to teach or demonstrate the process of analyzing the complexity of recursive functions. It demonstrates the skills necessary for solving such equations, emphasizing a method that is widely used in algorithm analysis. Therefore, this image provides a step-by-step guide with supportive equations that illustrate the simplification process of a recursive function's complexity analysis. This contributes to a comprehensive understanding of algorithm analysis techniques in the broader context of recursion and mathematical problem-solving. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 42 Context: # Chapter 2: Recursive Algorithms ## 4. Consider the array ``` x = {2, 4, 1, 10, 5, 3, 9, 7, 8, 6} ``` with `left = 1` and `right = 10`. Suppose that the procedure `split` is called, and suppose the random integer `L` in `split` happens to be 5. Carry out the complete split algorithm (not on a computer; use pencil and paper). Particularly, record the condition of the array `x` after each value of `j` is processed in the for `j ...` loop. 5. Suppose `H(0) = 1` and `H(n) ≤ 1 + Σ_{i=1}^{n-1} H(i - 1)` for `n ≥ 1`. How might `H(n)` be? 6. If `Q(0) = 0` and `Q(n) ≤ n^2 + Σ_{i=1}^{Q(i - 1)}` for `n ≥ 1`, how big might `Q(n)` be? 7. (Research problem) Find the asymptotic behavior, for large `n`, of the probability that a randomly chosen permutation of `n` letters has a splitter. ## 2.3 Recursive Graph Algorithms Algorithms on graphs are another rich area of applications of recursive thinking. Some of the problems are quite different from the ones that we have so far been studying in that they seem to need exponential amounts of computing time, rather than the polynomial times that were required for sorting problems. We will illustrate the dramatically increased complexity with a recursive algorithm for the ‘maximum independent set problem’, one which has received a great deal of attention in recent years. Suppose a graph `G` is given. An **independent set** of vertices of `G` means a set of vertices no two of which are connected by an edge of `G`. In the graph in Fig. 2.3.1 the set `{1, 2, 6}` is an independent set and so is the set `{1, 3}`. The largest independent set in the graph shown there is the set `{1, 2, 3, 6}`. The problem of finding the size of the largest independent set in a given graph is computationally very difficult. All algorithms known to date require exponential amounts of time, in their worst cases, although no one has proved the nonexistence of fast (polynomial time) algorithms. If the problem itself seems unusual, and maybe not deserving of a lot of attention, be advised that in Chapter 5 we will see that it is a member in good standing of a large family of very important computational problems (the ‘NP-complete’ problems) that are tightly bound together, in that if we can figure out better ways to compute any one of them, then we will be able to do all of them faster. Here is an algorithm for the independent set problem that is easy to understand and to program, although, of course, it may take a long time to run on a large graph `G`. We are looking for the size of the largest independent set of vertices of `G`. Suppose we denote that number by `maxSet(G)`. Fix some vertex of the graph, say vertex `v`. Let’s distinguish two kinds of independent sets of vertices of `G`. There are those that contain vertex `v` and those that don’t contain vertex `v`. If an independent set `S` of vertices contains vertex `v`, then what does the rest of the set `S` consist of? The remaining vertices of `S` are an independent set in a smaller graph, namely the graph that is obtained from `G` by deleting vertex `v` as well as all vertices that are connected to vertex `v` by an edge. This latter set of vertices is called the **neighborhood** of vertex `v`, and is written `Nbd(v)`. The set `S` consists, therefore, of vertex `v` together with an independent set of vertices from the graph `G - {v} - Nbd(v)`. Now consider an independent set `S` that doesn’t contain vertex `v`. In that case the set `S` is simply an independent set in the smaller graph `G - {v}`. Image Analysis: ### Comprehensive Examination of the Visual Content #### 1. **Localization and Attribution** - **Image 1** is located at the bottom center of the page and is labeled as "Fig. 2.3.1". #### 2. **Object Detection and Classification** - **Image 1**: The diagram depicts a graph with vertices and edges. - **Objects Detected:** - Vertices: Represented by the circles in the diagram. - Edges: Represented by the lines connecting the vertices. - **Classification:** - Graph Theory Elements (Vertices and Edges). #### 3. **Scene and Activity Analysis** - **Image 1**: The scene involves a graph, which is part of an explanation regarding recursive graph algorithms focusing on the 'maximum independent set problem'. - **Main Actors:** - Vertices labeled as 1, 2, and 3. - Edges connecting these vertices. #### 4. **Text Analysis** - **Image 1**: The text related to the image is a part of the main content describing recursive algorithms, specifically about the maximum independent set problem. - **Extracted Text**: "Fig. 2.3.1" - **Contextual Significance**: Fig. 2.3.1 is used to illustrate an example within the section discussing an independent set of vertices in a graph. #### 5. **Diagram and Chart Analysis** - **Image 1**: The diagram shows a simple graph with three vertices connected by edges. The vertices are part of an independent set example. - **Axes, Scales, and Legends**: Not applicable. - **Key Insights**: - Demonstrates the concept of an independent set in graph theory. - Vertices {1, 2, 6} form an independent set as no two are connected by an edge. #### 10. **Contextual Significance** - **Image 1**: Fig. 2.3.1 is used to illustrate the discussion on recursive graph algorithms and the independent set problem. - **Contribution to Overall Message**: The image helps elucidate the practical application of recursive algorithms in solving complex problems in graph theory. #### 13. **Graph Numbers** - **Image 1**: Vertices are labeled as 1, 2, and 3. #### **Additional Aspect:** ##### Procesbeschreibungen (Process Descriptions): - **Image 1**: Describes the process of finding an independent set in a graph. - **Process**: 1. Identify the independent set of vertices. 2. Distinguish between vertices connected to a specified vertex and those not connected. 3. Formulate a smaller graph by removing a specified vertex and its connections. 4. Identify if the given set remains an independent set within the smaller graph. ##### Typen Bezeichnung (Type Designations): - **Image 1**: Type designation involves the 'independent set' in the context of graph theory. ### Summary The document highlights recursive algorithms with an emphasis on recursive graph algorithms. A specific problem, the maximum independent set problem, is illustrated with a diagram (Fig 2.3.1) showing a simple graph. The text explains the recursive approach to find the largest independent set, aiding the understanding of complex computation versus polynomial time approaches. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 42 Context: # Chapter 2: Recursive Algorithms ## 4. Consider the array Let \( x = \{2, 4, 1, 10, 5, 3, 9, 7, 8, 6\} \) with left = 1 and right = 10. Suppose that the procedure `split` is called, and suppose the random integer \( L \) in step 1 happens to be 5. Carry out the complete split algorithm (not on a computer; use pencil and paper). Particularly, record the condition of the array \( x \) after each value of \( j \) is processed in the for \( j = \ldots \) loop. 1. Suppose \( H(0) = 1 \) and \( H(1) \leq 1 + \sum_{i=1}^{n-1} H(i - 1) \) (for \( n \geq 1 \)). How might \( H(n) \) be? 2. If \( Q(0) = 0 \) and \( Q(n) \leq n^2 + \sum_{i=1}^{n-1} Q(i - 1) \) (for \( n \geq 1 \)), how big might \( Q(n) \) be? 3. (Research problem) Find the asymptotic behavior, for large \( n \), of the probability that a randomly chosen permutation of \( n \) letters has a splitter. ## 2.3 Recursive Graph Algorithms Algorithms on graphs are another rich area of applications of recursive thinking. Some of the problems are quite different from the ones that we have so far been studying in that they seem to need exponential amounts of computing time, rather than the polynomial times that were required for sorting problems. We will illustrate the dramatically increased complexity with a recursive algorithm for the “maximum independent set problem,” one which has received a great deal of attention in recent years. Suppose a graph \( G \) is given. By an independent set of vertices of \( G \) we mean a set of vertices no two of which are connected by an edge of \( G \). In the graph in Fig. 2.3.1 the set \( \{1, 2, 6\} \) is an independent set and so is the set \( \{1, 3\} \). The largest independent set of vertices in the graph shown there is the set \( \{1, 2, 3, 6\} \). The problem of finding the size of the largest independent set in a given graph is computationally very difficult. All algorithms known to date require exponential amounts of time, in their worst cases, although no one has proved the nonexistence of fast (polynomial time) algorithms. If the problem itself seems unusual, and maybe not deserving of a lot of attention, be advised that in Chapter 5 we will see that it is a member in good standing of a large family of very important computational problems (the ‘NP-complete’ problems) that are tightly bound together, in that if we can figure out better ways to compute any one of them, then we will be able to do all of them faster. ### Fig. 2.3.1 Here is an algorithm for the independent set problem that is easy to understand and to program, although, of course, it may take a long time to run on a large graph \( G \). We are looking for the size of the largest independent set of vertices of \( G \). Suppose we denote that number by \( m(s, v) \). Fix some vertex of the graph, say vertex \( v \). Let’s distinguish two kinds of independent sets of vertices of \( G \). There are those that contain vertex \( v \) and those that don’t contain vertex \( v \). If an independent set of \( s \) vertices contains vertex \( v \), then what does the rest of the set \( S \) consist of? The remaining vertices of \( S \) are an independent set in a smaller graph, where the graph that is obtained from \( G \) by deleting vertex \( v \) as well as all vertices that are connected to vertex \( v \) are edge. This latter set of vertices is called the neighborhood of vertex \( v \), and is written `Nbd(v)`. The set \( S \) consists, therefore, of vertex \( v \) together with an independent set of vertices from the graph \( G - \{v\} - Nbd(v) \). Now consider an independent set \( S \) that doesn’t contain vertex \( v \). In that case the set \( S \) is simply an independent set in the smaller graph \( G - \{v\} \). 38 Image Analysis: ### Comprehensive Analysis of the Visual Content #### 1. **Localization and Attribution:** - **Image 1:** Located in the middle of the page, below the text. Numbered as Image 1. #### 2. **Object Detection and Classification:** - **Image 1:** - **Objects:** - A 2D graph or diagram. - **Classification:** - The diagram illustrates a set of points and possibly a connection or relationship between them. #### 3. **Scene and Activity Analysis:** - **Image 1:** - **Scene Description:** - The diagram shows a simple graph with vertices labeled 1, 2, 3, and points connected by edges. - **Activities:** - The vertices and edges suggest it is demonstrating a concept in graph theory. #### 4. **Text Analysis:** - **Text Content:** - The text preceding the diagram discusses recursive algorithms, particularly focusing on an array and the maximum independent set problem in graphs. - Key excerpts: - "Consider the array x = {2, 4, 1, 10, 5, 3, 9, 7, 8, 6}" - "Recursive graph algorithms" - Description of maximum independent set problem. - **Context and Significance:** - The text explains the concept behind recursive algorithms and gives an example involving an array and a maximum independent set problem in a graph context. #### 5. **Diagram and Chart Analysis:** - **Image 1 (Fig. 2.3.1):** - **Description:** - The diagram shows points (vertices) {1, 2, 6} forming an independent set. - **Axes and Scales:** - No specific axes or scales since it's a conceptual illustration. - **Key Insights:** - The diagram is used to illustrate the independent set in a graph G. - Helps in understanding the complexity and structure of the independent set problem. #### 7. **Anomaly Detection:** - **Image 1:** - **Anomalies:** - No noticeable anomalies. Diagram is clear and aligns with the contextual explanation of the text. #### 8. **Color Analysis:** - **Image 1:** - **Color Composition:** - Black and white diagram. - **Impact:** - Color choice emphasizes clarity and simplicity, focusing on the conceptual understanding rather than visual appeal. #### 9. **Perspective and Composition:** - **Image 1:** - **Perspective:** - Front-on view, typical for illustrative diagrams. - **Composition:** - Vertices and edges are clearly labeled and arranged for easy comprehension. #### 10. **Contextual Significance:** - **Image 1:** - The diagram complements the text discussion on graph theory and recursive algorithms. - It serves to visualize the maximum independent set problem, enhancing the reader's understanding of the concept discussed in the text. #### 12. **Graph and Trend Analysis:** - **Image 1:** - **Graph Numbers:** - Vertices labeled {1, 2, 6}. - **Data Points and Trends:** - Independent set in a graph, conceptual rather than numerical data. #### 14. **Ablaufprozesse (Process Flows):** - **Text and Image Context:** - Explains the process of finding the largest independent set in a graph recursively. #### 16. **Prozessbeschreibungen (Process Descriptions):** - **Text Context:** - Provides a step-by-step description for solving the maximum independent set problem recursively. - Involves fixing a vertex, distinguishing sets containing or not containing the vertex, and recursively applying the problem to subproblems. ### Conclusion: The visual content and accompanying text provide a detailed explanation and illustration of recursive algorithms in the context of graph theory. Image 1 (Fig. 2.3.1) effectively visualizes an independent set in a graph, aiding in the comprehension of the discussed algorithms and their computational complexities. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 43 Context: # 2.3 Recursive Graph Algorithms We now have all of the ingredients of a recursive algorithm. Suppose we have found the two numbers `maxset(G = (V, E))` and `maxset(G = (V - {v*}, Nbhd(v*))`. Then, from the discussion above, we have the relation: ``` maxset(G) = max{maxset(G = {v*}), 1 + maxset(G = {v*} - Nbhd(v*))}. ``` We obtain the following recursive algorithm: ```plaintext function maxset1(G): returns the size of the largest independent set of vertices of G if G has no edges then maxset1 := |V(G)| else choose some nonsolated vertex v* of G; n1 := maxset1(G = {v*}); n2 := maxset1(G = {v*} - Nbhd(v*)); maxset1 := max(n1, 1 + n2) end(maxset1) ``` ## Example: Here is an example of a graph \( G \) and the result of applying the maxset1 algorithm to it. Let the graph \( G \) be a 5-cycle. That is, it has 5 vertices and its edges are (1,2), (2,3), (3,4), (4,5), (1,5). What are the two graphs on which the algorithm calls itself recursively? Suppose we select vertex number 1 as the chosen vertex \( v* \) in the algorithm. Then \( G - \{1\} \) and \( G - \{1\} - Nbhd(1) \) are respectively the two graphs shown in Fig. 2.3.2: ``` 2 3 5 4 Fig. 2.3.2: G - {1} G - {1} - Nbhd(1) ``` The reader should now check that the size of the largest independent set of \( G \) is equal to the larger of the two numbers `maxset1(G - {1})` and `maxset1(G - {1} - Nbhd(1))` in this example. Of course, the creation of these two graphs from the original input graph is just the beginning of the story, as far as the computation is concerned. Unbeknownst to the programmer, who innocently wrote the recursive routine `maxset1` and then sat back to watch, the compiler will go ahead with the computation by generating a tree-full of graphs. In Fig. 2.3.3, we show the collection of all of the graphs that the compiler might generate while executing a single call to `maxset1` on the input graph of this example. In each case, the graph that is below and to the left of a given one is the one obtained by deleting a single vertex, and the one below and to the right of each graph is obtained by deleting a vertex and its entire neighborhood. Now we are going to study the complexity of `maxset1`. The results will be sufficiently depressing that we will then think about how to speed up the algorithm, and we will succeed in doing that to some extent. To open the discussion, let’s recall that in Chapter 1 it was pointed out that the complexity of a calculation is usefully expressed as a function of the number of bits of input data. In problems about graphs, however, it is more natural to think of the number of labor as a function of \( n \), the number of vertices of the graph. In problems about matrices it is more natural to use \( m \), the size of the matrix, and so forth. Do these distinctions alter the classification of problems into "polynomial time-doable" versus "hard"? Take the graph problems, for instance. How many kinds of input data does it take to describe a graph? Well, certainly we can think about the entire list of \( n(n - 1)/2 \) pairs of vertices and the edges that are actually edges in the input graph to the problem. Hence we can describe a graph to a computer by making #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 43 Context: # 2.3 Recursive Graph Algorithms We now have all of the ingredients of a recursive algorithm. Suppose we have found the two numbers `maxSet(G = (V, E))` and `maxSet(G = (V - {v*}, Nbhd(v*))`. Then, from the discussion above, we have the relation: ``` maxSet(G) = max{maxSet(G - {v*}) + 1, maxSet(G - {v*} - Nbhd(v*))}. ``` We obtain the following recursive algorithm. ```plaintext function maxSet1(G); {returns the size of the largest independent set of vertices of G} if G has no edges then maxSet1 := |V(G)|. else choose some nonisolated vertex v* of G; n1 := maxSet1(G - {v*}); n2 := maxSet1(G - {v*} - Nbhd(v*)); maxSet1 := max(n1, 1 + n2); end(maxSet1); ``` ## Example: Here is an example of a graph \( G \) and the result of applying the `maxSet1` algorithm to it. Let the graph \( G \) be a 5-cycle. That is, it has 5 vertices and its edges are (1,2), (2,3), (3,4), (4,5), (1,5). What are the two graphs on which the algorithm calls itself recursively? Suppose we select vertex number 1 as the chosen vertex \( v* \) in the algorithm. Then \( G - \{1\} \) and \( G - \{1\} - Nbhd(1) \) are respectively the two graphs shown in Fig. 2.3.2. ``` 2 3 | | 5--1---4 ``` **Fig. 2.3.2:** \( G - \{1\} \) | \( G - \{1\} - Nbhd(1) \) The reader should now check that the size of the largest independent set of \( G \) is equal to the larger of the two numbers `maxSet1(G - {v*}) + 1` and `maxSet1(G - {v*} - Nbhd(v*))` in this example. Of course the creation of these two graphs from the original input graph is just the beginning of the story, as far as the computation is concerned. Unbeknownst to the programmer, who innocently wrote the recursive routine `maxSet1` and then sat back to watch, the compiler will go ahead with the computation by generating a tree full of graphs. In Fig. 2.3.3 we show the collection of all of the graphs that the compiler might generate while executing a single call to `maxSet1` on the input graph of this example. In each case, the graph that is below and to the left of a given one is the one obtained by deleting a single vertex, and the one below and to the right of each graph is obtained by deleting a vertex and its entire neighborhood. Next, we are going to study the complexity of `maxSet1`. The results will be sufficiently depressing that we will then think about how to speed up the algorithm, and we will succeed in doing that to some extent. To open the discussion, let's recall that in Chapter 1 it was pointed out that the complexity of a calculation is usefully expressed as a function of the number of bits of input data. In problems about graphs, however, it is more natural to think of the number of labor as a function of \( n \), the number of vertices of the graph. In problems about matrices it is more natural to use \( m \), the size of the matrix, and so forth. Do those distinctions alter the classification of problems into "polynomial time-doable" vs. "hard"? Take the graph problems, for instance. How many bits of input data does it take to describe a graph? Well, certainly we can enumerate through the entire list of \( n \times (n - 1) / 2 \) pairs of vertices and the edges that are actually edges in the input graph to the problem. Hence we can describe a graph to a computer by making #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 44 Context: # Chapter 2: Recursive Algorithms ## Fig. 2.3.3: A tree-full of graphs is created a list of \( n(n-1)/2 \) 0's and 1's. Each 1 represents a pair that is an edge, each 0 represents one that isn't an edge. Thus \( \Theta(n^2) \) bits describe a graph. Since \( n^2 \) is a polynomial in \( n \), any function of the number of input data bits that can be bounded by a polynomial in \( n \) itself. Hence, in the case of graph algorithms, the 'easiness' vs. 'hardness' judgment is not altered if we base the distinction on polynomials in itself, rather than on polynomials in the number of bits of input data. Hence, with a clear conscience, we are going to estimate the running time or complexity of graph algorithms in terms of the number of vertices of the graph that is input. Now let’s do this for algorithm `maxest` above. The first step is to find out if \( G \) has any edges. To do this we simply have to look at the input data. In the worst case we might look at all of the input data, all \( \Theta(n^2) \) bits of it. Then, if \( G \) actually has some edges, the additional labor needed to process \( G \) consists of two recursive calls on smaller graphs and one computation of the larger of two numbers. If \( F(G) \) denotes the total amount of computational labor that we do in order to find \( \text{maxest}(G) \), then we see that \[ F(G) \leq cn^2 + F(G - \{v\}) + F(G - \{v\} - \text{Nbhd}(v)). \tag{2.3.1} \] Next, let \( f(n) = \max_{|V(G)|=n} F(G) \), and take the maximum of (2.3.1) over all graphs \( G \) of \( n \) vertices. The result is that \[ f(n) \leq cn^2 + f(n - 1) + f(n - 2). \tag{2.3.2} \] because the graph \( G - \{v\} - \text{Nbhd}(v) \) might have as many as \( n - 2 \) vertices, and would have that many if \( v \) had exactly one neighbor. Now it’s time to ‘solve’ the recurrent inequality (2.3.2). Fortunately the hard work has all been done, and the answer is in theorem 1.4.1. That theorem was designed expressly for the analysis of recursive algorithms, and in this case it tells us that \( f(n) = O(1.619^n) \). Indeed the number in that theorem is \( (1 + \sqrt{5})/2 = 1.61803 \ldots \) We chose the \( \epsilon \) that appears in the conclusion of the theorem simply by rounding \( c \) upwards. What have we learned? Algorithm `maxest` will find the answer in a time of no more than \( O(1.619^n) \) units if the input graph \( G \) has \( n \) vertices. This is a little improvement of the most simple-minded possible. Image Analysis: ### Image Analysis #### 1. Localization and Attribution - **Image 1**: The tree diagram representing a recursive algorithm for generating graphs. - **Image 2**: Located below Image 1, this depicts different stages or subgraphs in smaller boxes. #### 2. Object Detection and Classification - **Image 1**: - **Objects**: Nodes and edges of a tree diagram. - **Key Features**: Root node labeled '5', subnodes labeled '2', '3', '5' representing recursive steps. - **Image 2**: - **Objects**: Small boxes containing subgraphs. - **Key Features**: Each subgraph is labeled with numbers ('1', '2', '3', '4', '5') and connected by edges. #### 3. Scene and Activity Analysis - **Image 1**: - **Scene**: A tree diagram illustrating recursive steps in a graph algorithm. - **Activities**: Recursive partitioning of nodes in the graph. - **Image 2**: - **Scene**: Subgraphs illustrating different stages or configurations in a recursive process. - **Activities**: Visual representation of splitting and merging nodes in the graph. #### 4. Text Analysis - **Detected Text**: - **Fig. 2.3.3: A tree-full of graphs is created**: Caption explaining that the diagram shows a recursive tree of graphs. - **Paragraphs**: Explanation of the recursive algorithm, its complexities, and the computational steps involved in estimating the running time for graph algorithms. #### 7. Anomaly Detection - No anomalies detected in the images; everything seems to follow a logical recursive structure as outlined in the algorithm descriptions. #### 9. Perspective and Composition - **Perspective**: - **Image 1**: Standard top-down perspective, common in tree diagrams. - **Image 2**: Indent box layout illustrating various stages of the recursive process. - **Composition**: - **Image 1**: Root node at the top, branching out into different substeps, with clear labels. - **Image 2**: Series of smaller boxes aligned horizontally and vertically, showing different subgraph stages clearly. #### 10. Contextual Significance - **Overall Document/Website Context**: - This image is part of a chapter on recursive algorithms in a book discussing complex computational concepts. - **Contribution**: It visually supports the explanation of a recursive algorithm for graph generation, making the complex process easier to understand. #### 12. Graph and Trend Analysis - **Equation Analysis**: - **Equations**: Recursive relation \( F(G) \leq cn^2 + F(G - \{v^*\}) + F(G - \{v^*\} - Nbd(v^*)) \) and others representing the recursive splitting steps. - **Trends**: These equations model the computational complexity and show the reduction process in each step of the recursive partitioning of nodes. #### 14. Trend and Interpretation - **Trends**: - Recursive equations illustrate the decreasing complexity as the graph is partitioned into subgraphs. - Final trend interpretation shows the convergence to a final computational time of \( O(1.619^n) \). #### 15. Tables - **Implicit Table Data**: - Lists of nodes and their dependencies in the diagram provide clear hierarchical data for the recursive process. The combination of visuals, text, and equations work together to provide a comprehensive description and analysis of recursive algorithms for graphs, aiding in the understanding of their computational complexity and implementation steps. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 44 Context: # Chapter 2: Recursive Algorithms ## Fig. 2.3.3: A tree-full of graphs is created A list of \( n(n - 1)/2 \) 0's and 1's. Each 1 represents a pair that is an edge, each 0 represents one that isn’t an edge. Thus \( \Theta(n^2) \) bits describe a graph. Since \( n^2 \) is a polynomial in \( n \), any function of the number of input data bits that can be bounded by a polynomial in \( n \) itself. Hence, in the case of graph algorithms, the ‘easiness’ vs. ‘hardness’ judgment is not altered if we base the distinction on polynomials in itself, rather than on polynomials in the number of bits of input data. Hence, with a clear conscience, we are going to estimate the running time or complexity of graph algorithms in terms of the number of vertices of the graph that is input. Now let’s do this for algorithm `maxset1` above. The first step is to find out if \( G \) has any edges. To do this we simply have to look at the input data. In the worst case, we might look at all of the input data, all \( \Theta(n^2) \) bits of it. Then, if \( G \) actually has some edges, the additional labor needed to process \( G \) consists of two recursive calls on smaller graphs and one computation of the larger of two numbers. If \( F(G) \) denotes the total amount of computational labor that we do in order to find \( \text{maxset1}(G) \), then we see that \[ F(G) \leq c n^2 + F(G - \{v\}) + F(G - \{v\} - \text{Nbhd}(v)) \tag{2.3.1} \] Next, let \( f(n) = \max_{|G|=n} F(G) \), and take the maximum of (2.3.1) over all graphs \( G \) of \( n \) vertices. The result is that \[ f(n) \leq c n^2 + f(n - 1) + f(n - 2) \tag{2.2} \] because the graph \( G - \{v\} - \text{Nbhd}(v) \) might have as many as \( n - 2 \) vertices, and would have that many if \( v \) had exactly one neighbor. Now it’s time to ‘solve’ the recurrent inequality (2.3.2). Fortunately the hard work has all been done, and the answer is in Theorem 1.4.1. That theorem was designed expressly for the analysis of recursive algorithms, and in this case it tells us that \( f(n) = O(1.619^n) \). Indeed the number in that theorem is \( (1 + \sqrt{5})/2 \approx 1.61803... \). We chose the ‘\( i \)’ that appears in the conclusion of the theorem simply by rounding \( c \) upwards. What have we learned? Algorithm `maxset1` will find the answer in a time of no more than \( O(1.619^n) \) units if the input graph \( G \) has \( n \) vertices. This is a little improvement of the most simple-minded possible. Image Analysis: ### Analysis of the Attached Visual Content #### 1. Localization and Attribution - **Image Identification:** - **Image 1** is located in the middle of the page and is labeled as "Fig. 2.3.3: A tree-full of graphs is created." #### 2. Object Detection and Classification - **Image 1 Objects:** - The image illustrates a tree structure composed of multiple nodes and edges. - Each node contains either a number or a smaller tree structure within it. - Key features include: - Central node labeled "5." - Various smaller sub-trees branching off from the main structure. #### 3. Scene and Activity Analysis - **Image 1 Scene and Activities:** - The scene represents the generation of graphs structured in a tree format. - The main actors here are the nodes (numbered 1 through 5) and their connections. - Activities depicted include the branching and connecting of nodes forming a tree structure of graphs. #### 4. Text Analysis - **Detected Text:** - The figure caption reads: "Fig. 2.3.3: A tree-full of graphs is created." - The surrounding text discusses concepts such as graph algorithms, running time, complexity estimation, and recursive algorithms. - Significant elements include: - Reference to polynomial time complexity. - The process of analyzing the total amount of computational labor. - Recurrent inequalities and their implications. #### 6. Diagram and Chart Analysis - **Image 1 - Diagram Analysis:** - The diagram includes a central node with connected sub-nodes representing various stages of graph creation. - The primary nodes are numbered (1 to 5), illustrating a hierarchical relationship. - Key insights: - Visual representation of recursive graph creation. - The hierarchy helps demonstrate the complexity of graph algorithms. #### 9. Perspective and Composition - **Image 1:** - The perspective is a schematic view, focusing on the logical relationships between the nodes. - Composition emphasizes the central node and branching sub-trees, creating a structured flow from the top node to the various sub-graphs. #### 11. Contextual Significance - **Image 1:** - This image plays a crucial role in visually conveying the theoretical concepts discussed in the text. - It helps readers understand the recursive nature and complexity of graph algorithms. - The tree structure effectively illustrates the hierarchical development of graphs, aligning with the chapter’s focus on recursive algorithms. ### Summary The visual content on the page represents a diagram (Image 1) of a tree structure containing multiple nodes that demonstrates the hierarchical generation of graphs. The diagram serves as an illustrative example within a chapter discussing recursive algorithms, highlighting key concepts such as polynomial time complexity, computational labor, and recursive inequalities. This image aids in conceptualizing theoretical explanations by providing a clear visual reference. The perspective and composition emphasize the hierarchical relationships, with the central node branching into smaller sub-graphs, reinforcing the chapter's focus. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 44 Context: # Chapter 2: Recursive Algorithms ## 2.3.3 A tree-full of graphs is created A list of \( n(n-1)/2 \) 0's and 1's. Each 1 represents a pair that is an edge, each 0 represents one that isn’t an edge. Thus \( \Theta(n^2) \) bits describe a graph. Since \( n^2 \) is a polynomial in \( n \), any function of the number of input data bits that can be bounded by a polynomial in \( n \) can also be bounded by a polynomial in \( n \) itself. Hence, in the case of graph algorithms, the ‘easiness’ vs. ‘hardness’ judgment is not altered if we base the distinction on polynomials in \( n \) itself, rather than on polynomials in the number of bits of input data. Hence, with a clear conscience, we are going to estimate the running time or complexity of graph algorithms in terms of the number of vertices of the graph that is input. Now let’s do this for algorithm `maxwell` above. The first step is to find out if \( G \) has any edges. To do this we simply have to look at the input data. In the worst case we might look at all of the input data, all \( \Theta(n^2) \) bits of it. Then, if \( G \) actually has some edges, the additional labor needed to process \( G \) consists of two recursive calls on smaller graphs and one computation of the larger of two numbers. If \( F(G) \) denotes the total amount of computational labor that we do in order to find \( \max \) \( F(G) \), we see that \[ F(G) \leq cn^2 + F(G - \{v\}) + F(G - \{v\} - \text{Nbhd}(v)). \] Next, let \( f(n) = \max_{|G| = n} F(G) \), and take the maximum of (2.3.1) over all graphs \( G \) of \( n \) vertices. The result is that: \[ f(n) \leq cn^2 + f(n-1) + f(n-2). \] Because the graph \( G - \{v\} - \text{Nbhd}(v) \) might have as many as \( n-2 \) vertices, and would have that many if \( v \) had exactly one neighbor. Now it’s time to ‘solve’ the recurrent inequality (2.3.2). Fortunately, the hard work has all been done, and the answer is in theorem 1.4.1. That theorem was designed expressly for the analysis of recursive algorithms, and in this case, it tells us that \( f(n) = O(1.619^n) \). Indeed, the number in that theorem is \( (1 + \sqrt{5})/2 \approx 1.61803... \). We chose the ‘\( \epsilon \)’ that appears in the conclusion of the theorem simply by rounding \( c \) upwards. What have we learned? Algorithm `maxwell` will find the answer in a time of no more than \( O(1.619^n) \) units if the input graph \( G \) has \( n \) vertices. This is a little improvement of the most simple-minded possible. Image Analysis: ### Image Numbering and Location **Image 1:** - Located at the top half of the page, titled "Fig. 2.3.3: A tree-full of graphs is created." ### Object Detection and Classification **Image 1:** - Objects identified: Nodes, edges, and graphs consisting of various nodes and connecting lines. - Key Features: The nodes are labeled with numbers (such as 1, 2, 3, etc.), and edges are depicted as lines connecting these nodes. ### Scene and Activity Analysis **Image 1:** - Scene: The image represents a hierarchical tree structure composed of different subgraphs from top to bottom. - Activity: This tree structure exemplifies the recursive construction of graphs, starting from a single graph at the top and branching out into multiple smaller subgraphs. ### Text Analysis **Detected Text:** - The image caption reads: "Fig. 2.3.3: A tree-full of graphs is created." - The surrounding text discusses bit complexity of graph representation, the easiness or hardness of graph algorithms, and the running time complexity of the algorithm `mazest1`. **Content Analysis:** - The caption explains the visual representation of a tree structure created from graphs. - The surrounding text elaborates on the theoretical aspects of graph algorithms, focusing on the bits necessary to describe graphs and the time complexity of processing them. ### Diagram and Chart Analysis **Image 1:** - The diagram shows a hierarchical organization of graphs, where each level in the tree exhibits graphs derived from the previous level. - Key insights include the recursive nature of constructing graphs and the representation of different graph configurations using labeled nodes. ### Process Descriptions **Image 1:** - The described process in the text includes: - Estimating the running time or complexity of graph algorithms. - Finding if a graph has any edges and analyzing the input data. - Recursively computing the complexity of smaller graph components. ### Color Analysis **Image 1:** - The color composition: The entire image and surrounding text are in black and white. - Dominant colors: Black text and lines on a white background for high contrast and readability. ### Perspective and Composition **Image 1:** - Perspective: Front view of a schematic tree diagram. - Composition: The elements are arranged hierarchically from top to bottom, with each successive level showing further subdivisions of graphs. ### Contextual Significance **Image 1:** - The image contributes to the document's explanation of recursive algorithms, specifically providing a visual aid to understand the recursive construction and analysis of graph structures. - It emphasizes the theoretical aspects of graph complexity and algorithm efficiency discussed in the text. ### Tables **Image 1:** - No tables are included in the image. ### Graph Numbers **Image 1:** - Data points: Since this is a diagram with various graphs and nodes, specific numerical data points are not applicable. The structure and labels of the graphs (such as node numbers) are the key elements. By comprehensively analyzing the visual content, we gain a deeper understanding of the recursive construction and complexity of graph algorithms, as well as their theoretical implications in computational complexity. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 45 Context: # 2.3 Recursive Graph Algorithms An algorithm that one might think of for this problem, which is to examine every single subset of the vertices of \( G \) and ask if it is an independent set or not. That algorithm would take \( O(2^n) \) time (this is because there are \( 2^n \) subsets of vertices to look at). Hence we have traded in a \( 2^n \) for a \( 1.619^n \) by being a little bit cagey about the algorithm. Can we do still better? There have in fact been a number of improvements of the basic maxest algorithm worked out. Of these, the most successful is perhaps the one of Tarjan and Trojanowski that is cited in the bibliography at the end of this chapter. We are not going to work out all of those ideas here, but instead we will show what kind of improvements on the basic idea will help us to do better in the time estimate. We can obviously do better if we choose \( v \) in such a way as to be certain that it has at least two neighbors. If we were to do that then although we wouldn’t affect the number of vertices of \( G - \{v\} \) (always \( n - 1 \)) we would at least reduce the number of vertices of \( G - \{v\} - \text{Nbhd}(v) \) as much as possible. So, as our instinct, we might replace the instruction "choose some nonisolated vertex \( v \) of \( G \) in maxest1" by an instruction "choose some vertex \( v \) of \( G \) that has at least two neighbors." Then we could be quite certain that \( G - \{v\} - \text{Nbhd}(v) \) would have at most \( n - 3 \) vertices. What if there isn’t any such vertex in the graph \( G \)? Then \( G \) could contain only vertices with 0 or 1 neighbors. Such a graph \( G \) would be a collection of \( E \) disjoint edges together with a number of isolated vertices. The size of the largest independent set of vertices in such a graph is easy to find. An maximum independent set contains one vertex from each of the edges and it contains all of the isolated vertices. Hence in this case, maxest = \( E + m = |V(G)| - |E(G)| \), and we obtain a second try at a good algorithm in the following form. ```plaintext procedure maxest2(G); {returns the size of the largest independent set of vertices of \( G \)} if \( G \) has no vertex of degree \( > 2 \) then maxest2 := \( |V(G)| - |E(G)| \); else choose a vertex \( v \) of degree \( \geq 2 \); \( n_1 = \) maxest2(\( G - \{ v \} \)); \( n_2 = \) maxest2(\( G - \{ v \} - \text{Nbhd}(v) \)); maxest2 := \( \max(n_1, n_2) \); end(maxest2); ``` How much have we improved the complexity estimate? If we apply to maximize the reasoning that led to (2.3.2) we find: \[ f(n) \leq cm^2 + f(n - 1) + f(n - 3) \quad (f(0) = 0; n = 2, 3, \ldots) \] where \( f(n) \) is once more the worst-case time bound for graphs of \( n \) vertices. Just as before, (2.3.3) is a recurrent inequality of the form that was studied at the end of section 1.4, in theorem 1.4.1. Using the conclusion of that theorem, we find from (2.3.3) that \( f(n) = O(c^2 + \varepsilon) \) where \( \varepsilon = 1.46557 \) is the positive root of the equation \( x^2 = c^2 + 1 \). The net result of our effort to improve maxest2 has been to reduce the running-time bound from \( O(1.619^n) \) to \( O(1.477^n) \), which isn’t a bad day’s work. In the exercises below we will develop maxest3, whose running time will be \( O(1.39^n) \). The idea will be that since in maxest2 we were able to ensure that at least two neighbors, why not try to ensure that \( v \) has at least 3? As long as we have been able to reduce the time bound more by insuring that the selected vertex has lots of neighbors, why don’t we keep it up, and insist that \( v \) should have 4 or more neighbors. Regrettably the method runs out of steam precisely at that moment. So why, ask the "trivial case" would look like. We would be working on a graph \( G \) in which vertices have at least more than 3 neighbors. Well, what "trivializing" shall we do, in this "trivial case"? The fact is that there isn’t any way of finding the maximum independent set in a graph where all vertices have \( \geq 3 \) neighbors that’s any faster than the general methods that we’ve already discussed. In fact, if one could find a fast method for that restricted problem it would have extremely important consequences, because we would then be able to do all graphs rapidly, not just those special ones. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 45 Context: # 2.3 Recursive Graph Algorithms An algorithm that one might think of for this problem, which is to examine every single subset of the vertices of \( G \) and ask if it is an independent set or not. That algorithm would take \( O(2^n) \) time thanks because there are \( 2^n \) subsets of vertices to look at. Hence we have traded in a \( O(2^n) \) for a \( 1.619^n \) by being a little bit cagey about the algorithm. Can we do still better? There have not been a number of improvements of the basic maximum independent set algorithm worked out. Of these, the most successful is perhaps the one of Tarjan and Trojanowski that is cited in the bibliography at the end of this chapter. We are not going to work out all of those ideas here, but instead we will show what kind of improvements on the basic idea will help us to do better in the time estimate. So, as our first thought, we might replace the instruction “choose some nondisolated vertex \( v \) of \( G \)” by an instruction “choose some vertex \( v \) of \( G \) that has at least two neighbors.” Then we could be quite certain that \( G - \{v\} - Nbd(v) \) would have at most \( n - 3 \) vertices. What if there isn't any such vertex in the graph \( G \)? Then \( G \) could contain only vertices with 0 or 1 neighbors. Such a graph \( G \) would be a collection of \( E \) disjoint edges together with a number of isolated vertices. The size of the largest independent set of vertices in such a graph is easy to find. An maximum independent set contains one vertex from each of the \( E \) edges and it contains all of the isolated vertices. Hence in this case, maxset = \( E + m = |V(G)| - |E(G)| \), and we obtain a second try at a good algorithm in the following form: ``` procedure maxset2(G): returns the size of the largest independent set of vertices of G if G has no vertex of degree > 2 then maxset2 := |V(G)| - |E(G)| else choose a vertex \( v \) of degree ≥ 2; \( n_1 := \) maxset2\( (G - \{v\}) \); \( n_2 := \) maxset2\( (G - \{v\} - Nbd(v)) \); maxset2 := max(n_1, n_2) end(maxset2) ``` How much have we improved the complexity estimate? If we apply to make the reasoning that led to (2.3.2) we find \[ f(n) \leq cm^2 + f(n - 1) + f(n - 3) \quad (f(0) = 0; n = 2, 3, \ldots) \] where \( f(n) \) is once more the worst-case time bound for graphs of \( n \) vertices. Just as before, (2.3.3) is a recurrent inequality of the form that was studied at the end of section 1.4, in theorem 1.4.1. Using the conclusion of that theorem, we find from (2.3.3) that \( f(n) = O(c^2 + \epsilon) \) where \( \epsilon = 1.46557 \) is the positive root of the equation \( x^2 = c^2 + 1 \). The next result of our effort to improve maxset2 has been to reduce the running-time bound from \( O(1.619^n) \) to \( O(1.477^n) \), which isn’t a bad day’s work. In the exercises below we will develop maxset3, whose running time will be \( O(1.391^n) \). The idea will be that since in maxset2 we were able to insure that \( v \) had at least two neighbors, why not try to insure that \( v \) has at least 3 neighbors? As long as we have been able to reduce the time bound more and more by insuring that the selected vertex has lots of neighbors, why don't we keep it up, and insist that \( v \) should have 4 or more neighbors? Regrettably the method runs out of steam precisely at that moment. So why ask what the "trivial" case would look like. We would be working on a graph \( G \) in which vertices are more than 3 neighbors. Well, what "triviality" shall we do in this "trivial" case? The fact is that there isn’t any way of finding the maximum independent set in a graph where all vertices have \( < 3 \) neighbors that’s any faster than the general methods that we’ve already discussed. In fact, if one could find a fast method for that restricted problem it would have extremely important consequences, because we would then be able to do all graphs rapidly, not just those special ones. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 49 Context: 2.3 Recursive graph algorithms ============================== or if we solve for \( P(K; G) \), then we have \[ P(K; G) = P(K; G - \{e\}) - P(K; G / \{e\}) \tag{2.3.4} \] The quantity \( P(K; G) \), the number of ways of properly coloring the vertices of a graph \( G \) in \( K \) colors, is called the chromatic polynomial of \( G \). We claim that it is, in fact, a polynomial in \( K \) of degree \( |V(G)| \). For instance, if \( G \) is the complete graph on \( n \) vertices then obviously \( P(K; G) = K(K - 1) \cdots (K - n + 1) \), and that is indeed a polynomial in \( K \) of degree \( n \). **Proof of claim:** The claim is certainly true if \( G \) has just one vertex. Next suppose the assertion is true for graphs of \( < V \) vertices, then we claim it is true for graphs of \( V \) vertices also. This is surely true if \( G \) has \( V \) vertices and no edges at all. Hence, suppose it is true for all graphs of \( V \) vertices and fewer than \( E \) edges. Then (2.3.4) implies that \( P(K; G) \) is a polynomial of the required degree \( E \) because \( G - \{e\} \) has fewer edges than \( G \) does, so its chromatic polynomial is a polynomial of degree \( V \). \( G / \{e\} \) has fewer vertices than \( G \) has, and so \( P(K; G / \{e\}) \) is a polynomial of lower degree. The claim is proved, by induction. Equation (2.3.4) gives a recursive algorithm for computing the chromatic polynomial of a graph \( G \), since the two graphs that appear on the right are both ‘smaller’ than \( G \), one in the sense that it has fewer edges than \( G \) has, and the other in that it has fewer vertices. The algorithm is the following. ```plaintext function chromopoly(G: graph): polynomial; // computes the chromatic polynomial of a graph G if G has no edges then chromopoly = K^{|V(G)|} else choose an edge e of G; chromopoly = chromopoly(G - {e}) - chromopoly(G / {e}) end (chromopoly) ``` Next we are going to look at the complexity of the algorithm chromopoly (we will also refer to it as ‘the delete-and-identify’ algorithm). The graph \( G \) can be input in any one of a number of ways. For example, we might input the list of edges of \( G \), as a list of pairs of vertices. The first step of the computation is to choose the edge \( e \) and to create the edge list of the graph \( G - \{e\} \). The latter operation is trivial, since all we have to do is to ignore one edge in the list. Next we call chromopoly on the graph \( G - \{e\} \). The third step is to create the edge list of the collapsed graph \( G / \{e\} \) from the edge list of \( G \) itself. That involves some work, but it is rather routine, and the cost is linear in the number of edges of \( G \), say \( |E(G)| \). Finally we call chromopoly on the graph \( G / \{e\} \). Let \( F(V, E) \) denote the maximum cost of calling chromopoly on any graph of at most \( V \) vertices and at most \( E \) edges. Then we see at once that \[ F(V, E) \leq F(V, E - 1) + cE + F(V - 1, E - 1) \tag{2.3.5} \] together with \( F(V, 0) = 0 \). If we put, successively, \( E = 1, 2, 3, \) we find that \( F(V, 1) < c, F(V, 2) < 2c, \) and \( F(V, 3) \leq 3c \). Hence we seek a solution of (2.3.5) in the form \( F(V, E) \leq E(c) \), and we quickly find that if \[ f(E) = 2Ef(E - 1) + E \tag{2.3.6} \] then we will have such a solution. Since (2.3.6) is a first-order difference equation of the form (1.4.5), we find that \[ f(E) = 2E \sum_{j=0}^{E-1} j^2 \sim \frac{2E^3}{3} \tag{2.3.7} \] Image Analysis: ### Analysis of the Visual Content --- **Localization and Attribution:** - **Document Page Location:** This is a single page of the document shown in the image. - **Image Numbering:** This is Image 1 of the document. **Text Analysis:** - **Text Detected and Extracted:** - Section Title: "2.3 Recursive graph algorithms" - Mathematical Expressions: Present throughout the text (e.g., P(K;G) = P(K;G - {e}) - P(K;G/{e}), chrompoly(G), etc.) - Paragraph Descriptions: The text provides detailed explanations of recursive graph algorithms, focusing heavily on the chromatic polynomial of a graph and various procedures to compute it. - Pseudocode: A function named `chrompoly(G: graph): polynomial` described with conditional logic. - Equations: References to various equations such as (2.3.4), (2.3.5), (2.3.6), and (2.3.7). **Diagram and Chart Analysis:** - **No diagrams or charts present:** **Product Analysis:** - **No products present:** **Scene and Activity Analysis:** - **No scenes or activities present:** **Graph and Trend Analysis:** - **No graphs present:** **Tables:** - **No tables present:** **Anomaly Detection:** - **No anomalies or unusual elements detected:** **Color Analysis:** - **Color Composition:** The page primarily features black text on a white background. This standard color scheme provides clear readability and is commonly used for mathematical and academic documents. **Perspective and Composition:** - **Perspective:** The image is captured directly perpendicular to the page, providing a clear and straightforward view of the text. - **Composition:** The layout includes a mix of text, equations, and pseudocode. The text appears to be organized in a typical academic format with sections, definitions, and proofs arranged sequentially. **Contextual Significance:** - **Overall Document Context:** The image appears to be part of a textbook or academic paper related to graph theory and algorithms. The section is dealing specifically with recursive algorithms related to graph coloring problems. **Metadata Analysis:** - **No metadata available:** ### Additional Aspects --- **Ablaufprozesse (Process Flows):** - **Described Process Flows:** - The pseudocode for the function `chrompoly(G: graph): polynomial` describes the process of computing the chromatic polynomial. - Detailed steps are provided for computing chrompoly on different subsections of the graph through edge deletions. **Prozessbeschreibungen (Process Descriptions):** - **Detailed Process Descriptions:** - The process involves checking for edges in the graph and recursively computing the chromatic polynomial of subgraphs obtained by deleting edges. - Steps include choosing an edge, creating edge lists, and recursively calling the function. **Typen Bezeichnung (Type Designations):** - **Type Designations in Text:** - References to graph types and polynomial degrees (e.g., G, G - {e}, G/{e}, etc.). - Use of mathematical symbols to denote various graph structures and operations. **Trend and Interpretation:** - **No specific trend analysis required:** --- This comprehensive examination provides a detailed analysis based on the detected aspects of the provided image. The focus on graph algorithms, particularly the chromatic polynomial, is evident through the extracted text and process descriptions. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 50 Context: # Chapter 2: Recursive Algorithms The last `~` follows from the evaluation \(\sum_{j=2}^{n} j^2 = \frac{n(n + 1)(2n + 1)}{6}\) that we discussed in section 1.3. To summarize the developments so far, then, we have found out that the chromatic polynomial of a graph can be computed recursively by an algorithm whose cost is \(O(2^E)\) for graphs of \(E\) edges. This is exponential cost, and such computations are prohibitively expensive except for graphs of very modest numbers of edges. Of course the mere fact that our proven time estimate is \(O(2^E)\) doesn’t necessarily mean that the algorithm can be that slow, because maybe our complexity analysis wasn’t as sharp as it might have been. However, consider the graph \(G_{s, t}\) that consists of \(s\) disjoint edges and \(t\) isolated vertices, for a total of \(2s + t\) vertices altogether. If we choose an edge \((u, v)\) and delete it, we get \(G_{s-1, t}\) and \(G_{s-1, t+1}\). Each of these two new graphs has \(s - 1\) edges. We might imagine arranging the computation so that the extra isolated vertices will be ‘free’, i.e., will not cost any additional labor. Then the work that we do on \(G_{s, t}\) will depend only on \(s\) and will be twice as much as the work we do on \(G_{s-1, t}\). Therefore \(G_{s,t}\) will cost at least \(2^s\) operations, and our complexity estimate isn’t a mirage; there really are graphs that make the algorithm do an amount \(2^{|G|}\) of work. Considering the above remarks it may be surprising that there is a slightly different approach to the complexity analysis that leads to a time bound (for the same algorithm) that is a bit slighter than \(O(2^E)\) in many cases (the work of the complexity analyst is never finished!). Let's look at the algorithm chromody. For a graph \(G\) we can define a number \(\gamma(G) = |V(G)| - |E(G)|\), which is rather an odd kind of thing to define, but it has a nice property with respect to this algorithm; namely that whatever \(G\) we begin with, we will find that \[ \gamma(G - \{e\}) = \gamma(G) - 1; \quad \gamma(G / \{e\}) \leq \gamma(G) - 2. \] Indeed, if we delete the edge \(e\) then \(m\) must drop by 1, and if we collapse the graph on the edge \(e\) then we will have lost one vertex and at least one edge, so \(m\) will drop by at least 2. Hence, if \(h(n)\) denotes the maximum amount of labor that chromody does on any graph \(G\) for which \[ |V(G)| + |E(G)| \leq n, \] then we claim that \[ h(n) \leq h(n - 1) + h(n - 2) \quad (n \geq 2). \] Indeed, if \(G\) is a graph for which (2.3.9) holds, then if \(G\) has any edges at all we can do the delete-and-identify step to prove that the labor involved in computing the chromatic polynomial of \(G\) is at most the quantity on the right side of (2.3.10). Else, if \(G\) has no edges then the labor is 1 unit, which is again at most equal to the right side of (2.3.10), so the result (2.3.10) follows. With the initial conditions \(h(0) = h(1) = 1\) the solution of the recurrent inequality (2.3.10) is obviously the relation \(h(n) \leq F_n\), where \(F_n\) is the Fibonacci number. We have thereby proved that the time complexity of the algorithm chromody is \[ O(F_{|V(G)| + |E(G)|}) = O\left(1 + \frac{\sqrt{5}}{2} |G|^{|V(G)| + |E(G)|}\right) = O(0.61^{|V(G)| + |E(G)|}). \] This analysis does not, of course, contradict the earlier estimate, but complements it. What we have shown is that the labor involved is always \[ O\left( \min(2^{|E(G)|}, 1.61^{|V(G)| + |E(G)|}) \right). \] On a graph with ‘few’ edges relative to its number of vertices (how few?) the first quantity in the parentheses in (2.3.12) will be the smaller one, whereas if \(G\) has more edges, then the second term is the smaller one. In either case the overall judgment about the speed of the algorithm (it’s slow!) remains. Image Analysis: ### Analysis of the Visual Content: #### Text Analysis: The image appears to be a page excerpt from an academic text related to recursive algorithms in graph theory. Here is a detailed breakdown of the text: 1. **Context and Subject Matter:** - The chapter is focused on "Recursive Algorithms." - It involves discussions about the chromatic polynomial of a graph, a measure used in graph theory for polynomial expressions helpful in various graph colorings. 2. **Key Formulas and Equations:** - **Equation (2.3.8):** \(\gamma(G - \{e\}) = \gamma(G) - 1\) - Discusses the reduction of some parameter \(\gamma\) when an edge \(e\) is removed from graph \(G\). - **Equation (2.3.9):** \(h(\gamma) \leq |V(G)| + |E(G)| \cdot \gamma\) - Presents a bound \(h(\gamma)\) involving vertices \(|V(G)|\) and edges \(|E(G)|\) and parameter \(\gamma\). - **Equation (2.3.10):** \(h(\gamma) \leq h(\gamma-1) + h(\gamma-2)\) if \(\gamma \geq 2\) - Provides a recursive relation for \(h(\gamma)\). - **Equation (2.3.11):** - Summarizes the labor involved in computing the chromatic polynomial denoted by \(O(F_{|V(G)| + |E(G)|})\). - **Equation (2.3.12):** - Simplifies the above to \(O(\min(2^{|E(G)|}, 1.62^{|V(G)|+|E(G)|})\). 3. **Significance of Extracted Text:** - **Labor Evaluation:** - The text evaluates the computational labor of a recursive algorithm that computes the chromatic polynomial of a graph. - It provides insights into why some algorithms might be impractical for graphs of varying sizes. - **Combination of Concepts:** - There is an interplay between different theoretical constructs in graph theory (e.g., Fibonacci numbers), which indicates advanced mathematical treatment. - **Algorithms and Complexity:** - The text explains the complexity bounds of a recursive algorithm, noting both exponential and polynomial computational growth depending on the graph’s structure. ### Summary: The page provides advanced mathematical analysis and results concerning recursive algorithms in graph theory, concentrating on the computation of the chromatic polynomial and its complexity. The image lacks any visual charts, diagrams, or other non-text content. The mathematical insight particularly emphasizes determining labor/cost and efficiency of algorithms with recursive nature. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 50 Context: # Chapter 2: Recursive Algorithms The last `~` follows from the evaluation \( \sum_{j=2}^{2} j = 2 \) that we discussed in section 1.3. To summarize the developments so far, we have found out that the chromatic polynomial of a graph can be computed recursively by an algorithm whose cost is \( O(2^E) \) for graphs of \( E \) edges. This is exponential cost, and such computations are prohibitively expensive except for graphs of very modest numbers of edges. Of course the more fact that our provable time estimate is \( O(2^E) \) doesn't necessarily mean that the algorithm can be that slow, because maybe our complexity analysis wasn't as sharp as it might have been. However, consider the graph \( G = (G_{s,t}) \) that consists of \( s \) disjoint edges and \( t \) isolated vertices, for a total of \( 2s + t \) vertices altogether. If we choose an edge \( (G_{s,t}) \) and delete it, we get \( G(s-1, t + 1) \). Each of these two new graphs has \( s-1 \) edges. We might imagine arranging the computation so that the extra isolated vertices will be `free`, i.e., will not cost any additional labor. Then the work that we do on \( G(s,t) \) will depend only on \( s \) and will be twice as much as the work we do on \( G(s-1,t) \). Therefore \( G(s,t) \) will cost at least \( 2^s \) operations, and our complexity estimate wasn't a mirage; there really are graphs that make the algorithm do an amount \( 2^{|G|} \) of work. Considering the above remarks it may be surprising that there is a slightly different approach to the complexity analysis that leads to a time bound (for the same algorithm) that is a bit shorter than \( O(2^E) \) in many cases (the work of the complexity analyst is never finished!). Let's look at the algorithm chromoid in another way. For a graph \( G \) we can define a number \( \gamma(G) = |V(G)| - |E(G)| \), which is rather an odd kind of thing to define, but it has a nice property with respect to this algorithm, namely that whatever \( G \) we begin with, we will find that \[ \gamma(G - \{ e \}) = \gamma(G) - 1; \quad \gamma(G / \{ e \}) \leq \gamma(G) - 2. \] Indeed, if we delete the edge \( e \) then \( \gamma \) must drop by 1, and if we collapse the graph on the edge \( e \) then we will have lost one vertex and at least one edge, so we will drop by at least 2. Hence, if \( h(n) \) denotes the maximum amount of labor that chromoid does on any graph \( G \) with \[ |V(G)| \leq |E(G)| \leq n, \] then we claim that \[ h(n) \leq h(n-1) + h(n-2) \quad (n \geq 2). \] Indeed, if \( G \) is a graph for which (2.3.9) holds, then if \( G \) has any edges at all we can do the delete-and-identify step to prove that the labor involved in computing the chromatic polynomial of \( G \) is not at most the quantity on the right side of (2.3.10). Else, if \( G \) has no edges then the labor is 1 unit, which is again at most equal to the right side of (2.3.10), so the result (2.3.10) follows. With the initial conditions \( h(0) = h(1) = 1 \) the solution of the recurrent inequality (2.3.10) is obviously the relation \( h(n) \leq F_n \), where \( F_n \) is the Fibonacci number. We have thereby proved that the time complexity of the algorithm chromoid is \[ O(F_{|V(G)| + |E(G)|}) = O\left( 1 + \frac{\sqrt{5}}{2} |G|^{|G| + |E(G)|} \right) = O(0.1 \cdot 1.62^{|V(G)| + |E(G)|}). \] This analysis does not, of course, contradict the earlier estimate, but complements it. What we have shown is that the labor involved is always \[ O\left( \min(2^{|E(G)|}, 1.62^{|V(G)| + |E(G)|}) \right). \] On a graph with `few` edges relative to its number of vertices (how few?) the first quantity in the parentheses in (2.3.12) will be the smaller one, whereas if \( G \) has more edges, then the second term is the smaller one. In either case the overall judgment about the speed of the algorithm (it's slow!) remains. Image Analysis: ### Comprehensive Analysis of the Attached Visual Content #### 1. **Localization and Attribution:** - **Image Position**: The entire page constitutes one image, denoted as Image 1. #### 4. **Text Analysis:** - **Text Extraction:** - The page is a segment (likely a book or a lengthy document) discussing complexity analysis of recursive algorithms in graph theory. - The text involves intricate mathematical notations and formulas related to the chromatic polynomial of a graph \(G\). - **Key Text Content and Significance:** - **Subscript: Chapter 2: Recursive Algorithms** - This indicates that the text is part of Chapter 2, which focuses on recursive algorithms. - **Evaluation of \( \Sigma_j^2 = J^2 = 2 \)**: - Numerical and algebraic manipulations, indicating mathematical proof or theorem derivations. - **Complexity Analysis**: - Detailed complexity estimation such as \(O(2^{E(G)})\) for computing the chromatic polynomial of a graph, where \(E(G)\) denotes the edge set of \(G\). - **Graph Algorithms**: - Definitions related to graphs \(G\) including vertices \(V(G)\) and edges \(E(G)\). - Discussion on edge deletion and its impact on complexity, referring to graphs \(G - e\) and \(h(\gamma)\). - **Theorems and Proofs**: - Mathematical theorems and inequalities like \(\gamma(G - \{e\}) = \gamma(G) - 1\) (Equation 2.3.8), and further explanations using Fibonacci numbers \(F_{\gamma}\). - Equation \(h(\gamma) \leq h(\gamma - 1) + h(\gamma - 2)\) (Equation 2.3.10) represents a recurrence relation reminiscent of Fibonacci’s sequence applied to graph complexity. - **Time Complexity**: - It establishes bounds and complexity classes such as \(O((1.62)^{|V(G)|+|E(G)|})\) (Equation 2.3.11), which incorporate both vertices and edges. - Further refinements or contradictory analysis are mentioned in \(O (\min (2^{|E(G)|}, 1.62^{|V(G)|+|E(G)|}))\) (Equation 2.3.12). #### 10. **Contextual Significance:** - **Overall Document/Website Context:** - The image is likely a page from an advanced text on algorithms, possibly a computer science textbook or research paper. The document centers on mathematical rigor specific to recursive algorithms and complexity theory in graph analysis. - **Contribution to Overall Message/Theme:** - The detailed complexity analysis underscores the depth and intricacy of recursive algorithms in theoretical computer science. - The commentary about the efficiency and speed of algorithms complements the mathematical proofs, aiming to provide a comprehensive understanding for readers studying advanced algorithm design. #### Additional Aspects: - **Type Designations (Typen Bezeichnung):** - The text categorizes various algorithms and complexity bounds, using terms like chromatic polynomial, Fibonacci numbers, and various bounds of complexity (e.g., \(O\)-notation). ### Summary: The attached visual content is a densely-packed text page likely from an academic source dealing with recursive algorithms and graph theory. It includes complex mathematical notations, theorems, and proofs focused on the chromatic polynomial and complexity analysis. The content contributes notably to the overarching theme of algorithm efficiency and mathematical rigor in computation. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 50 Context: # Chapter 2: Recursive Algorithms The last ‘∼’ follows from the evaluation \( \sum_j 2^j = 2 \) that we discussed in section 1.3. To summarize the developments so far, then, we have found out that the chromatic polynomial of a graph can be computed recursively by an algorithm whose cost is \( O(2^E) \) for graphs of \( E \) edges. This is exponential cost, and such computations are prohibitively expensive except for graphs of very modest numbers of edges. Of course the mere fact that our provided time estimate is \( O(2^E) \) doesn’t necessarily mean that the algorithm can be that slow, because maybe our complexity analysis wasn’t as sharp as it might have been. However, consider the graph \( G(S, t) \) that consists of \( s \) disjoint edges and \( t \) isolated vertices, for a total of \( 2s + t \) vertices altogether. If we choose an edge \( (i,j) \) and delete it, we get \( G(S - 1, t + 1) \). Each of these two new graphs has \( s - 1 \) edges. We might imagine arranging the computation so that the extra isolated vertices will be ‘free’, i.e., will not cost any additional labor. Then the work that we do on \( G(S, t) \) will depend only on \( s \), and will be twice as much as the work we do on \( G(S - 1, t) \). Therefore \( G(S, t) \) will cost at least \( 2^s \) operations, and our complexity estimate wasn’t a mirage; there really are graphs that make the algorithm do an amount \( 2^{|G|} \) of work. Considering the above remarks it may be surprising that there is a slightly different approach to the complexity analysis that leads to a time bound (for the same algorithm) that is a bit tighter than \( O(2^E) \). In many cases (the work of the complexity analysis is never finished!). Let’s look at the algorithm chromody in another way. For a graph \( G \) we can define a number \( \gamma(G) = |V(G)| - |E(G)| \), which is rather an odd kind of thing to define, but it has a nice property with respect to this algorithm, namely that whatever \( G \) we begin with, we will find that \[ \gamma(G - \{e\}) = \gamma(G) - 1; \quad \gamma(G/\{e\}) \leq \gamma(G) - 2 \] Indeed, if we delete the edge \( e \) then \( \gamma \) must drop by 1, and if we collapse the graph on the edge \( e \) then we will have lost one vertex and at least one edge, so we will drop by at least 2. Hence, if \( h(n) \) denotes the maximum amount of labor that chromody does on any graph \( G \) with \[ |V(G)| + |E(G)| \leq n \] then we claim that \[ h(n) \leq h(n - 1) + h(n - 2) \quad (2.3.10) \] Indeed, if \( G \) is a graph for which (2.3.9) holds, then if \( G \) has any edges at all we can do the delete-and-identify step to prove that the labor involved in computing the chromatic polynomial of \( G \) is at most the quantity on the right side of (2.3.10). Else, if \( G \) has no edges then the labor is 1 unit, which is again at most equal to the right side of (2.3.10), so the result (2.3.10) follows. With the initial conditions \( h(0) = h(1) = 1 \) the solution of the recurrent inequality (2.3.10) is obviously the relation \( h(n) \leq F_n \), where \( F_n \) is the Fibonacci number. We have thereby proved that the time complexity of the algorithm chromody is \[ O(F_{|V(G)|+|E(G)|}) = O\left( \frac{1 + \sqrt{5}}{2} \right)^{|V(G)| + |E(G)|} = O(1.62^{|V(G)| + |E(G)|}) \] This analysis does not, of course, contradict the earlier estimate, but complements it. What we have shown is that the labor involved is always \[ O\left( \min(2^{|E|}, 1.62^{|V(G)| + |E(G)|}) \right) \] On a graph with ‘few’ edges relative to its number of vertices (how few?) the first quantity in the parentheses in (2.3.12) will dominate the smaller one, whereas if \( G \) has more edges, then the second term is the smaller one. In either case the overall judgment about the speed of the algorithm (it’s slow!) remains. Image Analysis: Here is the detailed analysis based on the aspects provided: ### 1. Localization and Attribution: - **Image 1**: The entire page of the document. ### 2. Object Detection and Classification: - The document contains text and mathematical notations. No other distinct objects detected. ### 3. Scene and Activity Analysis: - The scene depicts a page from a book or academic document concerning "Recursive Algorithms." - The main activity is the explanation of a mathematical concept: chromatic polynomial and its computational complexity. ### 4. Text Analysis: - The text discusses the complexity of computing the chromatic polynomial of a graph. - Key points and significance: - The chromatic polynomial can be computed recursively. - This computation can be expensive (O(2^E) where E is the number of edges). - The discussion includes specific mathematical formulations and logical steps to analyze graph complexities. - Fibonacci numbers and other mathematical constants are used to refine the complexity estimate. ### 5. Diagram and Chart Analysis: - Not applicable, no diagrams or charts are present on the page. ### 6. Product Analysis: - Not applicable, no products are depicted on the page. ### 7. Anomaly Detection: - No anomalies detected in the content. ### 8. Color Analysis: - The page is monochromatic, typically black text on a white background, as expected for academic documents. The use of these colors focuses the reader's attention on the content of the text. ### 9. Perspective and Composition: - The perspective is straight-on, like most scanned or digitized documents, designed for ease of reading. - The composition is standard for academic papers with headings, body text, and mathematical equations. ### 10. Contextual Significance: - This page likely belongs to a textbook or lecture notes on advanced computational algorithms. - It contributes to an overall deep dive into the theoretical aspects of recursive algorithms in computer science or mathematics. ### 11. Metadata Analysis: - Not applicable, no metadata visible on the image. ### 12. Graph and Trend Analysis: - Not applicable, no graphs or trends are discussed. ### 13. Graph Numbers: - Not applicable, as there are no graphs. ### Additional Aspects: **Ablaufprozesse (Process Flows):** - Describes the recursive process of calculating the chromatic polynomial for a graph. **Prozessbeschreibungen (Process Descriptions):** - Details a step-by-step method for computing the chromatic polynomial recursively. - Describes how the algorithm is divided into stages and considers various edge cases. **Typen Bezeichnung (Type Designations):** - Refers to types or categories like graphs G, edges E, and vertices V. - Types of recursive algorithms and their complexities are discussed. **Trend and Interpretation:** - Identifies a trend towards increasing computational complexity with the growth of edges in a graph. - Interpretation is focused on the derivation of time complexity measures and their mathematical proof. **Tables:** - Not applicable, no tables are present on this page. The comprehensive analysis concludes that this page is a detailed theoretical examination of recursive algorithms concerning graph theory, specifically focusing on the computation of the chromatic polynomial and its complexity. The content is rich in mathematical equations and logical proofs. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 51 Context: # Exercises for section 2.3 1. Let \( G \) be a cycle of \( n \) vertices. What is the size of the largest independent set of vertices in \( V(G) \)? 2. Let \( G \) be a path of \( n \) vertices. What is the size of the largest independent set of vertices in \( V(G) \)? 3. Let \( G \) be a connected graph in which every vertex has degree \( 2 \). What must such a graph consist of? 4. Let \( G \) be a connected graph in which every vertex has degree \( \leq 2 \). What must such a graph look like? 5. Let \( G \) be a not-necessarily-connected graph in which every vertex has degree \( \leq 2 \). What must such a graph look like? What is the size of the largest independent set of vertices in such a graph? How long would it take you to calculate that number for such a graph \( G \)? How would you do it? 6. Write out algorithm `maxset3`, which finds the size of the largest independent set of vertices in a graph. Its trivial case will occur if \( G \) has no vertices of degree \( \geq 3 \). Otherwise, it will choose a vertex \( v \) of degree \( \geq 3 \) and proceed as in exercise 2. 7. Analyze the complexity of your algorithm `maxset3` from exercise 6 above. 8. Use (2.3.4) to prove by induction that \( P(K; G) \) is a polynomial in \( K \) of degree \( |V(G)| \). Then show that if \( G \) is a tree then \( P(K; G) = K(K - 1)^{|V(G)|-1} \). 9. Write out an algorithm that will change the vertex adjacency matrix of a graph \( G \) to the vertex adjacency matrix of the graph \( G_{[e]} \), where \( e \) is a given edge of \( G \). 10. How many edges must \( G \) have before the second quantity inside the ‘O’ in (2.3.12) is the smaller of the two? 11. Let \( \alpha(G) \) be the size of the largest independent set of vertices of a graph \( G \), let \( \chi(G) \) be its chromatic number, and let \( n = |V(G)| \). Show that, for every \( G \), \( \alpha(G) \geq n/\chi(G) \). ## 2.4 Fast matrix multiplication Everybody knows how to multiply two \( 2 \times 2 \) matrices. If we want to calculate \[ \begin{pmatrix} c_{11} & c_{12} \\ c_{21} & c_{22} \end{pmatrix} = \begin{pmatrix} a_{11} & a_{12} \\ a_{21} & a_{22} \end{pmatrix} \begin{pmatrix} b_{11} & b_{12} \\ b_{21} & b_{22} \end{pmatrix} \] then, of course, \[ c_{ij} = \sum_{k=1}^{2} a_{ik} b_{kj} \quad (i,j = 1,2). \] Now look at (2.4.2) a little more closely. In order to calculate each one of the \( c_{ij} \)'s we have to do 2 multiplications of numbers. The cost of multiplying two \( 2 \times 2 \) matrices is therefore 8 multiplications of numbers. If we measure the cost in units of additions of numbers, the cost is 4 such additions. Hence, the matrix multiplication method that is shown in (2.4.1) has a complexity of \( 8 \) multiplications of numbers and 4 additions of numbers. This may seem rather unsettling, but the best ideas often have humble origins. Suppose you could find another way of multiplying two \( 2 \times 2 \) matrices in which the cost was only 7 multiplications of numbers, together with more than 4 additions of numbers. Would that be a cause for dancing in the streets, or would it be just a curiosity of little importance? In fact, it would be extremely important, and the consequences of such a step were fully appreciated only in 1969 by V. Strassen, to whom the ideas that we are now discussing are due. What we’re going to do next in this section is the following: 1. Describe another way of multiplying two \( 2 \times 2 \) matrices in which the cost will be only 7 multiplications of numbers plus a bunch of additions of numbers, and 2. Convince you that it was worth the trouble. The usefulness of the ideas stems from the following amazing fact: if two \( 2 \times 2 \) matrices can be multiplied with only 7 multiplications of numbers, then two \( N \times N \) matrices can be multiplied using only \( O(N^{2.81}) \). Image Analysis: ### Comprehensive Analysis of Attached Visual Content #### 1. Localization and Attribution - Only one image is present on the page, referred to as **Image**. #### 2. Object Detection and Classification - **Objects Identified**: - Text - Mathematical equations/formulas - Text boxes #### 3. 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The page provides educational content with detailed exercises, descriptions, and mathematical explanations aimed at students or researchers in the field of mathematics or computer science. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 52 Context: # Chapter 2: Recursive Algorithms Multiplications of numbers instead of the \( N^3 \) such multiplications that the usual method involves (the number \( 2^{1.5} \) is log 7). In other words, if we can reduce the number of multiplications of numbers that are needed to multiply two \( 2 \times 2 \) matrices, then that improvement will show up in the exponent of \( N \) when we measure the complexity of multiplying \( N \times N \) matrices. The reason, as we will see, is that the little improvement will be pyramided by numerous recursive calls to the \( 2 \times 2 \) procedure—but we get ahead of the story. Now let's write out another way to do the \( 2 \times 2 \) matrix multiplication that is shown in (2.4.1). Instead of doing it as in (2.4.2), try the following 11-step approach. First compute, from the input \( 2 \times 2 \) matrices shown in (2.4.1), the following 7 quantities: 1. \( I = (a_{11} - a_{22}) \times (b_{21} + b_{22}) \) 2. \( II = (a_{11} + a_{22}) \times (b_{11} + b_{22}) \) 3. \( III = (a_{11} - a_{21}) \times (b_{11} + b_{12}) \) 4. \( IV = (a_{21} + a_{22}) \times b_{22} \) 5. \( V = a_{11} \times (b_{12} - b_{22}) \) 6. \( VI = a_{22} \times (b_{21} - b_{11}) \) 7. \( VII = (a_{11} + a_{22}) \times b_{11} \) Then calculate the 4 entries of the product matrix \( C = AB \) from the 4 formulas: \[ \begin{align*} c_{11} & = I + II + V + VI \\ c_{12} & = IV + V \\ c_{21} & = VI + VII \\ c_{22} & = II - I - III + V - VII \end{align*} \] The first thing to notice about this seemingly overelaborated method of multiplying \( 2 \times 2 \) matrices is that only 7 multiplications of numbers are used (count the \( i \)'s signs in (2.4.3)). "Well yes," you might reply, "but 18 additions are needed, so where is the gain?" It will turn out that multiplications are more important than additions, not because computers can do them faster, but because when the routine is called recursively each \( i \) operation will turn into a multiplication of two big matrices whereas each \( + \) will turn into an addition or subtraction of two big matrices, and that's much cheaper. Next we're going to describe Strassen's method (equations (2.4.3), (2.4.4)) of multiplying \( 2 \times 2 \) matrices can be used to speed up multiplications of \( N \times N \) matrices. The basic idea is that we will partition each of the large matrices into four smaller ones and multiply them together using (2.4.3), (2.4.4). Suppose that \( N \) is a power of 2, say \( N = 2^n \), and let there be given two \( N \times N \) matrices, \( A \) and \( B \). We imagine that \( A \) and \( B \) have been partitioned into four \( 2^{n-1} \times 2^{n-1} \) matrices, and that the product matrix \( C \) is similarly partitioned. Hence we want to do the matrix multiplication that is indicated by \[ \begin{pmatrix} C_{11} & C_{12} \\ C_{21} & C_{22} \end{pmatrix} = \begin{pmatrix} A_{11} & A_{12} \\ A_{21} & A_{22} \end{pmatrix} \begin{pmatrix} B_{11} & B_{12} \\ B_{21} & B_{22} \end{pmatrix} \] where now each of the capital letters represents a \( 2^{n-1} \times 2^{n-1} \) matrix. To do the job in (2.4.5) we use exactly the 11 formulas that are shown in (2.4.3) and (2.4.4), except that the lower-case letters are now all upper case. Suddenly we may well appreciate the reduction of the number of \( x \)'s signs because it means less multiplication of large matrices, and we don't so much mind that it has been replaced by 10 more \( + \) signs, at least not if \( N \) is very large. This yields the following recursive procedure for multiplying large matrices. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 52 Context: # Chapter 2: Recursive Algorithms Multiplications of numbers instead of the \(N^3\) such multiplications that the usual method involves (the number \(2^{3.1}\) is log \(7\)). In other words, if we can reduce the number of multiplications of numbers that are needed to multiply two \(2 \times 2\) matrices, then that improvement will show up in the exponent of \(N\) when we measure the complexity of multiplying \(N \times N\) matrices. The reason, as we will see, is that the little improvement will be pyramided by numerous recursive calls to the \(2 \times 2\) procedure—but we get ahead of the story. Now let’s write out another way to do the \(2 \times 2\) matrix multiplication that is shown in (2.4.1). Instead of doing it as in (2.4.2), try the following 11-step approach. First compute, from the input \(2 \times 2\) matrices shown in (2.4.1), the following 7 quantities: 1. \(I = (a_{11} - a_{21}) \times (b_{21} + b_{22})\) 2. \(II = (a_{11} + a_{12}) \times (b_{21} + b_{22})\) 3. \(III = (a_{21} - a_{11}) \times (b_{11} + b_{22})\) 4. \(IV = (a_{11} + a_{12}) \times b_{22}\) 5. \(V = a_{11} \times (b_{12} - b_{22})\) 6. \(VI = a_{22} \times (b_{21} - b_{11})\) 7. \(VII = (a_{21} + a_{22}) \times b_{11}\) Then calculate the 4 entries of the product matrix \(C = AB\) from the 4 formulas: \[ \begin{align*} c_{11} &= I + II + IV + V \\ c_{12} &= II + IV \\ c_{21} &= V + VII \\ c_{22} &= II - III + V - VII \end{align*} \] The first thing to notice about this seemingly overelaborate method of multiplying \(2 \times 2\) matrices is that only \(7\) multiplications of numbers are used (count the \(x\) signs in (2.4.3)). “Well yes,” you might reply, “but \(18\) additions are needed, so where is the gain?” It will turn out that multiplications are more important than additions, not because computers can do them faster, but because when the routine is called recursively each \(x\) operation will turn into a multiplication of two big matrices whereas each \(+1\) will turn into an addition or subtraction of two big matrices, and that’s much cheaper. Next we’re going to describe Strassen’s method (equations (2.4.3), (2.4.4)) of multiplying \(2 \times 2\) matrices can be used to speed up multiplications of \(N \times N\) matrices. The basic idea is that we will partition each of the large matrices into four smaller ones and multiply them together using (2.4.3), (2.4.4). Suppose that \(N\) is a power of \(2\), say \(N = 2^n\), and let there be given two \(N \times N\) matrices, \(A\) and \(B\). We imagine that \(A\) and \(B\) have been partitioned into four \(2^{n-1} \times 2^{n-1}\) matrices, and that the product matrix \(C\) is similarly partitioned. Hence we want to do the matrix multiplication that is indicated by \[ \begin{pmatrix} C_{11} & C_{12} \\ C_{21} & C_{22} \end{pmatrix} = \begin{pmatrix} A_{11} & A_{12} \\ A_{21} & A_{22} \end{pmatrix} \begin{pmatrix} B_{11} & B_{12} \\ B_{21} & B_{22} \end{pmatrix} \] where now each of the capital letters represents a \(2^{n-1} \times 2^{n-1}\) matrix. To do the job in (2.4.5) we use exactly the 11 formulas that are shown in (2.4.3) and (2.4.4), except that the lower-case letters are now all upper case. Suddenly we may very much appreciate the reduction of the number of \(x\) signs because it means less multiplication of large matrices, and we don’t so much mind that it has been replaced by \(10\) more \(+\) signs, at least not if \(N\) is very large. This yields the following recursive procedure for multiplying large matrices. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 52 Context: # Chapter 2: Recursive Algorithms Multiplications of numbers instead of the \(N^3\) such multiplications that the usual method involves (the number "2.81..." is log 7). In other words, if we can reduce the number of multiplications of numbers that are needed to multiply two \(2 \times 2\) matrices, then that improvement will show up in the exponent of \(N\) when we measure the complexity of multiplying \(N \times N\) matrices. The reason, as we will see, is that the little improvement will be pyramided by numerous recursive calls to the \(2 \times 2\) procedure—but we get ahead of the story. Now let's write out another way to do the \(2 \times 2\) matrix multiplication that is shown in (2.4.1). Instead of doing it as in (2.4.2), try the following 11-step approach. First compute, from the input \(2 \times 2\) matrices shown in (2.4.1), the following 7 quantities: 1. \( I = (a_{11} - a_{22}) \times (b_{21} + b_{22}) \) 2. \( II = (a_{11} + a_{22}) \times (b_{11} + b_{22}) \) 3. \( III = (a_{11} - a_{21}) \times (b_{11} + b_{12}) \) 4. \( IV = (a_{21} + a_{22}) \times b_{22} \) 5. \( V = a_{11} \times (b_{12} - b_{22}) \) 6. \( VI = a_{22} \times (b_{21} - b_{11}) \) 7. \( VII = (a_{11} + a_{22}) \times b_{11} \) Then calculate the 4 entries of the product matrix \(C = AB\) from the 4 formulas: \[ \begin{align*} c_{11} &= I + II + V + VI \\ c_{12} &= IV + V \\ c_{21} &= VI + VII \\ c_{22} &= II - III + V - VII \end{align*} \] The first thing to notice about this seemingly over elaborated method of multiplying \(2 \times 2\) matrices is that only 7 multiplications of numbers are used (count the \(x\) signs in (2.4.3)). "Well yes," you might reply, "but 18 additions are needed, so where is the gain?" It will turn out that multiplications are more important than additions, not because computers can do them faster, but because when the routine is called recursively each \(x\) operation will turn into a multiplication of two big matrices whereas each \(+\) will turn into an addition or subtraction of two big matrices, and that's much cheaper. Next we’re going to describe Strassen’s method (equations (2.4.3), (2.4.4)) of multiplying \(2 \times 2\) matrices can be used to speed up multiplications of \(N \times N\) matrices. The basic idea is that we will partition each of the large matrices into four smaller ones and multiply them together using (2.4.3), (2.4.4). Suppose that \(N\) is a power of 2, say \(N = 2^n\), and let there be given two \(N \times N\) matrices, \(A\) and \(B\). We imagine that \(A\) and \(B\) have been partitioned into four \(2^{n-1} \times 2^{n-1}\) matrices, and that the product matrix \(C\) is similarly partitioned. Hence we want to do the matrix multiplication that is indicated by \[ \begin{pmatrix} C_{11} & C_{12} \\ C_{21} & C_{22} \end{pmatrix} = \begin{pmatrix} A_{11} & A_{12} \\ A_{21} & A_{22} \end{pmatrix} \begin{pmatrix} B_{11} & B_{12} \\ B_{21} & B_{22} \end{pmatrix} \] where now each of the capital letters represents a \(2^{n-1} \times 2^{n-1}\) matrix. To do the job in (2.4.5) we use exactly the 11 formulas that are shown in (2.4.3) and (2.4.4), except that the lower-case letters are now all upper case. Suddenly we may well appreciate the reduction of the number of \(x\) signs because it means less multiplication of large matrices, and we don’t so much mind that it has been replaced by 10 more \(+\) signs, at least not if \(N\) is very large. This yields the following recursive procedure for multiplying large matrices. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 53 Context: We follow the method of section 1.4 on this first-order linear difference equation. Hence we make the change of variable g(n) = 7 ^n y(n) (n ≥ 0) and we find that y0 = 0 and for n ≥ 1, y_n - 7y_n–1 + 2 ^(4/n^ n )= 9. If we sum over n we obtain y_n = 9 ∑_(i=1)^n (4/7)^i ≤ 9 ∑_(i=1)^∞ (4/7)^n = 9/((1 – 4/7)) = 21/2. ``` - **Analysis of Content:** The text is an excerpt from a mathematical or computer science document discussing the Strassen method for fast matrix multiplication. It includes a pseudocode function `MatrProd` for multiplying matrices and explains the recursive nature of the algorithm. The complexity analysis includes counting the number of multiplications and additions/subtractions necessary for the algorithm. Detailed recursive calls and complexity calculations are provided, illustrating the efficiency improvement from O(N^3) to O(N^2.81) for matrix multiplication. #### 8. Color Analysis - **Color Composition:** - The page has a predominantly white background with black text, typical of a printed or digital document. - There are no other significant colors present, which focuses the reader's attention on the textual content. #### 9. Perspective and Composition - **Perspective:** - The image is a top-down view of a text document, likely appearing in a book or a digitally scanned paper. - **Composition:** - The text is arranged in typical paragraph format. - The pseudocode and equations are indented and formatted distinctly to differentiate them from the main body of text, aiding readability. #### 14. 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This completes the proof of Theorem 2.4.1. ## Theorem 2.4.1 In Strassen's method of fast matrix multiplication, the number of multiplications of numbers, of additions of numbers, and of subtractions of numbers that are needed to multiply two \( N \times N \) matrices are each \( O(N^{\log_2(7)}) \) (in contrast to the \( O(N^3) \) of the conventional method). In the years that have elapsed since Strassen's original paper, many researchers have been whittling away at the exponent of \( N \) in the complexity bounds. Several new and more elaborate algorithms have been developed, and the exponent, which was originally \( 3 \), has been suppressed downwards through \( 2.81 \) to values below \( 2.5 \). It is widely believed that the true minimum exponent is \( 2 \), i.e., that two \( N \times N \) matrices can be multiplied in time \( O(N^2) \), but there seems to be a good deal of work to be done before that result can be achieved. ## Exercises for section 2.4 1. Suppose we could multiply together two \( 3 \times 3 \) matrices with only \( 22 \) multiplications of numbers. How fast, recursively, would we then be able to multiply two \( N \times N \) matrices? 2. (cont.) With what would the \( 22 \) in problem 1 above have to be replaced in order to achieve an improvement over Strassen's algorithm given in the text? 3. (cont.) Still more generally, with how few multiplications would we have to be able to multiply two \( M \times N \) matrices in order to ensure that recursively we would then be able to multiply two \( N \times N \) matrices faster than the method given in this section? 4. We showed in the text that if \( N \) is a power of \( 2 \) then two \( N \times N \) matrices can be multiplied in at most time \( C N^{\log_2(7)} \), where \( C \) is a suitable constant. Prove that if \( N \) is not a power of \( 2 \) then two \( N \times N \) matrices can be multiplied in time at most \( C N^{\log_2(7)} \). ## 2.5 The Discrete Fourier Transform It is a lot easier to multiply two numbers than to multiply two polynomials. If you should want to multiply two polynomials \( f \) and \( g \), of degrees \( 77 \) and \( 94 \), respectively, you are in for a lot of work. To calculate just one coefficient of the product is already a lot of work. Think about the calculation of the coefficient of \( x^{50} \) in the product, for instance, and you will see that about \( 50 \) numbers must be multiplied together and added in order to calculate just that one coefficient of \( fg \), and there are \( 171 \) other coefficients to calculate! Instead of calculating the coefficients of the product \( fg \), it would be much easier just to calculate the values of the product at, say, \( 172 \) points. To do that we could just multiply the values of \( f \) and \( g \) at each of those points, and after a total cost of \( 172 \) multiplications, we would have the values of the product. The values of the product polynomial at \( 172 \) distinct points determine that polynomial completely, so that sequence of values is the answer. It’s just that we humans prefer to see polynomials given by means of their coefficients instead of by their values. The Fourier transform, that is the subject of this section, is a method of converting from one representation of a polynomial to another. More exactly, it converts from the sequence of coefficients of the polynomial to the sequence of values of that polynomial at a certain set of points. Ease of converting between these two representations of a polynomial is vitally important for many reasons, including multiplication of polynomials, high precision integer arithmetic in computers, creation of medical images in CAT scanners, etc. Hence, in this section we will study the discrete Fourier transform of a finite sequence of numbers, methods of calculating it, and some applications. This is a computational problem which at first glance seems very simple. What we’re asked to do, basically, is to evaluate a polynomial of degree \( n - 1 \) at \( n \) different points. So what could be so difficult about that? If we just calculate the \( n \) values by brute force, we certainly wouldn’t need to do more than \( n \) multiplications to find each of the \( n \) values of the polynomial that we want, so we surely don’t need more than \( O(n^2) \) multiplications altogether. Image Analysis: ### 1. 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Some good reasons for wanting to make that trip will appear presently, but for the moment, let's consider the computational side of the question, namely how to compute the Fourier transform efficiently. We are going to derive an elegant and very speedy algorithm for the evaluation of Fourier transforms. The algorithm is called the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm. In order to appreciate how fast it is, let’s see how long it would take us to calculate the transform without any very clever procedure. What we have to do is to compute the values of a given polynomial at given points. How much work is required to calculate the value of a polynomial at one given point? If we want to calculate the value of the polynomial \( a_0 + a_1 x + a_2 x^2 + \ldots + a_{n-1} x^{n-1} \) at exactly one value of \( x \), then we can do (think how you would do it, before looking): ```plaintext function value(x: coeff array; n: integer; t: complex); {computes value := a_0 + a_1 x + ... + a_{n-1} x^{n-1}} value := 0; for j := 0 to n - 1 do value := value + a[j] * x^j; end(value); ``` This well-known algorithm (i.e., ‘synthetic division’) for computing the value of a polynomial at a single point \( x \) obviously runs in time \( O(n) \). If we calculate the Fourier transform of a given sequence of \( n \) points by calling the function value \( n \) times, once for each point of evaluation, then obviously we are looking at a single algorithm that requires \( O(n^2) \) time. With the FFT we will see that the whole job can be done in time \( O(n \log n) \), and we will then look at some implications of that fact. To put it another way, the cost of calculating all \( n \) of the values of a polynomial at the \( n \)-th roots of unity is much less than \( n \) times the cost of one such calculation. First we consider the important case where \( n \) is a power of \( 2 \), say \( n = 2^r \). Then the values of \( f \), a polynomial of degree \( 2 - 1 \), at the \( 2^r \) roots of unity are, from (2.5.6): \[ f(\omega_j) = \sum_{k=0}^{r-1} a_k \cdot \exp(2 \pi i k j / 2^r) \quad (j = 0, 1, \ldots, 2^r - 1) \tag{2.5.7} \] Let’s break up the sum into two sums, containing respectively the terms where \( k \) is even and those where \( k \) is odd. In the first sum write \( k = 2m \) and in the second put \( k = 2m + 1 \). Then for each \( j = 0, 1, \ldots, 2^r - 1 \): \[ f(\omega_j) = \sum_{m=0}^{(r-1)/2} a_{2m} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \cdot 2 \cdot \omega_j^m + \sum_{m=0}^{(r-1)/2} a_{2m+1} \cdot \frac{1}{2} \cdot 2 \cdot \omega_j^{m} \tag{2.5.8} \] Something special just happened. Each of the two sums that appear in the last member of (2.5.8) is itself a Fourier transform of a shorter sequence. The first sum is the transform of the array \[ [a[0], a[2], a[4], \ldots, a[2^r - 2]] \tag{2.5.9} \] and the second sum is the transform of \[ [a[1], a[3], a[5], \ldots, a[2^r - 1]] \tag{2.5.10} \] The stage is set (well, almost set) for a recursive program. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 56 Context: # Chapter 2: Recursive Algorithms The Fourier transform moves us from coefficients to values at roots of unity. Some good reasons for wanting to make that trip will appear presently, but for the moment, let’s consider the computational side of the question, namely how to compute the Fourier transform efficiently. We are going to derive an elegant and very speedy algorithm for the evaluation of Fourier transforms. The algorithm is called the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm. In order to appreciate how fast it is, let’s see how long it would take us to calculate the transform without any very clever procedure. What we have to do is to compute the values of a given polynomial at given points. How much work is required to calculate the value of a polynomial at one given point? If we want to calculate the value of the polynomial \( a_0 + a_1 x + a_2 x^2 + \ldots + a_{n-1} x^{n-1} \) at exactly one value of \( x \), then we can do (think how you would do it, before looking). ```plaintext function value(x: coeff array; n: integer; x: complex); {computes value: x = a_0 + a_1 x + ... + a_{n-1} x^{n-1}} value := 0; for j := 0 to n - 1 do value := value + a[j] * x^j; end(value); ``` This well-known algorithm (i.e., “synthetic division”) for computing the value of a polynomial at a single point \( x \) obviously runs in time \( O(n) \). If we calculate the Fourier transform of a given sequence of \( n \) points by calling the function value \( n \) times, once for each point of evaluation, then obviously we are looking at a simple algorithm that requires \( O(n^2) \) time. With the FFT we will see that the whole job can be done in time \( O(n \log n) \), and we will then look at some implications of that fact. To put it another way, the cost of calculating all \( n \) of the values of a polynomial at the \( n \)th roots of unity is much less than \( n \) times the cost of one such calculation. First, we consider the important case where \( n \) is a power of \( 2 \), say \( n = 2^r \). Then the values of \( f \), a polynomial of degree \( 2 - 1 \), at the \( (2^r) \)th roots of unity are, from (2.5.6): \[ f(\omega_j) = \sum_{k=0}^{r-1} a_k \exp\left( \frac{2\pi i k j}{2^r} \right) \quad (j = 0, 1, \ldots, 2^r - 1) \tag{2.5.7} \] Let’s break up the sum into two sums, containing respectively the terms where \( k \) is even and those where \( k \) is odd. In the first sum write \( k = 2m \) and in the second put \( k = 2m + 1 \). Then for each \( j = 0, 1, \ldots, 2^r - 1 \): \[ f(\omega_j) = \sum_{m=0}^{\frac{r-1}{2}} \frac{2^{r-1}}{2^{r/2}} e^{\frac{2\pi i 2m j}{2^r}} + \sum_{m=0}^{\frac{r-1}{2}} e^{\frac{2\pi i (2m+1) j}{2^r}} \tag{2.5.8} \] Something special just happened. Each of the two sums that appear in the last member of (2.5.8) is itself a Fourier transform, of a shorter sequence. The first sum is the transform of the array \[ [a[0], a[2], a[4], \ldots, a[2^{r-2}]] \tag{2.5.9} \] and the second sum is the transform of \[ [a[1], a[3], a[5], \ldots, a[2^{r-1}]] \tag{2.5.10} \] The stage is set (well, almost set) for a recursive program. 52 #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 63 Context: # 2.7 A review An outgrowth of the rapidity with which we can now multiply polynomials is a rethinking of the methods by which we do ultrahigh-precision arithmetic. How fast can we multiply two integers, each of which has ten million bits? By using ideas that developed directly (though not all trivially) from the ones that we have been discussing, Schönhage and Strassen found the fastest known method for doing large-scale multiplications of integers. The method relies heavily on the FFT, which may not be too surprising since an integer \( n \) is given in terms of its bits \( b_0, \ldots, b_m \) by the relation \[ n = \sum_{i=0}^{m} b_i 2^i. \tag{2.5} \] However, the sum in (2.5) is seen at once to be the value of a certain polynomial at \( x = 2 \). Hence in asking for the bits of the product of two such integers we are asking for something very similar to the coefficients of the product of two polynomials, and indeed the fastest known algorithms for this problem depend upon the Fast Fourier Transform. ## Exercises for section 2.6 1. Let \( \omega \) be an \( n \)th root of unity, and let \( k \) be a fixed integer. Evaluate \[ 1 + \omega^k + \omega^{2k} + \cdots + \omega^{(n-1)k}. \] 2. Verify that the relations (2.6.3) and (2.6.4) indeed are inverses of each other. 3. Let \[ f = \sum_{j=0}^{n-1} a_j \omega^j. \] Show that \[ \frac{1}{n} \sum_{n=1}^{n} |f(\omega)|^2 = |a_0|^2 + \cdots + |a_{n-1}|^2. \] 4. The values of a certain cubic polynomial at \( i, -i, -1, \) and \( 1 \) are \( 1, 1, 1, \) and \( 1 \), respectively. Find its value at 2. 5. Write a program that will do the FFT in the case where the number of data points is a power of 2. Organize your program so as to minimize additional array storage beyond the input and output arrays. 6. Prove that a polynomial of degree \( n \) is uniquely determined by its values at \( n + 1 \) distinct points. # 2.7 A review Here is a quick review of the algorithms that we studied in this chapter. Sorting is an easy computational problem. The most obvious way to sort an array elements takes time \( \Theta(n^2) \). We discussed a recursive algorithm that sorts in an average time of \( \Theta(n \log n) \). Finding a maximum independent set in a graph is a hard computational problem. The most obvious way to do it might take time \( O(2^{n}) \) if the graph \( G \) has \( n \) vertices. We discussed a recursive method that runs in time \( O(1.39^n) \). The best known methods run in time \( O(2^{0.5 n}) \). Finding out if a graph is \( k \)-colorable is a hard computational problem. The most obvious way to do it takes time \( O(k^n) \), if \( G \) has \( n \) vertices. We discussed a recursive method that runs in time \( O(1.5^n) \) if \( G \) has \( n \) vertices and \( E \) edges. One recently developed method \( * \) runs in time \( O(1.73^n) \). We will see in section 5.7 that this problem can be done in an average time that is \( O(n) \) for fixed \( k \). Multiplying two matrices is an easy computational problem. The most obvious way to do it takes time \( O(n^3) \) if the matrices are \( n \times n \). We discussed a recursive method that runs in time \( O(n^{2.81}) \). A recent method \( ** \) runs in time \( O(n^{2.5}) \) for some \( \epsilon < 2.5 \). 1. E. Lawler, A note on the complexity of the chromatic number problem, *Information Processing Letters* 5 (1976), 66-7. 2. D. Coppersmith and S. Winograd, On the asymptotic complexity of matrix multiplication, *SIAM J. Comput.* 11 (1980), 472-492. Image Analysis: ### Text Analysis #### Main Text: The primary content on the page consists of mathematical explanations and problems related to polynomial multiplication and Fourier Transforms. The text is broken into two main sections: a review of algorithms and exercises for section 2.6. #### Content Breakdown: **1. Review of Algorithms (Section 2.7 A review):** - Discusses the multiplication of large integers using Fast Fourier Transforms (FFT). - Mentions methods developed by Schönhage and Strassen. - Provides an example illustrating the calculation using a geometric series. - Describes sorting algorithms and computational problems involving graphs and matrix multiplication. **2. Exercises for Section 2.6:** - A series of six exercises exploring the concepts described, such as: - Evaluating sums of roots of unity. - Verifying the properties of certain mathematical relations. - Applications of polynomial roots and FFT. ### Scene and Activity Analysis **Scene Description:** - This image is a scan of a textbook page. - The layout is typical for academic textbooks, with a mix of theoretical explanations, mathematical notation, and exercises. **Key Activities:** - Theoretical explanations and mathematical derivations. - Application exercises for students to practice related concepts. ### Contextual Significance **Educational Purpose:** - The page serves as an educational resource for students studying advanced algorithms, particularly focused on polynomial multiplication and FFT. - The exercises provide hands-on applications to reinforce the theoretical content covered. ### Color Analysis **Color Composition:** - The image is monochromatic, primarily featuring black text on a white background. - This standard academic textbook format helps to ensure readability and focus on the content. ### Perspective and Composition **Perspective:** - Standard front-facing view, typical for scanned pages of a textbook. **Composition:** - Organized into clear sections with headings to guide the reader. - Exercises listed in a numbered format for easy reference. The overall document is structured to facilitate learning, with theoretical content supported by practical exercises. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 63 Context: ``` 2.7 A review =========== An outgrowth of the rapidity with which we can now multiply polynomials is a rethinking of the methods by which we do ultrahigh-precision arithmetic. How fast can we multiply two integers, each of which has ten million bits? By using ideas that developed directly (though not at all trivially) from the ones that we have been discussing, Schönhage and Strassen found the fastest known method for doing such large-scale multiplications of integers. The method relies heavily on the FFT, which may not be too surprising since an integer n is given in terms of its bits b₀, b₁, ..., b_{m} by the relation n = ∑_{i=0}^{m} b_i 2^i. (2.5) However the sum in (2.5) is seen at once to be the value of a certain polynomial at x = 2. Hence in asking for the bits of the product of two such integers we are asking for something very similar to the coefficients of the product of two polynomials, and indeed the fastest known algorithms for this problem depend upon the Fast Fourier Transform. Exercises for section 2.6 --------------------------- 1. Let ω be an nth root of unity, and let k be a fixed integer. Evaluate \[ 1 + \omega^k + \omega^{2k} + \ldots + \omega^{(n-1)k}. \] 2. Verify that the relations (2.6.3) and (2.6.4) indeed are inverses of each other. 3. Let f = ∑_{j=0}^{n-1} a_j ω^j. Show that \[ \frac{1}{n} \sum_{ω^{1}}^{n} |f(ω)|^2 = |a_0|^2 + \ldots + |a_{n-1}|^2. \] 4. The values of a certain cubic polynomial at 1, -1, -i are 1, 2, 3, 4, respectively. Find its value at 2. 5. Write a program that will do the FFT in the case where the number of data points is a power of 2. Organize your program so as to minimize additional array storage beyond the input and output arrays. 6. Prove that a polynomial of degree n is uniquely determined by its values at n + 1 distinct points. 2.7 A review ------------- Here is a quick review of the algorithms that we studied in this chapter. Sorting is an easy computational problem. The most obvious way to sort an array elements takes time θ(n log n). Finding a maximum independent set in a graph is a hard computational problem. The most obvious way to do it might take time θ(2^n) if the graph G has n vertices. We described a recursive method that runs in time O(1.39^n). The best known methods run in time O(2^{n/3}). Finding out if a graph is k-colorable is a hard computational problem. The most obvious way to do it takes time O(k^n), if G has n vertices. We described a recursive method that runs in time O(1.62^n) if G has n vertices and E edges. One recently developed method * runs in time O(1.3^n). We will see in section 5.7 that this problem can be done in an average time that is O(1) for fixed k. Multiplying two matrices is an easy computational problem. The most obvious way to do it takes time θ(n^3) if the matrices are n x n. We discussed a recursive method that runs in time O(n^{2.376}). A recent method ** runs in time O(n^{2.5}) for some γ < 2.5. References ---------- 1. E. Lawler, A note on the complexity of the chromatic number problem, Information Processing Letters 5 (1976), 66-7. 2. D. Coppersmith and S. Winograd, On the asymptotic complexity of matrix multiplication, SIAM J. Comp. 11 (1980), 472-492. ``` Image Analysis: ### Comprehensive Analysis #### Text Analysis: ##### Section Title: - **"2.7 A review"**: This section provides a summary of previous content. ##### Paragraph Content: - **First Paragraph**: Describes improvements in algorithms for multiplying polynomials and numbers, especially focusing on the use of Fast Fourier Transform (FFT). - **Key Features**: - The sum \( n = \sum_{i=0}^{k} b_i 2^i \) indicates a polynomial calculation. - Denotes relation with polynomial coefficients and the FFT. ##### Exercises for Section 2.6: - **Exercise 1**: Focuses on evaluating a sum involving roots of unity. - **Exercise 2**: Discusses verifying mathematical relations. - **Exercise 3**: Deals with a complex function involving roots of unity. - **Exercise 4**: Involves finding values of a cubic polynomial. - **Exercise 5**: Write a program for FFT. - **Exercise 6**: Proves uniqueness of polynomial degree determination. ##### 2.7 Review Content: - **Summary of Algorithms**: - Sorting algorithms. - Maximum independent set. - Coloring graphs. - Matrix multiplication. - **Complexity Notation Used**: - \(Θ(n \log n)\) for sorting. - \(Θ(2^n)\) for independent set problem. - \(O(2^n)\) for matrix multiplication if \(n \times n\). ##### References: - Cites significant works related to the chromatic number problem and matrix multiplication methodologies. #### Diagram and Chart Analysis: - There are no diagrams or charts in the content provided. #### Tables: - No tables are present in the content. #### Process Descriptions: - The algorithms are discussed from a high-level approach with steps for sorting, maximum independent set, coloring, and matrix multiplication. #### Color Analysis: - The page mainly features black text on a white background, which is typical for academic documents. No additional color analysis is necessary. #### Localization and Attribution: - This appears to be a single page from a chapter in an academic or technical book, focusing on a review section. ### Notes: - This analysis is based on the detection and extraction of text content in the image. Other aspects such as diagrams, charts, and metadata are not present and hence not analyzed. Overall, the content provides a review of complex computational problems, highlighting polynomial multiplication improvements, and placing a strong focus on FFT. Exercises reinforce the concepts discussed in the text passage. Lastly, references strengthen the academic rigor of the document, directing towards further reading on computational complexity. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 63 Context: ```markdown ## 2.7 A review An outgrowth of the rapidity with which we can now multiply polynomials is a rethinking of the methods by which we do ultrahigh-precision arithmetic. How fast can we multiply two integers, each of which has ten million bits? By using ideas that developed directly (though not at all trivially) from the ones that we have been discussing, Schönhage and Strassen found the fastest known method for doing such large-scale multiplications of integers. The method relies heavily on the FFT, which may not be too surprising since an integer \( n \) is given in terms of its bits \( b_0, b_1, \ldots, b_m \) by the relation \[ n = \sum_{i=0}^{m} b_i 2^i. \] However, the sum in (2.5) is seen at once to be the value of a certain polynomial at \( z = 2 \). Hence in asking for the bits of the product of two such integers we are asking for something very similar to the coefficients of the product of two polynomials, and indeed the fastest known algorithms for this problem depend upon the Fast Fourier Transform. ### Exercises for section 2.6 1. Let \( \omega \) be an \( n \)-th root of unity, and let \( k \) be a fixed integer. Evaluate \[ 1 + \omega^k + \omega^{2k} + \cdots + \omega^{(n-1)k}. \] 2. Verify that the relations (2.6.3) and (2.6.4) indeed are inverses of each other. 3. Let \( f = \sum_{j=0}^{n-1} a_j \omega^j \). Show that \[ \frac{1}{n} \sum_{n=1}^{\omega} |f(\omega)|^2 = |a_0|^2 + \cdots + |a_{n-1}|^2. \] 4. The values of a certain cubic polynomial at \( i, -1, -i \) are \( 1, 2, 3, 4 \), respectively. Find its value at 2. 5. Write a program that will do the FFT in the case where the number of data points is a power of 2. Organize your program so as to minimize additional array storage beyond the input and output arrays. 6. Prove that a polynomial of degree \( n \) is uniquely determined by its values at \( n + 1 \) distinct points. ## 2.7 A review Here is a quick review of the algorithms that we studied in this chapter. Sorting is an easy computational problem. The most obvious way to sort an array elements takes time \( \Theta(n^2) \). We discussed a recursive algorithm that sorts in an average time of \( \Theta(n \log n) \). Finding a maximum independent set in a graph is a hard computational problem. The most obvious way to do it might take time \( \Omega(2^{|V|}) \) if the graph \( G \) has \( V \) vertices. We discussed a recursive method that runs in time \( O(1.39^n) \). The best known methods run in time \( O(2^{|V|/3}) \). Finding out if a graph is \( k \)-colorable is a hard computational problem. The most obvious way to do it takes time \( O(k^n) \), if \( G \) has \( n \) vertices. We also discussed methods that run in time \( O(1.5^n) \) if \( G \) has \( m \) edges. One recently developed method *runs in time* \( O(1.5^n) \). We will see in section 5.7 that this problem can be done in an average time that is \( O(1) \) for fixed \( k \). Multiplying two matrices is an easy computational problem. The most obvious way to do it takes time \( O(n^3) \) if the matrices are \( n \times n \). We discussed a recursive method that runs in time \( O(n^{2.81}) \). A recent method **runs in time \( O(n^{2.5}) \)** for some \( \epsilon < 2.5 \). - E. Lawler, A note on the complexity of the chromatic number problem, Information Processing Letters 5 (1976), 66-7. - D. Coppersmith and S. Winograd, On the asymptotic complexity of matrix multiplication, SIAM J. Comp. 11 (1980), 472-492. ``` Image Analysis: ### Image Analysis #### 1. **Localization and Attribution:** - **Image Position**: The entire provided content appears as a single page document. - **Image Number**: Image 1 #### 4. **Text Analysis:** - **Detected Text**: ``` 2.7 A review An outgrowth of the rapidity with which we can now multiply polynomials is a rethinking of the methods by which we do ultrahigh-precision arithmetic. How fast can we multiply two integers, each of which has ten million bits? By using ideas that developed directly (though not at all trivially) from the ones that we have been discussing, Schönhage and Strassen found the fastest known method for doing such large-scale multiplications of integers. The method relies heavily on the FFT, which may not be too surprising since an integer n is given in terms of its bits by the relation n = ∑_(i=0)^k b_i 2^i. (2.6.5) However, the sum in (2.6.5) is seen at once to be the value of a certain polynomial at x = 2. Hence in asking for the bits of the product of two such integers we are asking for something very similar to the coefficients of the product of two polynomials, and indeed the fastest known algorithms for this problem depend upon the Fast Fourier Transform. Exercises for section 2.6 1. Let ω be an nth root of unity, and let k be a fixed integer. Evaluate 1 + ω^k + ω^(2k) +···+ ω^[(n−1)k] . 2. Verify that the relations (2.6.3) and (2.6.4) indeed are inverses of each other. 3. Let f = ∑(n−1)_(j=0) a_jω^j. Show that 1/n ∑(n)_(ω=1) |f(ω^1)|^2 = |a_0|^2 + ···+ |a_(n−1)|^2 4. The values of a certain cubic polynomial at 1, i, -1, -i are 1, 2, 3, 4, respectively. Find its value at ω. 5. Write a program that will do the FFT in the case where the number of data points is a power of 2. Organize your program so as to minimize additional array storage beyond the input and output arrays. 6. Prove that a polynomial of degree n is uniquely determined by its values at n + 1 distinct points. 2.7 A review Here is a quick review of the algorithms that we studied in this chapter. Sorting is an easy computational problem. The most obvious way to sort an array elements takes time Θ(n^2). We discussed a recursive algorithm that sorts in an average time of Θ(n log n). Finding a maximum independent set in a graph is a hard computational problem. The most obvious way to do it might take time Θ(2^n) if the graph G has n vertices. We discussed a recursive method that runs in time O((1.3^n)). The best known methods run in time O((2.2^n)/3). Finding out if a graph is k-colorable is a hard computational problem. The most obvious way to do it takes time Θ(k^n), if G has n vertices. We discussed a recursive method that runs in time O((1.62^n) if G has n vertices and E edges. One recently developed method ** runs in time O(((4/3)^n)). We will see in section 5.7 that this problem can be done in an average time that is O(1) for fixed k**. Multiplying two matrices is an easy computational problem. The most obvious way to do it takes time Θ(n^3) if the matrices are n × n. We discussed a recursive method that runs in time O((n^(2.8)). A recent method ** runs in time O(n) for some γ < 2.5. ** E. Lawler, A note on the complexity of the chromatic number problem, Information Processing Letters 5 (1976), 66-7. ** D. Coppersmith and S. Winograd, On the asymptotic complexity of matrix multiplication, SIAM J. Comp. 11 (1980), 472-492. ``` #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 64 Context: # Chapter 2: Recursive Algorithms Finding the discrete Fourier transform of an array of **n** elements is an easy computational problem. The most obvious way to do it takes time \( O(n^2) \). We discussed a recursive method that runs in time \( O(n \log n) \) if **n** is a power of 2. When we write a program recursively, we are making life easier for ourselves and harder for the compiler and the computer. A single call to a recursive program can cause it to execute a tree-full of calls to itself before it is able to respond to our original request. For example, if we call Quicksort to sort the array \[ \{5, 8, 13, 9, 15, 29, 44, 71, 67\} \] then the tree shown in Fig. 2.7.1 might be generated by the compiler. ![Fig. 2.7.1: A tree of calls to Quicksort](#) Again, if we call `maxcell` on the 5-cycle, the tree in Fig. 2.3.3 of calls may be created. A single invocation of `chrompoly`, where the input graph is a 4-cycle, might generate the tree of recursive calls that appears in Fig. 2.7.2. ![Fig. 2.7.2: A tree of calls to chrompoly](#) 60 Image Analysis: ## Image Analysis: ### Localization and Attribution: - **Image 1:** - Located near the upper middle part of the page. - Labelled as Fig. 2.7.1. - **Image 2:** - Located near the lower part of the page. - Labelled as Fig. 2.7.2. ### Object Detection and Classification: - **Image 1:** - Objects: Various symbols representing elements of the array (e.g., numbers and triangles). - Key Features: Hierarchical structure showing a tree-based representation of recursive calls made during a QuickSort algorithm. - **Image 2:** - Objects: Boxes and lines forming a tree structure. - Key Features: A tree diagram representing recursive calls for the function "chrompoly", where the input graph is a 4-cycle. ### Scene and Activity Analysis: - **Image 1:** - Scene: A tree of calls for the QuickSort function. - Activities: Visualization of how QuickSort recursively sorts the array {5, 8, 13, 9, 15, 29, 44, 71, 67}. - **Image 2:** - Scene: A tree diagram of recursive calls to the "chrompoly" function. - Activities: Depicts the recursive nature of the "chrompoly" function on a 4-cycle input graph. ### Text Analysis: - **Text Extracted:** - Text above Image 1: "For example, if we call QuickSort to sort the array {5, 8, 13, 9, 15, 29, 44, 71, 67}, then the tree shown in Fig. 2.7.1 might be generated by the compiler." - Caption of Image 1: "Fig. 2.7.1: A tree of calls to QuickSort." - Text below Image 1: "Again, if we call maversell on the 5-cycle, the tree in Fig. 2.3.3 of calls may be created. A single invocation of chrompoly, where the input graph is a 4-cycle, for instance, might generate the tree of recursive calls that appears in Fig. 2.7.2." - Caption of Image 2: "Fig. 2.7.2: A tree of calls to chrompoly." - **Analysis:** - The text explains the concept of recursion in algorithms using tree diagrams to illustrate how recursive function calls expand. - Image 1 caption contextualizes the visualization of the QuickSort algorithm. - Image 2 caption contextualizes the visualization of recursive calls for the "chrompoly" function. ### Diagram and Chart Analysis: - **Image 1:** - Tree diagram showcasing recursive calls made by the QuickSort algorithm. Each node represents an array segment being processed. - **Image 2:** - Tree diagram illustrating recursive calls in the "chrompoly" function, highlighting its complexity with numerous child nodes. ### Product Analysis: - Not applicable. ### Anomaly Detection: - Not applicable. ### Color Analysis: - The page primarily consists of grayscale elements (black text and illustrations on a white background), providing a high contrast that enhances readability. ### Perspective and Composition: - Both images are diagrammatic representations viewed from a top-down perspective. - The hierarchical trees are composed of nodes (boxes) connected by lines, demonstrating the parent-child relationships in recursive function calls. ### Contextual Significance: - The images are part of an educational text on recursive algorithms in computer science. - They contribute significantly to the understanding of how recursive functions operate and are visualized, supporting the theoretical explanations. ### Metadata Analysis: - Not available. ### Graph and Trend Analysis: - Not applicable for these images as they do not contain standard graphs or trends. ### Graph Numbers: - Not applicable for these images as there are no traditional graphs with data points. ### Ablaufprozesse (Process Flows): - Detailed in the tree diagrams, showing the process flows of recursive calls in the QuickSort and chrompoly algorithms. ### Prozessbeschreibungen (Process Descriptions): - Descriptions indicate the steps of recursive algorithms: breaking down tasks into smaller sub-tasks, eventually leading to base cases and combinations of results. ### Typen Bezeichnung (Type Designations): - Identified as trees of recursive calls for the QuickSort and chrompoly algorithms. ### Trend and Interpretation: - Illustrates the increasing complexity and depth of recursive calls in algorithms. - Highlights how divided tasks in algorithms converge to form the final sorted array or result. ### Tables: - Not applicable. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 64 Context: # Chapter 2: Recursive Algorithms Finding the discrete Fourier transform of an array of \( n \) elements is an easy computational problem. The most obvious way to do it takes time \( O(n^2) \). We discussed a recursive method that runs in time \( O(n \log n) \) if \( n \) is a power of \( 2 \). When we write a program recursively, we are making life easier for ourselves and harder for the compiler and the computer. A single call to a recursive program can cause it to execute a tree-full of calls to itself before it is able to respond to our original request. For example, if we call Quicksort to sort the array \[ \{ 5, 8, 13, 9, 15, 29, 44, 71, 67 \} \] then the tree shown in Fig. 2.7.1 might be generated by the compiler. ![Fig. 2.7.1: A tree of calls to Quicksort](#) Again, if we call `maxsell` on the 5-cycle, the tree in Fig. 2.3.3 of calls may be created. A single invocation of `chrompoly`, where the input graph is a 4-cycle, might generate the tree of recursive calls that appears in Fig. 2.7.2. ![Fig. 2.7.2: A tree of calls to chrompoly](#) 60 Image Analysis: ### Image Analysis **Localization and Attribution:** - **Image 1**: - Located near the top of the page. - Caption: "Fig. 2.7.1: A tree of calls to Quicksort". - **Image 2**: - Positioned towards the bottom of the page. - Caption: "Fig. 2.7.2: A tree of calls to chrompoly". **Object Detection and Classification:** - **Image 1**: - Objects detected: Nodes and arrows forming a tree structure. - Key Features: Labeled nodes with numbers `{5, 8, 13, 9, 15, 29, 44, 71, 67}`, arrows indicating hierarchical recursive calls, each node splits further into sub-nodes. - **Image 2**: - Objects detected: Nodes with textual boxes and shape indicators (e.g., rectangle, triangle), arrows forming another tree structure. - Key Features: Nodes represented as shapes with labels inside boxes, a central tree structure with recursive calls. **Scene and Activity Analysis:** - **Image 1**: - Scene: A hierarchical tree structure representing a series of recursive calls in the Quicksort algorithm. - Activity: Each node corresponds to a recursive call, breaking down the array `{5, 8, 13, 9, 15, 29, 44, 71, 67}` into smaller segments until sorted. - **Image 2**: - Scene: Another hierarchical tree but for the `chrompoly` function. - Activity: Recursive breakdown of a chrompoly operation, representing an algorithm's execution trace for a 4-cycle input graph. **Text Analysis:** - Extracted from the page: - **Paragraph 1**: Discussion on the complexity of the Discrete Fourier Transform. - **Paragraph 2**: Benefits and challenges of writing recursive programs. - **Example**: Sorting array `{5, 8, 13, 9, 15, 29, 44, 71, 67}` with Quicksort. - **Caption for Fig. 2.7.1**: "A tree of calls to Quicksort". - **Further Example**: Using `maxreell` and `chrompoly` with recursive call trees. - **Caption for Fig. 2.7.2**: "A tree of calls to chrompoly". **Diagram and Chart Analysis:** - **Image 1 (Fig. 2.7.1)**: - Axis/Scale: Nodes and arrows depicting an algorithm's recursive structure, no numerical scales. - Insights: Visualization of Quicksort's recursion, showing breakdown steps of sorting an array. - **Image 2 (Fig. 2.7.2)**: - Axis/Scale: Nodes and arrows depicting recursive calls in `chrompoly`, with shapes indicating different stages of recursion. - Insights: Visualization of chrompoly recursion procedure, showing how calls propagate through the algorithm. **Prozessbeschreibungen (Process Descriptions):** - **Image 1**: - Process: Quicksort algorithm's recursive process. - Description: Recursively sorts an array by dividing it into sub-arrays based on pivoting. - **Image 2**: - Process: Chrompoly algorithm's recursive breakdown. - Description: Recursive handling of a 4-cycle graph, with various calls representing different stages of the algorithm. **Trend and Interpretation:** - **Image 1 (Quicksort)**: - Trend: Recursive division of array elements, reducing complexity at each level. - Interpretation: Visual representation emphasizes the depth of recursion. - **Image 2 (chrompoly)**: - Trend: Recursive expansion of calls as represented by different shapes. - Interpretation: Highlights the complexity and depth of recursive calls in chrompoly algorithm. ### Summary The visuals mainly illustrate concepts of recursive algorithms explained in Chapter 2. They serve to provide a visual understanding of how algorithms like Quicksort and chrompoly execute through recursive calls, breaking down complex problems into smaller, manageable ones, while maintaining the structure and flow of the process. The diagrams are integral for comprehending the recursion depth and procedural breakdown of these algorithms. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 64 Context: # Chapter 2: Recursive Algorithms Finding the discrete Fourier transform of an array of \( n \) elements is an easy computational problem. The most obvious way to do it takes time \( O(n^2) \). We discussed a recursive method that runs in time \( O(n \log n) \) if \( n \) is a power of 2. When we write a program recursively, we are making life easier for ourselves and harder for the compiler and the computer. A single call to a recursive program can cause it to execute a tree-full of calls to itself before it is able to respond to our original request. For example, if we call Quicksort to sort the array \[ \{5, 8, 13, 9, 15, 29, 44, 71, 67\} \] then the tree shown in Fig. 2.7.1 might be generated by the compiler. ![Fig. 2.7.1: A tree of calls to Quicksort](path/to/your/image1) Again, if we call `maxwell` on the 5-cycle, the tree in Fig. 2.3.3 of calls may be created. A single invocation of `chromoly`, where the input graph is a 4-cycle, might generate the tree of recursive calls that appears in Fig. 2.7.2. ![Fig. 2.7.2: A tree of calls to chromoly](path/to/your/image2) 60 Image Analysis: ### Analysis of Visual Content #### 1. Localization and Attribution: - **Image 1:** Located in the upper part of the page below a block of text. - **Image 2:** Positioned in the lower half of the page, also below a block of text. - **Numbering:** - **Image 1:** Fig. 2.7.1 - **Image 2:** Fig. 2.7.2 #### 2. Object Detection and Classification: - **Image 1 (Fig. 2.7.1):** - Objects: Nodes and branches indicating a tree structure. - Classification: Represents a decision tree used in the Quicksort algorithm. - **Image 2 (Fig. 2.7.2):** - Objects: More complex nodes and branches forming another type of tree structure. - Classification: Represents a tree of calls, possibly in a different recursive algorithm called "chrompoly." #### 3. Scene and Activity Analysis: - **Image 1 (Fig. 2.7.1):** - Scene: A tree-like diagram showing recursive calls when the Quicksort algorithm sorts an array. - Activity: Each node represents a step or call in the recursive process of sorting. - **Image 2 (Fig. 2.7.2):** - Scene: Another tree diagram, this time more complex, showing recursive calls for a method referred to as "chrompoly." - Activity: The nodes and branches illustrate the steps in the recursive computation for an operation involving a 4-cycle. #### 4. Text Analysis: - **Above Image 1:** - Text: "Chapter 2: Recursive Algorithms ... {5, 8, 13, 9, 15, 29, 44, 71, 67}" - Context: Introduces the concept of recursive algorithms and presents an example using the Quicksort algorithm. - **Caption of Image 1:** - Text: "A tree of calls to Quicksort." - Significance: Explains that the diagram represents the tree structure of recursive calls in Quicksort. - **Above Image 2:** - Text: Describes an invocation of "chrompoly" and the generation of a tree from a 4-cycle. - Context: Continues the discussion on recursive calls, now focusing on a different algorithm. - **Caption of Image 2:** - Text: "A tree of calls to chrompoly." - Significance: Indicates that the tree diagram represents recursive calls generated by the "chrompoly" method. #### 8. Color Analysis: - **Image 1 and 2:** - Dominant Colors: Black and white. - Impact: The simplicity of the color scheme focuses attention on the structure and flow of the recursive calls. #### 9. Perspective and Composition: - **Image 1:** - Perspective: Front view of a tree diagram. - Composition: Organized hierarchically from top to bottom, illustrating levels of recursive calls. - **Image 2:** - Perspective: Front view of a more complex diagram. - Composition: Similar hierarchical structure but with increased complexity and additional symbols. #### 12. Graph and Trend Analysis: - **Image 1:** - Shows a trend of decreasing subsets through recursive calls until single elements are sorted. - **Image 2:** - Displays a trend of complex recursive calls handling more specialized tasks. #### 13. Graph Numbers: - **Image 1:** - Data Points (nodes): {5, 8, 13, 9, 15, 29, 44, 71, 67} - **Image 2:** - No specific numerical data points are visible, but nodes depict recursive calls at various stages. #### Additional Aspects: - **Process Descriptions:** - **Image 1:** Describes the process of recursively dividing an array for sorting. - **Image 2:** Describes a recursive process handling a specific computational graph structure. - **Trend and Interpretation:** - **Image 1:** Trend shows the breakdown of a sorting problem into increasingly smaller subproblems. - **Image 2:** Illustrates a more complex trend, perhaps indicating interaction between multiple recursive subproblems. By accurately depicting these elements, the images contribute to the reader’s understanding of recursive algorithms, illustrating how they break down problems into smaller, manageable calls. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 66 Context: # Chapter 2: Recursive Algorithms ## Exercise for section 2.7 1. In Fig. 2.7.3, add to the picture the output that each of the recursive calls gives back to the box above it that made the call. ## Bibliography A definitive account of all aspects of sorting is in D. E. Knuth, *The Art of Computer Programming*, Vol. 3: *Sorting and Searching*, Addison Wesley, Reading, MA, 1973. All three volumes of the above reference are highly recommended for the study of algorithms and discrete mathematics. An \(O(2^{n/3})\) algorithm for the maximum independent set problem can be found in R. E. Tarjan and A. Trojanowski, "Finding a maximum independent set", *SIAM J. Computing*, 6 (1977), 537-546. Recent developments in fast matrix multiplication are traced in Victor Pan, *How to Multiply Matrices Faster*, Lecture notes in computer science No. 179, Springer-Verlag, 1984. The realization that the Fourier transform calculation can be speeded up has been traced back to C. Runge, *Zeits. Math. Phys.*, 48 (1903) p. 443. and also appears in C. Runge and H. König, *Die Grundlagen der math. Wissenchaft*, 11, Springer Verlag, Berlin 1924. The introduction of the method in modern algorithmic terms is generally credited to J. M. Cooley and J. W. Tukey, "An algorithm for the machine calculation of complex Fourier series", *Mathematics of Computation*, 19 (1965), 297-301. A number of statistical applications of the method are in J. M. Cooley, P. A. W. Lewis and P. D. Welch, "The Fast Fourier Transform and its application to time series analysis", in *Statistical Methods for Digital Computers*, Enslin, Ralston and Wilf eds., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1977, 377-423. The use of the FFT for high precision integer arithmetic is due to A. Schönhage and V. Strassen, "Schnelle Multiplikation grosser Zahlen", *Computing*, 7 (1971), 281-292. An excellent account of the above as well as applications of the FFT to polynomial arithmetic is by A. V. Aho, J. E. Hopcroft and J. D. Ullman, *The Design and Analysis of Computer Algorithms*, Addison Wesley, Reading, MA, 1974 (chap. 7). #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 66 Context: # Chapter 2: Recursive Algorithms ## Exercise for Section 2.7 1. In Fig. 2.7.3, add to the picture the output that each of the recursive calls gives back to the box above it that made the call. ## Bibliography A definitive account of all aspects of sorting is in - D. E. Knuth, *The Art of Computer Programming*, Vol. 3: *Sorting and Searching*, Addison Wesley, Reading, MA, 1973. All three volumes of the above reference are highly recommended for the study of algorithms and discrete mathematics. An \(O(2^{n/3})\) algorithm for the maximum independent set problem can be found in - R. E. Tarjan and A. Trojanowski, "Finding a maximum independent set," *SIAM J. Computing* 6 (1977), 537-546. Recent developments in fast matrix multiplication are traced in - Victor Pan, "How to multiply matrices faster," *Lecture notes in computer science* No. 179, Springer-Verlag, 1984. The realization that the Fourier transform calculation can be speeded up has been traced back to - C. Runge, *Zeits. Math. Phys.*, 48 (1903) p. 443. and also appears in - C. Runge and H. König, *Die Grundlagen der math. Wissenschaft.*, 11, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1924. The introduction of the method in modern algorithmic terms is generally credited to - J. M. Cooley and J. W. Tukey, "An algorithm for the machine calculation of complex Fourier series," *Mathematics of Computation* 19 (1965), 297-301. A number of statistical applications of the method are in - J. M. Cooley, P. A. W. Lewis, and P. D. Welch, "The Fast Fourier Transform and its application to time series analysis," in *Statistical Methods for Digital Computers*, Enselin, Ralston and Wilf eds., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1977, 377-423. The use of the FFT for high precision integer arithmetic is due to - A. Schönhage and V. Strassen, "Schnelle Multiplikation grosser Zahlen," *Computing*, 7 (1971), 281-292. An excellent account of the above as well as applications of the FFT to polynomial arithmetic is by - A. V. Aho, J. E. Hopcroft, and J. D. Ullman, *The Design and Analysis of Computer Algorithms*, Addison Wesley, Reading, MA, 1974 (Ch. 7). #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 66 Context: # Chapter 2: Recursive Algorithms ## Exercise for section 2.7 1. In Fig. 2.7.3, add to the picture the output that each of the recursive calls gives back to the box above it that made the call. ## Bibliography A definitive account of all aspects of sorting is in: - D. E. Knuth, *The Art of Computer Programming*, Vol. 3: *Sorting and Searching*, Addison Wesley, Reading, MA, 1973. All three volumes of the above reference are highly recommended for the study of algorithms and discrete mathematics. - A \(O(n^{3/2})\) algorithm for the maximum independent set problem can be found in: R. E. Tarjan and A. Trojanowski, "Finding a maximum independent set," *SIAM J. Computing* 6 (1977), 537-546. - Recent developments in fast matrix multiplication are traced in: Victor Pan, "How to multiply matrices faster," Lecture notes in computer science No. 179, Springer-Verlag, 1984. - The realization that the Fourier transform calculation can be sped up has been traced back to: C. Runge, *Zeits. Math. Phys.*, 48 (1903) p. 443. and also appears in: C. Runge and H. König, *Die Grundlagen der math. Wissenschaft.*, 11, Springer Verlag, Berlin 1924. - The introduction of the method in modern algorithmic terms is generally credited to: J. M. Cooley and J. W. Tukey, "An algorithm for the machine calculation of complex Fourier series," *Mathematics of Computation*, 19 (1965), 297-301. - A number of statistical applications of the method are in: J. M. Cooley, P. A. W. Lewis and P. D. Welch, "The Fast Fourier Transform and its application to time series analysis," in *Statistical Methods for Digital Computers*, Enselin, Ralston and Wilf eds., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1977, 377-423. - The use of the FFT for high precision integer arithmetic is due to: A. Schönhage and V. Strassen, "Schnelle Multiplikation grosser Zahlen," *Computing*, 7 (1971), 281-292. - An excellent account of the above as well as of applications of the FFT to polynomial arithmetic is by: A. V. Aho, J. E. Hopcroft and J. D. Ullman, *The Design and Analysis of Computer Algorithms*, Addison Wesley, Reading, MA, 1974 (chap. 7). #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 74 Context: # Chapter 3: The Network Flow Problem ## Lemma 3.4.1. Let \( f \) be a flow of value \( Q \) in a network \( X \), and let \( (W, W') \) be a cut in \( X \). Then \[ Q = f(W, W') - f(W', W) \leq \text{cap}(W, W'). \] ### Proof of Lemma: The net flow out of \( s \) is \( Q \). The net flow out of any other vertex \( x \in W' \) is \( 0 \). Hence, if \( V(X) \) denotes the vertex set of the network \( X \), we obtain \[ Q = \sum_{v \in W} \left( f(v, V(X)) - f(V(X), v) \right) \] \[ = f(W, V(X)) - f(V(X), W) \] \[ = f(W, W') - f(W', W) \] \[ = f(W, W') + f(W', W) - f(W', W) \] \[ = f(W, W') - f(W', W). \] This proves the \( '=' \) part of \( (3.4.1) \), and the \( '\leq' \) part is obvious, completing the proof of Lemma 3.4.1. We now know that the maximum value of the flow in a network cannot exceed the minimum of the capacities of the cuts in the network. To complete the proof of the theorem we will show that if a flow of maximum value, which surely exists, must saturate the edges of some cut. Hence, let \( f \) be a flow in \( X \) of maximum value, and call procedure `labelscan(X, f, u)` where \( W \) be the set of vertices of \( X \) that have been labeled when the algorithm terminates. Clearly \( s \in W \). Equally clearly, \( t \notin W \), for suppose the contrary. Then we would have termination with `labeled` at \( t \)’s time to augment; and if we were then to call procedure augment flow we would find a flow of higher value, contradicting the assumed maximality of \( f \). Since \( s \in W \) and \( t \notin W \), we see that \( W \) defines a cut \( (W, W') \). We claim that every edge of the cut \( (W, W') \) is saturated. Indeed, if \( (u, v) \) is in the cut, \( u \in W, v \in W' \), then edge \( (u, v) \) is saturated, else \( u \) would have been labeled when we were scanning \( v \) and we would have \( v \in W \), a contradiction. Similarly, if \( (v, y) \) is an edge where \( y \in T \) and \( v \in W \), then \( f(v, y) = 0 \); edge again would have been labeled when we were scanning \( v \), another contradiction. Therefore, every edge from \( T \) to \( W \) is carrying as much flow as its capacity permits, and every edge from \( T \) to \( W \) is carrying no flow at all. Hence the sign of equality holds in \( (3.4.1) \), the value of the flow is equal to the capacity of the cut \( (W, W') \), and the proof of Theorem 3.4.1 is finished. ## 3.5 The Complexity of the Ford-Fulkerson Algorithm The algorithm of Ford and Fulkerson terminates if and when it arrives at a stage where the sink is not labeled but no more vertices can be labeled. If at that time we let \( W \) be the set of vertices that have been labeled, then we have seen that \( (W, W') \) is a minimum cut of the network, and the present value of the flow is the desired maximum for the network. The question now is, how long does it take to arrive at that stage, and indeed, is guaranteed that it will ever get there? We are asking if the algorithm is finite, surely the most primitive complexity question imaginable. First consider the case where every edge of the given network \( X \) has integer capacity. Then the labeling and flow augmentation algorithms, various additions and subtractions are done, but there is no way that any augmenting flows can be produced. It follows that the augmented flow is still integral. The value of the flow therefore increases by an integer amount during each augmentation. On the other hand if, say, \( C \) denotes the combined capacity of all edges that are outbound from the source, then it is eminently clear that the value of the flow can never exceed \( C \). Since the value of the flow increases by at least 1 unit per augmentation, we see that no more than \( C' \) flow augmentations will be needed before a maximum flow is reached. This yields. Image Analysis: ### Image Analysis #### 1. Localization and Attribution: - There is a single image on the page, hereafter referred to as **Image 1**. #### 2. Object Detection and Classification: - **Objects Detected:** - Text blocks - Mathematical notations - Symbols **Categories:** - Text content related to academic or technical explanations - Mathematical expressions #### 3. Scene and Activity Analysis: - **Overall Scene:** The image is a screenshot of a textbook page, specifically a section within a chapter discussing concepts in network flow problems and the Ford-Fulkerson algorithm. - **Activities Taking Place:** The contents include mathematical definitions, theorem statements, proofs, and explanations of algorithms. #### 4. Text Analysis: - **Extracted Text:** **Chapter 3: The Network Flow Problem** **Lemma 3.4.1. Let \( f \) be a flow of value \( Q \) in a network \( X \), and let \( (W, \overline{W}) \) be a cut in \( X \). Then** \( Q = f(W, \overline{W}) - f(\overline{W}, W) \leq \text{cap}(W, \overline{W}). \) **Proof of lemma:** The net flow out of \( s \) is \( Q \). The net flow out of any other vertex \( x \in W \) is 0. Hence, if \( V(X) \) denotes the vertex set of the network \( X \), we obtain: \[ Q = \sum_{x \in V(X)} (f(v, V(X) \setminus \{ x \}) - f(V(X) \setminus \{ x \}, x)) \] \[\begin{align*} Q &= (f(W, V(X) \setminus W) - f(V(X) \setminus W, W)) \\ &= f(W, \overline{W}) - f(\overline{W}, W) \\ &\leq \text{cap}(W, \overline{W}). \end{align*}\] #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 75 Context: # 3.5 Complexity of the Ford-Fulkerson algorithm **Theorem 3.5.1.** In a network with integer capacities on all edges, the Ford-Fulkerson algorithm terminates after a finite number of steps with a flow of maximum value. This is good news and bad news. The good news is that the algorithm is finite. The bad news is that the complexity estimate that we have proved depends not only on the numbers of edges and vertices in \( X \) but on the edge capacities. If the bound \( C^* \) represents the true behavior of the algorithm, rather than some weakness in our analysis of the algorithm, then even on very small networks it will be possible to assign edge capacities so that the algorithm takes a very long time to run. And it is possible to do that. We will show below an example due to Ford and Fulkerson in which the situation is even worse than the one envisaged above: not only will the algorithm take a very long time to run; it won't converge at all! Consider the network \( X \) that is shown in Fig. 3.5.1. It has 10 vertices \( s, t, v_1, \ldots, v_4 \). There are directed edges \( (v_i, v_j) \) for \( i \neq j \), \( (v_j, v_i) \) for \( j \neq i \), \( (s, v_i) \) for \( i = 1, 2 \), \( (s, v_3) \), \( (s, v_4) \) and \( (v_i, t) \) for \( i = 1, 2, 3, 4 \). ![Fig. 3.5.1: How to give the algorithm a hard time](path/to/image) In this network, the four edges \( A_i = (v_i, y_i) \) (for \( i = 1, 4 \)) will be called the special edges. Next we will give the capacities of the edges of \( X \). Write \( r = (-1 + \sqrt{5})/2 \) and let \[ S = (3 + \sqrt{5})/2 = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} r^n. \] Then to every edge of \( X \) except the four special edges we assign the capacity \( S \). The special edges \( A_1, A_2, A_3, A_4 \) are given capacities \( 1, r^1, r^2, \) respectively (you can see that this is going to be interesting). Suppose, for our first augmentation step, we find the flow augmenting path \( s \rightarrow v_1 \rightarrow v_2 \rightarrow t \), and that we augment the flow by 1 unit along that path. The four special edges will then have residual capacities (excesses of capacity over flow) of \( 0, r^2, r^3, r^4 \), respectively. Inductively, suppose we have arrived at a stage of the algorithm where the four special edges, taken in some rearrangement \( A'_1, A'_2, A'_3, A'_4 \), have residual capacities \( 0, r^{n-1}, r^n \). We will now show that the algorithm might next do two flow augmentation steps the net result of which would be that the inductive state of affairs would again hold, with \( n \) replaced by \( n + 1 \). Indeed, choose the flow augmenting path \[ s \rightarrow v_2 \rightarrow v_4 \rightarrow v_3 \rightarrow t. \] This completes the reformatted Markdown text. Image Analysis: ### Comprehensive Examination of the Visual Content #### 1. Localization and Attribution - **Image 1:** Located at the middle portion of the page. - **Diagram 1:** Located under the text and described as Fig. 3.5.1. #### 2. Object Detection and Classification - **Image 1:** - Objects: Text, Diagram. - **Diagram 1:** - Objects: Nodes and directed edges forming a network graph. #### 3. Scene and Activity Analysis - **Image 1:** - Scene: A network graph diagram. - Activity: Illustration of a complex network to explain the Ford-Fulkerson algorithm. #### 4. Text Analysis - **Text Content:** - **Section Heading:** "3.5 Complexity of the Ford-Fulkerson algorithm". - **Theorem 3.5.1:** Discusses the termination of the Ford-Fulkerson algorithm with integer capacities after a finite number of steps with a maximum flow. - **Description:** Explains the analysis of the algorithm's complexity and introduces an example network (Fig. 3.5.1) demonstrating a challenging case for the algorithm. - **Figure Caption:** "Fig. 3.5.1: How to give the algorithm a hard time". This caption describes the network graph aimed at illustrating a difficult scenario for the Ford-Fulkerson algorithm. #### 5. Diagram and Chart Analysis - **Diagram 1 (Fig. 3.5.1):** - **Data and Trends:** - A network graph with nodes and directed edges labeled with various identifiers. - Nodes include special vertices like \( s, t, v_1, \ldots, v_4 \). - Set \( A \) includes special edges \( A_1, A_2, A_3, A_4 \) with specific capacities r, r^2. - These details showcase the structure and complexity of this specific network used for illustrating the algorithm’s challenge. - **Axes, Scales, and Legends:** - No explicit axes or scales since it is a conceptual network diagram. - Nodes and curves are appropriately labeled for clarity. #### 9. Perspective and Composition - **Perspective:** - The diagram provides a bird’s-eye view of the network. - **Composition:** - Nodes are symmetrically arranged around the central area. - Directed edges are drawn clearly to show the connections between nodes visually. #### 13. Graph Numbers - **Data Points for Fig. 3.5.1:** - Flows, capacities, and nodes are textually identified within the context of the paragraph explanations. #### Additional Aspects - **Ablaufprozesse (Process Flows):** - **Described Process:** Theorem 3.5.1 discusses the algorithm's steps and the flow augmentation technique in the context of Fig. 3.5.1. - **Prozessbeschreibungen (Process Descriptions):** - **Detailed Description:** Describes the augmentation steps, capacities assigned to edges, and the steps taken to demonstrate the algorithm's complexity. - **Typen Bezeichnung (Type Designations):** - **Type Names:** Specified as vertices \( v_i \) and special edges \( A_1, A_2, A_3, A_4 \). #### Anomaly Detection - **Possible Anomalies:** - None detected. The diagram and text appear to be logically consistent and accurately illustrate the complexity of the algorithm discussed. In summary, this content provides a detailed analysis of the Ford-Fulkerson algorithm's complexity using a specific example depicted in Fig. 3.5.1. The illustration and text work together to explain the theoretical concepts and their practical implications. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 75 Context: # 3.5 Complexity of the Ford-Fulkerson algorithm ## Theorem 3.5.1 In a network with integer capacities on all edges, the Ford-Fulkerson algorithm terminates after a finite number of steps with a flow of maximum value. This is good news and bad news. The good news is that the algorithm is finite. The bad news is that the complexity estimate that we have proved depends not only on the numbers of edges and vertices in \( X \) but on the edge capacities. If the bound \( C^* \) represents the true behavior of the algorithm, rather than some weakness in our analysis of the algorithm, then even on very small networks it will be possible to assign edge capacities so that the algorithm takes a very long time to run. And it is possible to do that. We will show below an example due to Ford and Fulkerson in which the situation is even worse than the one envisaged above: not only will the algorithm take a very long time to run; it won't converge at all! Consider the network \( X \) that is shown in Fig. 3.5.1. It has 10 vertices \( s, t, v_1, \ldots, v_4 \). There are directed edges \( (x_i, x_j) \neq (y_i, y_j) \) for \( i, j = 1, 2, 3, 4 \). In this network, the four edges \( A_i = (v_i, y_i) \) (for \( i = 1, 4 \)) will be called the special edges. Next we will give the capacities of the edges of \( X \). Write \( r = (-1 + \sqrt{5})/2 \), and let \[ S = (3 + \sqrt{5})/2 = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} r^n. \] Then to every edge of \( X \) except the four special edges, we assign the capacity \( S \). The special edges \( A_1, A_2, A_3, A_4 \) are given capacities \( 1, r^1, r^2 \) respectively (you can see that this is going to be interesting). Suppose, for our first augmentation step, we find the flow augmenting path \( s \rightarrow v_1 \rightarrow t \), and that we augment the flow by 1 unit along that path. The four special edges will then have residual capacities (excesses of capacity over flow) of \( 0, r^2, r^3, r^4 \), respectively. Inductively, suppose we have arrived at a stage of the algorithm where the four special edges, taken in some rearrangement \( A_1', A_2', A_3', A_4' \), have residual capacities \( 0, r^{n-1}, r^n \). We will now show that the algorithm might next do two flow augmentation steps the next result of which would be that the inductive state of affairs would again hold, with \( n \) replaced by \( n + 1 \). Indeed, choose the flow augmenting path \[ s \rightarrow v_2 \rightarrow v_3 \rightarrow v_4 \rightarrow t. \] Image Analysis: ### Comprehensive Examination of the Visual Content: #### Image 1: 1. **Localization and Attribution:** - The visual content consists of a single page with both textual and graphical elements. The image contains some mathematical descriptions and an illustrative diagram. Let's refer to the diagram as "Image 1." 2. **Object Detection and Classification:** - Diagrams: A single network flow diagram with nodes and directed edges. - Text: Theorem description, mathematical formulas, and an explanation pertaining to the Ford-Fulkerson algorithm. 3. **Scene and Activity Analysis:** - The image depicts a scene from a mathematical or algorithmic textbook explaining the complexity of the Ford-Fulkerson algorithm. The diagram specifically illustrates a network flow problem, demonstrating how to give the algorithm a hard time by using specific edge weights and capacities. 4. **Text Analysis:** - Theorem 3.5.1: "In a network with integer capacities on all edges, the Ford-Fulkerson algorithm terminates after a finite number of steps with a flow of maximum value." - A description follows, explaining the good and bad news about the algorithm and providing an example to show the potential issues that could cause long run times or failure to converge. - The network X is described with vertices and edges, specifically identifying the capacities and the augmentation paths used. 5. **Diagram and Chart Analysis:** - The diagram (Figure 3.5.1) illustrates a network with vertices (labeled 𝓋₁ to 𝓋₁₀) and directed edges. - The diagram shows a complex interconnected network with nodes and edges, each edge having a capacity. - The special edges A₁, A₂, A₃, A₄ are highlighted, showing specific flows and capacities. 6. **Contextual Significance:** - The image is likely a page from an academic textbook or research paper on algorithms, specifically focusing on network flow algorithms. The explanation and diagram aim to provide insight into the complexity and potential pitfalls of using the Ford-Fulkerson algorithm under certain conditions. - The example given suggests an in-depth discussion on algorithm performance and edge cases important for understanding theoretical and practical implications. 7. **Color Analysis:** - The image is in black and white, typical for academic prints. Contrast helps in distinguishing between text and the graphical components. 8. **Perspective and Composition:** - Perspective: Straight-on view, typical for textbook pages to facilitate reading and comprehension. - Composition: The top part of the image consists of text explaining the theorem and its implications. The central part contains the diagram (Figure 3.5.1), which visually supports the textual explanation. The bottom part provides a step-by-step explanation of the process outlined in the diagram. Given the detailed textual explanations and the accompanying network diagram, the reader is provided with a comprehensive understanding of the limitations and potential challenges faced by the Ford-Fulkerson algorithm in specific scenarios involving edge capacities and augmentation steps. The exercise is intended to elucidate the complexity and theoretical depth of maximum flow problems in network flow algorithms. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 85 Context: # Chapter 4: Algorithms in the Theory of Numbers Number theory is the study of the properties of the positive integers. It is one of the oldest branches of mathematics and, one of the purest, so to speak. It has immense vitality, however, and we will see in this chapter and the next that parts of number theory are extremely relevant to current research in algorithms. Part of the reason for this is that number theory enters into the analysis of algorithms, but that isn't the whole story. Part of the reason is that many famous problems of number theory, when viewed from an algorithmic viewpoint (like, how do you decide whether or not a positive integer is prime?) present extremely deep and attractive unsolved algorithmic problems. At least, they are unsolved if we regard the question as not just how to solve these problems computationally, but how to do them as rapidly as possible. But that’s not the whole story either. There are close connections between algorithmic problems in the theory of numbers, and problems in other fields, seemingly far removed from number theory. There is a unity between these seemingly diverse problems that enhances the already considerable beauty of any one of them. At least some of these connections will be apparent by the end of study of Chapter 5. ## 4.1 Preliminaries We collect in this section a number of facts about the theory of numbers, for later reference. If \( n \) and \( m \) are positive integers then to divide \( n \) by \( m \) is to find an integer \( q \geq 0 \) (the quotient) and an integer \( r \) (the remainder) such that \( 0 \leq r < m \) and \( n = qm + r \). If \( r = 0 \), we say that \( m \) divides \( n \), or \( m \) is a divisor of \( n \), and we write \( m \mid n \). In any case the remainder \( r \) is also called \( n \) modulo \( m \), and we write \( r = n \mod m \). Thus \( 5 \mid 10 \) and \( 7 \) is not prime, else it is composite. Every positive integer \( n \) can be factored into primes, uniquely apart from the order of the factors. Thus \( 120 = 2^3 \cdot 3 \cdot 5 \); in general we will write \[ n = p_1^{e_1} p_2^{e_2} \cdots p_k^{e_k} \tag{4.1} \] We will refer to (4.1.1) as the canonical factorization of \( n \). Many interesting and important properties of an integer \( n \) can be calculated from its canonical factorization. For instance, let \( d(n) \) be the number of divisors of the integer \( n \). The divisors of \( 6 \) are \( 1, 2, 3, 6 \), so \( d(6) = 4 \). Can we find a formula for \( d(n) \)? A small example may help to clarify the method. Since \( 120 = 2^3 \cdot 3^1 \cdot 5^1 \), a divisor of \( 120 \) must be of the form \( 2^a3^b5^c \), in which \( a \) can have the values \( 0, 1, 2, 3 \), \( b \) can be \( 0 \) or \( 1 \), and \( c \) can be \( 0 \) or \( 1 \). Thus there are \( 4 \) choices for \( a \), \( 2 \) for \( b \), and \( 2 \) for \( c \), so there are \( 16 \) divisors of \( 120 \). In general, the integer in (4.1) has exactly \[ d(n) = (1 + e_1)(1 + e_2) \cdots (1 + e_k) \tag{4.2} \] divisors. If \( m \) and \( n \) are nonnegative integers then their greatest common divisor, written \( \gcd(m, n) \), is the integer \( g \) such that - (a) \( g \) divides both \( m \) and \( n \) - (b) \( g \) is divisible by every other common divisor of \( m \) and \( n \). Thus \( \gcd(12, 8) = 4 \), \( \gcd(32, 36) = 4 \), etc. If \( \gcd(m, n) = 1 \) then we say that \( m \) and \( n \) are relatively prime. Thus \( 27 \) and \( 125 \) are relatively prime (even though neither of them is prime). If \( n > 0 \) is given, then \( \varphi(n) \) will denote the number of positive integers \( k \) such that \( 1 \leq k \leq n \) and \( \gcd(k, n) = 1 \). Thus \( \varphi(6) = 2 \), because there are only positive integers \( \leq 6 \) that are relatively prime to \( 6 \) (namely \( 1 \) and \( 5 \)). \( \varphi(n) \) is called the Euler φ-function, or the Euler totient function. Let’s find a formula that expresses \( \varphi(n) \) in terms of the canonical factorization (4.1) of \( n \). #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 85 Context: # Chapter 4: Algorithms in the Theory of Numbers Number theory is the study of the properties of the positive integers. It is one of the oldest branches of mathematics, and one of the purest, so to speak. It has immense utility, however, and we will see in this chapter and the next that parts of number theory are extremely relevant to current research in algorithms. Part of the reason for this is that number theory enters into the analysis of algorithms, but that isn’t the whole story. Part of the reason is that many famous problems of number theory, when viewed from an algorithmic viewpoint (like, how do you decide whether or not a positive integer is prime?) present extremely deep and attractive unsolved algorithmic problems. At least, they are unsolved if we regard the question as not just how to do these problems computationally, but how to do them as rapidly as possible. But that’s not the whole story either. There are close connections between algorithmic problems in the theory of numbers, and problems in other fields, seemingly far removed from number theory. There is a unity between these seemingly diverse problems that enhances the already considerable beauty of any one of them. At least some of these connections will be apparent by the end of study of Chapter 5. ## 4.1 Preliminaries We collect in this section a number of facts about the theory of numbers, for later reference. If \( n \) and \( m \) are positive integers then to divide \( n \) by \( m \) is to find an integer \( q \geq 0 \) (the quotient) and an integer \( r \) (the remainder) such that \( 0 \leq r < m \) and \( n = qm + r \). If \( r = 0 \), we say that \( m \) divides \( n \), or \( m \) is a divisor of \( n \), and we write \( m \mid n \). In any case the remainder \( r \) is also called “modulo \( m \),” and we write \( r = n \mod m \). Thus \( 5 \mid 10 \) and \( 5 \mid 7 \), for instance. If \( n \) has no divisors other than \( m = n \) and \( m = 1 \), then \( n \) is prime, else it is composite. Every positive integer \( n \) can be factored into primes, uniquely apart from the order of the factors. Thus \( 120 = 2^3 \cdot 3^1 \cdot 5^1 \): \[ n = p_1^{e_1} p_2^{e_2} \cdots p_k^{e_k} \tag{4.1.1} \] We will refer to (4.1.1) as the **canonical factorization** of \( n \). Many interesting and important properties of an integer \( n \) can be calculated from its canonical factorization. For instance, let \( d(n) \) be the number of divisors of the integer \( n \). The divisors of \( n \) are \( 1, 2, 3, 6 \) and thus \( d(6) = 4 \). Can we find a formula for \( d(n)? \) A small example may help to clarify the method. Since \( 120 \) must be of the form \( n = 2^3 \cdot 3^1 \cdot 5^1 \), in which \( a \) can have the values \( 0,1,2,3 \) and \( b \) can be \( 0 \) or \( 1 \). Thus there are \( 4 \) choices for \( a \), for \( b \) and \( 2 \) for \( c \), so there are \( 16 \) divisors of \( 120 \). In general, the integer \( n \) in (4.1.1) has exactly \[ d(n) = (1 + e_1)(1 + e_2) \cdots (1 + e_k) \tag{4.1.2} \] divisors. If \( m \) and \( n \) are nonnegative integers then their greatest common divisor, written \( \gcd(m, n) \), is the integer \( g \) such that - (a) divides both \( m \) and \( n \) - (b) is divisible by every other common divisor of \( m \) and \( n \). Thus \( \gcd(12, 8) = 4 \) and \( \gcd(32, 3) = 1 \), etc. If \( \gcd(m, n) = 1 \) then we say that \( m \) and \( n \) are relatively prime. Thus \( 27 \) and \( 25 \) are relatively prime (even though neither of them is prime). If \( n > 0 \) is given, then \( \phi(n) \) will denote the number of positive integers \( k \) such that \( n \leq k \) and \( \gcd(k, n) = 1 \). Thus \( \phi(6) = 2 \), because there are only positive integers \( \leq 6 \) that are relatively prime to \( 6 \) (namely \( 1 \) and \( 5 \)). \( \phi(n) \) is called the Euler φ-function, or the Euler totient function. Let’s find a formula that expresses \( \phi(n) \) in terms of the canonical factorization (4.1.1) of \( n \). #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 85 Context: # Chapter 4: Algorithms in the Theory of Numbers Number theory is the study of the properties of the positive integers. It is one of the oldest branches of mathematics, and one of the purest, so to speak. It has immense vitality, however, and we will see in this chapter and the next that parts of number theory are extremely relevant to current research in algorithms. Part of the reason for this is that number theory enters into the analysis of algorithms, but that isn’t the whole story. Part of the reason is that many famous problems of number theory, when viewed from an algorithmic viewpoint (like, how do you decide whether or not a positive integer is prime?) present extremely deep and attractive unsolved algorithmic problems. At least, they are unsolved if we regard the question as not just how to do these problems computationally, but how to do them as rapidly as possible. But that’s not the whole story either. There are close connections between algorithmic problems in the theory of numbers, and problems in other fields, seemingly far removed from number theory. There is a unity between these seemingly diverse problems that enhances the already considerable beauty of any one of them. At least some of these connections will be apparent by the end of study of Chapter 5. ## 4.1 Preliminaries We collect in this section a number of facts about the theory of numbers, for later reference. If \( n \) and \( m \) are positive integers then to divide \( n \) by \( m \) is to find an integer \( r \geq 0 \) (the quotient) and an integer \( r' \) (the remainder) such that \( 0 \leq r' < m \) and \( n = qm + r \). If \( r = 0 \), we say that "m divides n," or "m is a divisor of n," and we write \( m \mid n \). In any case the remainder \( r' \) is also called "modulo m," and we write \( r = n \mod m \). Thus \( 5 \mid 10 \) and \( 5 \nmid 7 \), for instance. If \( n \) has no divisors other than \( m = n \) and \( m = 1 \), then \( n \) is prime, else it is composite. Every positive integer \( n \) can be factored into primes, uniquely apart from the order of the factors. Thus \( 120 = 2^3 \cdot 3^1 \cdot 5^1 \). We will refer to (4.1.1) as the canonical factorization of \( n \). Many interesting and important properties of an integer \( n \) can be calculated from its canonical factorization. For instance, let \( d(n) \) be the number of divisors of the integer \( n \). The divisors of \( 6 \) are \( 1, 2, 3, 6 \), so \( d(6) = 4 \). Can we find a formula for \( d(n) \)? A small example may help to clarify the method. Since \( 120 = 2^3 \cdot 3^1 \cdot 5^1 \), a divisor of \( 120 \) must be of the form \( 2^a \cdot 3^b \cdot 5^c \), in which \( a \) can have the values \( 0, 1, 2, 3 \), \( b \) can be \( 0 \) or \( 1 \), and \( c \) can be \( 0 \) or \( 1 \). Thus there are 4 choices for \( a \), 2 for \( b \), and 2 for \( c \), so there are \( 16 \) divisors of \( 120 \). In general, the integer in (4.1.1) has exactly \[ d(n) = (1 + a_1)(1 + a_2) \cdots (1 + a_k) \] (4.1.2) divides. If \( m \) and \( n \) are nonnegative integers then their greatest common divisor, written \( \gcd(m, n) \), is the integer \( g \) such that - (a) divides both \( m \) and \( n \) - (b) is divisible by every other common divisor of \( m \) and \( n \). Thus \( \gcd(12, 8) = 4 \) and \( \gcd(32, 3) = 1 \), etc. If \( \gcd(m, n) = 1 \) then we say that \( m \) and \( n \) are relatively prime. Thus \( 27 \) and \( 25 \) are relatively prime (even though neither of them is prime). If \( n > 0 \) is given, then \( \phi(n) \) will denote the number of positive integers \( k \) such that \( 1 \leq k \leq n \) and \( \gcd(k, n) = 1 \). Thus \( \phi(1) = 1 \) and \( \phi(5) = 4 \) (5 is prime). Let’s find a formula that expresses \( \phi(n) \) in terms of the canonical factorization (4.1.1) of \( n \). #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 88 Context: # Chapter 4: Algorithms in the Theory of Numbers ## Theorem 4.2.1 (A worst-case complexity bound for the Euclidean algorithm) Given two positive integers \(a, b\), the Euclidean algorithm will find their greatest common divisor after a cost of at most \(2 \log_2 M + 1\) integer divisions, where \(M = \max(a, b)\). Before we prove the theorem, let’s return to the example \((a, b) = (13, 21)\) of the display (4.2.2). In that case \(M = 21\) and \(20 \log_2 M + 1 = 9.78\). The theorem asserts that the g.c.d. will be found after about 9 operations. In fact, it was found after 7 operations in that case. ### Proof of theorem: Suppose first that \(a \geq b\). The algorithm generates a sequence \(a_0, a_1, \ldots\) where \(a_0 = a\), \(a_1 = b\), and \(a_{j+1} = a_j \mod a_{j-1}\) \((j \geq 1)\). By lemma 4.2.1, \[ a_{j+1} \leq \frac{a_{j-1} - 1}{2} \leq \frac{a_j}{2}. \] Then, by induction on \(j\), it follows that \[ a_{2j} \leq \frac{4n}{2^j} \quad (j \geq 0) \] \[ a_{2j+1} \leq \frac{a_j}{2} \quad (j \geq 0) \] and so, \[ a_j \leq 2^{-|r/2|}M \quad (r = 0, 1, 2, \ldots). \] Obviously, the algorithm has terminated if \(a < 1\), and this will have happened when \(r\) is large enough so that \(2^{-|r/2|}M < 1\), i.e., if \(r > 2 \log_2 M\). If \(r < 4\) then after 1 operation we will be in the case \(a < b\) that we have just discussed, and the proof is complete. The upper bound in the statement of theorem 4.2.1 can be visualized as follows. The number \(log_2 M\) is almost exactly the number of bits in the binary representation of \(M\) (what is ‘exactly’ that number of bits?). Theorem 4.2.1 therefore asserts that we can find the g.c.d. of two integers in a number of operations that is at most a linear function of the number of bits that it takes to represent the two numbers. In brief, we might say that \( \text{Time} = O(\text{bits})\); in the case of Euclid’s algorithm. ## Exercises for section 4.2 1. Write a nonrecursive program, in Basic or Fortran, for the g.c.d. Write a recursive program, in Pascal or a recursive language of your choice, for the g.c.d. 2. Choose 1000 pairs of integers \((n, m)\), at random between 1 and 1000. For each pair, compute the g.c.d. using a recursive program and a nonrecursive program. (a) Compare the execution times of the two programs. (b) There is a theorem to the effect that the probability that two random integers \(\geq 1\) is \((6/\pi^2)\). What, precisely, do you think that this theorem means by 'the probability that two'? What percentage of the 1000 pairs that you chose had g.c.d. = 1? Compare your observed percentage with \(100 - (6/\pi^2)\). 3. Find out when Euclid lived, and with exactly what words he described his algorithm. 4. Write a program that will light up a pixel in row \(r\) and column \(c\) of your CRT display if and only if \(gcd(n, m) = 1\). Run the program with enough values of \(n\) and \(m\) to fill your screen. If you see any interesting visual patterns, try to explain them mathematically. 5. Show that if \(m\) and \(n\) have a total of \(b\) bits, then Euclid's algorithm will not need more than \(2B + 3\) operations before reaching termination. 84 Image Analysis: 1. **Localization and Attribution:** - This document is a single-page text. - The text is divided into a theorem, its proof, and exercises related to Euclid's algorithm. 2. **Text Analysis:** - **Title and Section:** "Chapter 4: Algorithms in the Theory of Numbers" - **Theorem 4.2.1:** Discusses the worst-case complexity bound for the Euclidean algorithm, defining the number of steps needed to find the greatest common divisor (g.c.d) of two integers \( a \) and \( b \). - **Proof of Theorem 4.2.1:** Provides a mathematical proof, including lemmas and inductive reasoning. - **Exercises for section 4.2**: Lists exercises intended to deepen understanding of the Euclidean algorithm through different programming languages, mathematical proofs, and historical context. 3. **Diagram and Chart Analysis:** - No diagrams or charts are presented in this text. 4. **Anomaly Detection:** - No anomalies or unusual elements are identified in this text. 5. **Color Analysis:** - The document is in black and white, typical for mathematical proofs and educational content. The absence of color emphasizes the text. 6. **Perspective and Composition:** - Perspective is a standard viewer's perspective of reading a document. - The composition is well-organized with clear sections for the theorem, proof, and exercises. 7. **Process Descriptions:** - Euclidean Algorithm: The steps for finding the g.c.d. are systematically proved, showcasing the sequence and induction to establish the theorem's validity. - Steps involve iterative division and comparison to reduce the problem space until the g.c.d is found. 8. **Typen Bezeichnung (Type Designations):** - Euclidean algorithm – a specific type of algorithm for computing the greatest common divisor. 9. **Trend and Interpretation:** - The exercises suggest a trend towards understanding the efficiency and implementation of the Euclidean algorithm in both recursive and non-recursive programming methods. There is also an emphasis on exploring patterns and probabilities related to the algorithm. 10. **Tables:** - No tables are included in the text. **Summary:** This document is a mathematical exposition on the efficiency of the Euclidean algorithm, complete with a theorem, its detailed proof, and practical exercises for enhanced understanding. The text is methodically structured, adhering to educative norms tailored to students or professionals in the field of number theory and algorithm design. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 88 Context: # Chapter 4: Algorithms in the Theory of Numbers ## Theorem 4.2.1 (A worst-case complexity bound for the Euclidean algorithm) Given two positive integers \( a, b \). The Euclidean algorithm will find their greatest common divisor after a cost of at most \( \lfloor 2 \log_2 M \rfloor + 1 \) integer divisions, where \( M = \max(a, b) \). Before we prove the theorem, let's return to the example \( (a, b) = (13, 21) \) of the display (4.2.2). In that case \( M = 21 \) and \( 20 \log_2 M + 1 = 9.78 \). The theorem asserts that the g.c.d. will be found after about 9 operations. In fact, it was found after 7 operations in that case. ## Proof of Theorem Suppose first that \( a \geq b \). The algorithm generates a sequence \( a_0, a_1, \ldots \) where \( a_0 = a, a_1 = b \), and \[ a_{j+1} = a_j \mod a_{j-1} \quad (j \geq 1). \] By lemma 4.2.1, \[ a_{j+1} \leq \frac{a_j - 1}{2} \leq \frac{a_j}{2}. \] Then, by induction on \( j \), it follows that \[ a_{2j} \leq \frac{a_0}{2^j} \quad (j \geq 0). \] \[ a_{2j+1} \leq \frac{a_1}{2^j} \quad (j \geq 0). \] And so, \[ a_j \leq 2^{-\lceil j/2 \rceil} M \quad (r = 0, 1, 2, \ldots). \] Obviously, the algorithm has terminated if \( a_r < 1 \), and this will have happened when \( r \) is large enough so that \( 2^{-r/2} M < 1 \), i.e., if \( r > 2 \log_2 M \). If \( r < 1 \) then after 1 operation we will be in the case \( a_r < b \) that we have just discussed, and the proof is complete. The upper bound in the statement of theorem 4.2.1 can be visualized as follows. The number \( \log_2 M \) is almost exactly the number of bits in the binary representation of \( M \) (what is 'exactly' that number of bits?). Theorem 4.2.1 therefore asserts that we can find the g.c.d. of two integers in a number of operations that is at most a linear function of the number of bits that it takes to represent the two numbers. In brief, we might say that the time \( T = O(\text{bits}) \); in the case of Euclid's algorithm. ## Exercises for Section 4.2 1. Write a nonrecursive program, in Basic or Fortran, for the g.c.d. Write a recursive program, in Pascal or a recursive language of your choice, for the g.c.d. 2. Choose 1000 pairs of integers \( (m, n) \), at random between 1 and 1000. For each pair, compute the g.c.d. using a recursive program and a nonrecursive program. (a) Compare the execution times of the two programs. (b) There is a theorem to the effect that the probability that two random integers have g.c.d. = 1 is \( 6/\pi^2 \). What, precisely, do you think that this theorem means by 'the probability that two'? What percentage of the 1000 pairs that you chose had g.c.d. = 1? Compare your observed percentage with \( 100 - (6/\pi^2) \). 3. Find out when Euclid lived, and with exactly what words he described his algorithm. 4. Write a program that will light up a pixel in row \( r \) and column \( n \) of your CRT display if and only if \( \text{gcd}(m, n) = 1 \). Run the program with enough values of \( m \) and \( n \) to fill your screen. If you see any interesting visual patterns, try to explain them mathematically. 5. Show that if \( m \) and \( n \) have a total of \( b \) bits, then Euclid's algorithm will not need more than \( 2B + 3 \) operations before reaching termination. Image Analysis: ### Image Analysis #### 1. Localization and Attribution - **Image 1**: - The entire content is found on a single page. #### 2. Object Detection and Classification - **Image 1**: - Objects: Mainly text and mathematical symbols. #### 3. Scene and Activity Analysis - **Image 1**: - Scene: A page from a book or document. - Activities: Presentation of a theorem, its proof, and exercises related to the theorem. #### 4. Text Analysis - **Image 1**: - The text discusses "Chapter 4: Algorithms in the Theory of Numbers" and includes "Theorem 4.2.1" on the worst-case complexity bound for the Euclidean algorithm. - The proof of the theorem follows and then exercises for the reader to practice. #### 5. Diagram and Chart Analysis - No diagrams or charts are present. #### 8. Color Analysis - **Image 1**: - Dominant Color: Black text on a white background. This enhances readability and ensures the focus remains on the textual content. #### 9. Perspective and Composition - **Image 1**: - Perspective: The image is taken from a straight-on view, similar to reading a page of a book. - Composition: The page is divided into sections - header, theorem presentation, proof, and exercises. #### 10. Contextual Significance - **Image 1**: - The image is likely part of an educational book on algorithms, focusing particularly on number theory. - It plays a crucial role in explaining mathematical concepts and providing exercises for deeper understanding. #### 13. Graph Numbers - No graphs are present. ### Additional Aspects #### **Prozessbeschreibungen (Process Descriptions)** - **Theorem Proof Process**: - The theorem text initiates with preconditions and definitions. - It explains the step-by-step process of algorithm derivations and proofs using mathematical reasoning and lemmas. - The theorem is summarized, asserting the number of operations needed based on the complexity. #### **Exercises Descriptions**: - Exercises encourage writing nonrecursive and recursive programs, analyzing gcd calculations, and exploring historical context and theoretical implications of Euclid’s algorithm. #### **Typen Bezeichnung (Type Designations)** - Types or categories mentioned relate to different processes—recursive, nonrecursive, the algorithm’s complexity, and mathematical properties. ### Conclusion This page from a mathematical text features a comprehensive breakdown and proof of a theorem on the Euclidean algorithm’s complexity. It includes exercises for practical application and deeper understanding. The layout and structure are designed to facilitate learning and comprehension of theoretical algorithms in number theory. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 89 Context: ``` 4.3 The extended Euclidean algorithm 6. Suppose we have two positive integers \( m \) and \( n \), and we have factored them completely into primes, in the form \[ m = \prod p_i^{\alpha_i}, \quad n = \prod q_j^{\beta_j}. \] How would you calculate \( \gcd(m,n) \) from the above information? How would you calculate the least common multiple \( \text{lcm} \) of \( m \) and \( n \) from the above information? Prove that \( \gcd(m,n) = \frac{m}{\text{lcm}(m,n)} \). 7. Calculate \( \gcd(102131, 56129) \) two ways: use the method of exercise 6 above, then use the Euclidean algorithm. In each case count the total number of arithmetic operations that you had to do to get the answer. 8. Let \( F_n \) be the \( n \)-th Fibonacci number. How many operations will be needed to compute \( \gcd(F_n, F_{n-1}) \) by the Euclidean algorithm? What is \( \gcd(F_n, F_{n-1}) \)? The extended Euclidean algorithm Again suppose \( m, n \) are two positive integers whose \( \gcd \) is \( g \). Then we can always write \( g \) in the form \[ g = t n + u m \tag{4.3.1} \] where \( t \) and \( u \) are integers. For instance, \( \gcd(14, 11) = 1 \), so we can write \( 1 = 14(-1) + 11(2) \) for integers \( t, u \). Can you spot integers \( t, u \) that will work? One pair that does the job is \( (-4, 5) \) and there are others (can you find all of them?). The extended Euclidean algorithm finds not only the \( \gcd \) of \( m \) and \( n \), but also finds a pair of integers \( t, u \) that satisfies (4.3.1). One 'application' of the extended algorithm is that we will obtain an inductive proof of the existence of \( t, u \) that is not immediately obvious from (4.3.1) (see exercise 1 below). While this hardly rates as a 'practical' application, it represents a very important feature of recursive algorithms. We might say, rather generally, that the following tends to go hand-in-hand: ### Recursive algorithms ### Inductive proofs ### Complexity analyses by recurrence formulas If we have a recursive algorithm, then it is natural to prove the validity of the algorithm by mathematical induction. Conversely, inductive proofs of theorems often (not always, alas!) yield recursive algorithms for the construction of the objects that are being studied. The complexity analysis of a recursive algorithm will use recurrence formulas, in a natural way. We saw that already in the analysis that proved theorem 4.21. Now let's discuss the extended algorithm. Input to it will be two integers \( m \) and \( n \). Output from it will be \( g = \gcd(m,n) \) and two integers \( t \) and \( u \) for which (4.3.1) is true. To make a single step of the original Euclidean algorithm look like the problem of finding \( \gcd(m,n) \) for \( n \mod m \). Suppose, inductively, that we only know \( g = \gcd(m,n) \), but we also know the coefficients \( t', u' \) for the equation \[ g = t' n + u' (v \mod m). \tag{4.3.2} \] Can we get out, at the next step, the corresponding coefficients \( t, u \) for (4.3.1)? Indeed we can, by substituting into (4.3.2) the fact that \[ n \mod m = n - \left\lfloor \frac{n}{m} \right\rfloor m \tag{4.3.3} \] we find that \[ g = t' m + t' \left(n - \left\lfloor \frac{n}{m} \right\rfloor m\right) \tag{4.3.4} \] \[ = v' n + \left(t' - u' \left\lfloor \frac{n}{m} \right\rfloor \right) m. \] Hence the rule by which \( t', u' \) for equation (4.3.2) transform into \( t, u \) for equation (4.3.1) is that \[ t = u', \quad u = t' - u' \left\lfloor \frac{n}{m} \right\rfloor. \tag{4.3.5} \] ``` Image Analysis: ### Detailed Analysis of the Attached Visual Content --- #### 1. **Localization and Attribution:** - **Image Positioning:** - Page Number: 85 #### 2. **Object Detection and Classification:** - **Objects Identified:** - Text blocks - Mathematical symbols and equations - Headings and subheadings #### 3. **Scene and Activity Analysis:** - **Scene Description:** - The image shows a textbook or research paper page focused on mathematical theorems and algorithms. - **Activity Taking Place:** - Explanation and formulation of mathematical problems and solutions #### 4. **Text Analysis:** - **Detected Text:** 1. **Numbers:** - Problems enumerated as 6, 7, and 8. 2. **Main Headings:** - "4.3 The extended Euclidean algorithm" 3. **Algorithms and Equations:** - \( m = \prod p_i^{a_i}; \ n = \prod p_i^{b_i} \) - \( g = t n + u m \) - \( n \mod m = n - \left\lfloor \frac{n}{m} \right\rfloor m \) - \( t = u' \) - \( u = t’ - \left\lfloor \frac{n}{m} \right\rfloor u' \) - **Context and Significance:** - The text revolves around the extended Euclidean algorithm, detailing how to compute the greatest common divisor (gcd) and the associated values for two integers. - The page includes exercises for the reader, enhancing understanding through practical problem-solving. #### 6. **Product Analysis:** - **Not Applicable** #### 9. **Perspective and Composition:** - **Perspective:** - The text is presented in a standard top-down reading format, suitable for textbooks and academic documentation. - **Composition:** - Structured layout with numbered problems, subheadings, followed by step-by-step solutions and explanations. #### 10. **Contextual Significance:** - **Overall Contribution:** - The image is part of a mathematical text, contributing to the understanding of the extended Euclidean algorithm. It provides a theoretical background as well as practical exercises, bridging the gap between theory and application. #### 13. **Graph Numbers:** - **Not Applicable** #### Additional Aspects - **Ablaufprozesse (Process Flows):** - The process flow explained is for calculating gcd using different methods. - **Prozessbeschreibungen (Process Descriptions):** - Describes the algorithmic steps to compute gcd and the recursive approach for solving related computations. - **Typen Bezeichnung (Type Designations):** - Types designated are integers, Euclidean Algorithm, gcd, and Fibonacci number computations. - **Trend and Interpretation:** - The text demonstrates a trend in algorithmic processes where recursive algorithms and inductive proofs are crucial in mathematical problem-solving. - **Tables:** - No tables are presented in the image. ### Summary: This page from a mathematical textbook focuses extensively on the Euclidean Algorithm's extended methods. It amalgamates theory with practical problems to provide a comprehensive understanding of the topic to the reader. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 90 Context: # Chapter 4: Algorithms in the Theory of Numbers We can now formulate recursively the extended Euclidean algorithm. ``` procedure gcdext(m, n, g, t, u); // computes g.c.d. of m and n, and finds // integers s, t that satisfy (4.3.1) if n = 0 then g := m; s := 1; t := 0 else gcdext(n, m mod n, g, t, u); s := u; u := t - [m/n] * u; t := s end; gcdext ``` It is quite easy to use the algorithm above to make a proof of the main mathematical result of this section (see exercise 1), which is: ## Theorem 4.3.1. Let m and n be given integers, and let g be their greatest common divisor. Then there exist integers s, t such that g = m * s + n * t. An immediate consequence of the algorithm and the theorem is the fact that finding inverses modulo a given integer is an easy computational problem. We will need to refer to that fact in the sequel, so we state it as: ## Corollary 4.3.1. Let m and n be given positive integers, and let g be their g.c.d. Then the inverse has a multiplicative inverse modulo n if and only if g = 1. In that case, the inverse can be computed in polynomial time. ### Proof: By the extended Euclidean algorithm we can find, in linear time, integers t and u such that g = m * t + n * u. But this last equation says that g ≡ 0 (mod n). If g = 1 then it is obvious that t is the inverse modulo of m. If g > 1 then there exists no such t such that tm ≡ 1 (mod n) since m = 1 + n implies that the g.c.d. of m and n is 1. We will now trace the execution of gcdext if it is called with (m, n) = (14, 11). The routine first replaces (14, 11) by (11, 3) and calls itself successively with (3, 2), (2, 1) and (1, 0). When it executes (1, 1) and (1, 0) it encounters the `if n = 0` statement, so it sets g := 1, t := 1, u := 0. Now it can complete the execution of the call with (n, m) = (2, 1), which has so far been pending. To do this it sets: ``` u := t - [n/m] * u = 1 t := 0 ``` The call with (n, m) = (2, 1) is now complete. The call to the routine with (n, m) = (3, 2) has been in limbo until just this moment. Now that the (2, 1) call is finished, the (3, 2) call executes and finds: ``` u := 0 - [3/2] * 1 t := 1 ``` The call to the routine with (n, m) = (11, 3) has so far been languishing, but its turn has come. It computes: ``` u := 1 - [11/3] * (–1) t := –1 ``` Finally, the original call to gcdext from the user, with (m, n) = (14, 11), can be processed. We find: ``` u := (–1) - [14/11] * 4 = –5 t := –4 ``` Image Analysis: ### Analysis of the Visual Content #### 1. Localization and Attribution - **Image 1**: The entire page. #### 2. Object Detection and Classification - **Image 1** contains the following objects: - Mathematical text and pseudocode. - Theorem and corollary definitions. #### 3. Scene and Activity Analysis - **Image 1** depicts a section of a mathematical textbook or document, discussing algorithms in the theory of numbers, specifically the extended Euclidean algorithm. It includes pseudocode, explanations, a theorem, corollary, and a detailed proof. #### 4. Text Analysis - **Extracted Text**: - Title: "Chapter 4: Algorithms in the Theory of Numbers" - Main Content: - Pseudocode for the extended Euclidean algorithm. - Explanations and steps for the algorithm. - Theorem 4.3.1 and its explanation. - Corollary 4.3.1 and its explanation. - Proof of Corollary 4.3.1. - **Significance**: - The text is instructional, explaining and proving a key theorem in number theory. The pseudocode is used to help in computing the greatest common divisor (gcd) and the theorem demonstrates the relationship and importance of the gcd in modular arithmetic. #### 12. Graph and Trend Analysis - This aspect is not applicable as there are no graphs included in the image. #### 13. Graph Numbers - This aspect is not applicable as there are no graphs included in the image. #### Additional Aspect: Ablaufprozesse (Process Flows) - The process flow described is for the extended Euclidean algorithm. The pseudocode outlines a recursive procedure to compute the gcd of two numbers and find the integers required in a linear combination of those numbers. #### Additional Aspect: Prozessbeschreibungen (Process Descriptions) - The pseudocode describes the process of recursively finding the gcd: ```plaintext procedure gcdext(n, m, g, t, u): computes g.c.d of m and n, and finds integers t, u that satisfy (4.3.1) if m = 0 then g := n; t := 1; u := 0 else gcdext(m, n mod m, g, t, u); s := t; t := u; u := s - ⌊n/m⌋ u; g := s end {gcdext} ``` #### Additional Aspect: Typen Bezeichnung (Type Designations) - The key terms/types include "integers", "linear combination", "modular arithmetic", "greatest common divisor (gcd)", "Theorem 4.3.1", and "Corollary 4.3.1". #### Additional Aspect: Trend and Interpretation - The document demonstrates a consistent trend in mathematical proofs and algorithms, showing the step-by-step process of proving theorems, making logical deductions from established propositions, and using pseudocode for algorithm representation. #### Additional Aspect: Tables - This aspect is not applicable as there are no tables included in the image. ### Conclusion - The visual content primarily focuses on explaining the extended Euclidean algorithm using pseudocode, mathematical definitions, and proofs. The detailed explanation and proof of the theorem and corollary signal its importance in the realm of number theory. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 92 Context: # Chapter 4: Algorithms in the Theory of Numbers The reader should now review the discussion in Example 3 of section 0.2. In that example we showed that the various methods of testing for primality are slow in the sense of complexity theory. That is, we do an amount of work that is an exponentially growing function of the length of the input bit string if we use one of those methods. So this problem, which seems like a "preshaver" at first glance, turns out to be extremely difficult. Although it is not known if a polynomial-time primality testing algorithm exists, remarkable progress on the problem has been made in recent years. One of the most important of these advances was made independently and almost simultaneously by Solovay and Strassen, and by Rabin, in 1976. These authors took the imaginative step of replacing 'certainty' by 'probability', and they devised what should be called a probabilistic compositeness (an integer is composite if it is not prime) test for integers, that runs in polynomial time. Here is how the test works. First, choose a number \( n \) uniformly at random, \( 1 \leq b \leq n - 1 \). Next, subject the pair \( (n, b) \) to a certain test, called a pseudorandomity test, to be described below. The test has two possible outcomes: either the number is correctly declared to be composite or the test is inconclusive. If that were the whole story it would be scarcely have been worth the telling. Indeed the test 'Does \( n \) \) already would perform the function stated above. However, it has a low probability of success even if it is complete, and if the answer is 'No', we would have learned virtually nothing. The additional property that the test described below has, not shared by the more naive test 'Does \( n \) \)' is that if \( n \) is composite, the chance that the test will declare that result is at least \( 1/2 \). In practice, for a given \( n \) we would apply the test 100 times using 100 numbers \( b \) that we have chosen at random in \( [1, n - 1] \). If \( n \) is composite, the probability that it will be declared composite at least once is at least \( 1 - 2^{-100} \), and these are rather good odds. Each test would be done in quick polynomial time. If \( n \) is not found to be composite after 100 trials, and if certainty is important, then it would be worthwhile to subject \( n \) to one of the nonprobabilistic primality tests in order to dispel all doubt. It remains to describe the test to which the pair \( (n, b) \) is subjected, and to prove that it detects composites with high probability \( 1/2 \). Before doing this we mention another important development. A more recent primality test, due to Adleman, Pomerance and Rumely in 1983, is completely deterministic. That is, given \( n \) it will surely decide whether or not \( n \) is prime. The test is more elaborate than the one that we are about to describe, and it runs in tantalizingly close to polynomial time. In fact it was shown to run in time \[ O((\log n)^{c} \log^{k} \log n) \] for a certain constant \( c \). Since the number of bits of \( n \) is a constant multiple of \( \log n \), this latter estimate is of the form \[ O(Bits^{c}) \log B \] The exponent of \( Bits \), which would be constant in a polynomial time algorithm, in fact grows extremely slowly as \( n \) grows. This was what was referred to as 'tantalizingly close' to polynomial time, earlier. It is important to notice that in order to prove that a number is not prime, it is certainly sufficient to find a nontrivial divisor of that number. It is not necessary to do that, however. All we are asking for is a 'yes' or 'no' answer to the question 'is \( n \) prime?'. If you should find it discouraging to get the answer 'no' to the question 'is 712346290834710177 prime?', without getting any of the factors of that number, then what you want is a fast algorithm for the factorization problem. In the last couple of decades, the decision problem of \( n \) will be reached without a knowledge of any of the factors of \( n \). This is true of the Adleman, Pomerance, Rumely test also. The question of finding a factor of \( n \), or all of them, is another interesting computational problem that is under active investigation. Of course the factorization problem is at least as hard as finding out if an integer is prime, and so no polynomial-time algorithm is known for it either. Again, there are probabilistic algorithms for the factorization problem just as there are for primality testing, but in the case of the factorization problem, even their don’t run in polynomial time. In section 4.9 we will discuss a probabilistic algorithm for factoring large integers, after some motivation in Section 4.8, where we remark on the connection between computationally intractable problems and cryptography. Specifically, we will describe one of the 'Public Key' data encryption systems whose usefulness stems directly from the difficulty of factoring large integers. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 92 Context: # Chapter 4: Algorithms in the Theory of Numbers The reader should now review the discussion in Example 3 of section 0.2. In that example we showed that the various methods of testing for primality are slow in the sense of complexity theory. That is, we do an amount of work that is an exponentially growing function of the length of the input bit string if we use one of those methods. So this problem, which seems like a "pseudoprime" at first glance, turns out to be extremely difficult. Although it is not known if a polynomial-time primality testing algorithm exists, remarkable progress on the problem has been made in recent years. One of the most important of these advances was made independently and almost simultaneously by Solovay and Strassen, and by Rabin, in 1976-7. These authors took the imaginative step of replacing ‘certainty’ by ‘probably’, and they devised what should be called a probabilistic compositeness (an integer is composite if it is not prime) test for integers, that runs in polynomial time. Here is how the test works. First, choose a number \( n \) uniformly at random, \( 1 \leq b \leq n - 1 \). Next, subject the pair \( (n, b) \) to a certain test, called a pseudoprimality test, to be described below. The test has two possible outcomes: either the number is correctly declared to be composite or the test is inconclusive. If that were the whole story it would be scarcely worth the telling. Indeed the test 'Does \( n \) \) already perform the function stated above. However, it has a low probability of success even if \( n \) is composite, and if the answer is 'No,' we would have learned virtually nothing. The additional property that the test described below has, not shared by the more naive test 'Does \( n \) \) divide \( n \)?' is that if \( n \) is composite, the chance that the test will declare that result is at least \( \frac{1}{2} \). In practice, for a given \( n \) we would apply the test 100 times using 100 numbers \( b \) that are randomly chosen at random in \( [1, n-1] \). If \( n \) is composite, the probability that it will be declared composite at least once is at least \( 1 - 2^{-100} \), and these are rather good odds. Each test would be done in quick polynomial time. If \( n \) is not found to be composite after 100 trials, and if certainty is important, then it would be worthwhile to subject it to one of the no-nonprobabilistic primality tests in order to dispel all doubt. It remains to describe the test to which the pair \( (n, b) \) is subjected, and to prove that it detects composites with probability \( \frac{1}{2} \). Before doing this we mention another important development. A more recent primality test, due to Adleman, Pomerance and Rumely in 1983, is completely deterministic. That is, given \( n \) it will surely decide whether or not \( n \) is prime. The test is more elaborate than the one that we are about to describe, and it runs in a tantalizingly close to polynomial time. In fact it was shown to run in time \[ O((\log n)^{c} \log \log n) \] for a certain constant \( c \). Since the number of bits of \( n \) is a constant multiple of \( \log n \), this latter estimate is of the form \[ O(Bits \cdot \log Bits). \] The exponent of \( Bits \), which would be constant in a polynomial time algorithm, in fact grows extremely slowly as it grows. This is what was referred to as ‘tantalizingly close’ to polynomial time, earlier. It is important to notice that in order to prove that a number is not prime, it is certainly sufficient to find a nontrivial divisor of that number. It is not necessary to do that, however. All we are asking for is a 'yes' or 'no' answer to the question 'is \( n \) prime?'. If you should find it disconcerting to get the answer 'maybe' to the question 'is \( 712436908297401715 \) prime?', without getting any of the factors of that number, then what you want is a fast algorithm for the factorization problem. In the last few years, the decision about completeness of \( n \) will be reached without a knowledge of any of the factors of \( n \). This is true of the Adleman, Pomerance, Rumely test also. The question of finding a factor of \( n \), or all of them, is another interesting computational problem that is under active investigation. Of course the factorization problem is at least as hard as finding out if an integer is prime, and so no polynomial-time algorithm is known for it either. Again, there are probabilistic algorithms for the factorization problem just as there are for primality testing, but in the case of the factorization problem, even they don't run in polynomial time. In section 4.9 we will discuss a probabilistic algorithm for factoring large integers, after some motivation in section 4.8, where we remark on the connection between computationally intractable problems and cryptography. Specifically, we will describe one of the 'Public Key' data encryption systems whose usefulness stems directly from the difficulty of factoring large integers. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 92 Context: # Chapter 4: Algorithms in the Theory of Numbers The reader should now review the discussion in Example 3 of section 0.2. In that example we showed that the obvious methods of testing for primality are slow in the sense of complexity theory. That is, we do an amount of work that is an exponentially growing function of the length of the input bit string if we use one of those methods. So this problem, which seems like a "puzzle" at first glance, turns out to be extremely difficult. Although it is not known if a polynomial-time primality testing algorithm exists, remarkable progress on the problem has been made in recent years. One of the most important of these advances was made independently and almost simultaneously by Solovay and Strassen, and by Rabin, in 1976. These authors took the imaginative step of replacing ‘certainly’ by ‘probably’, and they devised what should be called a probabilistic compositeness (an integer is composite if it is not prime) test for integers, that runs in polynomial time. Here is how the test works. First, choose a number \( n \) uniformly at random, \( 1 \leq b \leq n - 1 \). Next, subject the pair \( (n, b) \) to a certain test, called a pseudorandomity test, to be described below. The test has two possible outcomes: either the number is correctly declared to be composite or the test is inconclusive. If that were the whole story it would be scarcely have been worth the telling. Indeed the test `Does \( n \) \) already perform the function stated above. However, it has a low probability of success even if \( n \) is composite, and if the answer is ‘No,’ we would have learned virtually nothing. The additional property that the test described below has, not shared by the more naive test `Does \( n \)` is that if \( n \) is composite, the chance that the test will declare that result is at least \( \frac{1}{2} \). In practice, for a given \( n \) we would apply the test 100 times using 100 numbers, but that is not strictly chosen at random in \( [1, n-1] \). If \( n \) is composite, the probability that it will be declared composite at least once is at least \( 1 - 2^{-100} \), and these are rather good odds. Each test would be done in quick polynomial time. If \( n \) is not found to be composite after 100 trials, and if certainty is important, then it would be worthwhile to subject it to one of the nonprobabilistic primality tests in order to dispel all doubt. It remains to describe the test to which the pair \( (n, b) \) is subjected, and to prove that it detects composites with probability \( \frac{1}{2} \). Before doing this we mention another important development. A more recent primality test, due to Adleman, Pomerance and Rumely in 1983, is completely deterministic. That is, given it will surely decide whether or not \( n \) is prime. The test is more elaborate than the one that we are about to describe, and it runs in essentially close to polynomial time. In fact it was shown to run in time \[ O((\log n)^{c} \log^{k} n) \] for a certain constant \( c \). Since the number of bits of \( n \) is a constant multiple of \( \log n \), this latter estimate is of the form \[ O(Bits^{c}) \log^{k} Bits. \] The exponent of `Bits`, which would be constant in a polynomial time algorithm, in fact grows extremely slowly as \( n \) grows. This is what was referred to as 'tautologicaly close' to polynomial time, earlier. It is important to notice that in order to prove that a number is not prime, it is certainly sufficient to find a nontrivial divisor of that number. It is not necessary to do that, however. All we are asking for is a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer to the question ‘is \( n \) prime?’. If you should find it disconcerting to get the answer ‘no’ to the question 'is \( 7123412638902471 \) prime?', without getting any of the factors of that number, then what you want is a fast algorithm for the factorization problem. In the test that follows, the decision about completeness of \( n \) will be reached without a knowledge of any of the factors of \( n \). This is true of the Adleman, Pomerance, Rumely test also. The question of finding a factor of \( n \), or all of them, is another interesting computational problem that is under active investigation. Of course the factorization problem is at least as hard as finding out if an integer is prime, and so no polynomial-time algorithm is known for it either. Again, there are probabilistic algorithms for the factorization problem just as there are for primality testing, but in the case of the factorization problem, even they don’t run in polynomial-time. In section 4.9 we will discuss a probabilistic algorithm for factoring large integers, after some motivation in section 4.8, where we remark on the connection between computationally intractable problems and cryptography. Specifically, we will describe one of the 'Public Key' data encryption systems whose usefulness stems directly from the difficulty of factoring large integers. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 106 Context: # Chapter 4: Algorithms in the Theory of Numbers (A4) Check that \( x^{p-1} \equiv 1 \ (\text{mod} \ p) \). Now let’s look at the complexity of algorithm \( A \). We will measure its complexity by the number of times that we have to do a computation of either of the types \( (a) \ i = \prod_{j} p_j^{a_j} \) or \( (b) \ \text{is} \ s^g \equiv 1 \ (\text{mod} \ p) \). Let \( f(p) \) be that number. Then we have (remembering that the algorithm calls itself \( t \) times) \[ f(p) = 1 + \sum_{t=2}^{r} f(p_t) + r + 1 \tag{4.10.1} \] in which the four terms, as written, correspond to the four steps in the checking algorithm. The sum begins with \( i = 2 \) because the prime \( 2 \), which is always a divisor of \( p - 1 \), is ‘free.’ Now (4.10.1) can be written as \[ g(p) = 1 + f(p) \tag{4.10.2} \] where \( g(p) = 1 + f(p) \). We claim that \( g(p) \leq 4 \log_2 p \) for all \( p \). This is surely true if \( p = 2 \). If true for primes less than \( p \) then from (4.10.2), \[ g(p) \leq \sum_{i=2}^{r} 4 \log_2 p_i + 4 \] \[ = 4 \log_2 \left( \prod_{i=2}^{r} p_i \right) + 4 \] \[ \leq 4 \log_2 \left( \frac{(p-1)}{2} \right) + 4 \] \[ = 4 \log_2 (p - 1) \leq 4 \log_2 p. \] Hence \( f(p) \leq 4 \log_2 p - 1 \) for all \( p \geq 2 \). Since the number of bits in \( p \) is \( \Theta(\log p) \), the number \( f(p) \) is a number of executions of steps that is a polynomial in the length of the input bit string. We leave to the exercises the verification that the steps that \( f(p) \) counts is also executed in polynomial time, so the entire primality-verification procedure operates in polynomial time. This yields **Theorem 4.10.1.** (V. Pratt, 1975) There exists a checking algorithm and a certificate such that primality can be verified in polynomial time. ## Exercises for section 4.10 1. Show that two positive integers of \( b \) bits each can be multiplied with at most \( O(b^2) \) bit operations (multiplications and carries). 2. Prove that step A1 of algorithm A can be executed in polynomial time, where time is now measured by the number of bit operations that are implied by the integer multiplications. 3. Same as exercise 2 above, for steps 43 and A4. 4. Write out the complete certificate that attests to the primality of \( p \). 5. Find an upper bound for the total number of bits that are in the certificate of the integer \( p \). 6. Carry out the complete checking algorithm on the certificate that you prepared in exercise 4 above. 7. Let \( p = 15 \). Show that there is no integer \( x \) as described in the hypotheses of lemma 4.10.1. 8. Let \( p = 17 \). Find all integers \( x \) that satisfy the hypotheses of lemma 4.10.1. Image Analysis: ### Image Analysis #### 1. Localization and Attribution: - The image appears to be a single page from a document. Therefore, it is addressed as **Image 1**. #### 4. Text Analysis: **Extracted Text:** ``` Chapter 4: Algorithms in the Theory of Numbers (A4) Check that x²⁻¹ ≡ 1 (mod p). Now let’s look at the complexity of algorithm A. We will measure its complexity by the number of times that we have to do a computation of either of the types (a) ‘m ≡ ∏(s_i)²’ or (b) ‘s_i² ≡ 1 (mod p)?’ Let f(p) be that number. Then we have (remembering that the algorithm calls itself t times) f(p) = 1 + ∑ {f(p_j) + r + 1} (4.10.1) j = 2 in which the four terms, as written, correspond to the four steps in the checking algorithm. The sum begins with ‘j = 2’ because the prime 2, which is always a divisor of p - 1, is ‘free.’ Now (4.10.1) can be written as g(p) = ∑ {g(p_j) + 4} (4.10.2) j = 2 where g(p) = 1 + f(p). We claim that g(p) ≤ 4 log p₂ p₁ for all p. This is surely true if p = 2. If true for primes less than p then from (4.10.2), g(p) ≤ ∑ {4 log₂ p_k} + 4 k = 2 = 4 log₂ {∏ p_k} + 4 k = 2 ≤ 4 log₂ {(p - 1)/2} + 4 ≤ 4 log₂ (p - 1) ≤ 4 log₂ p. Hence f(p) ≤ 4 log₂ p - 1 for all p ≥ 2. (...) Exercises for section 4.10 1. Show that two positive integers of b bits each can be multiplied with at most O(b²) bit operations (multiplications and carries). 2. Prove that step A1 of algorithm A… … ``` (The rest of the text can be expanded similarly, but this much provides a good context.) **Significance:** The text is from a mathematical document discussing algorithms in number theory, specifically the complexity of such algorithms. It includes theoretical explanations, equations, theorems, and exercises. #### 13. Graph Numbers: The document contains equations which can be considered mathematical graphs in a descriptive sense, where: - \( f(p) = 1 + \sum_{j=2}^n {f(p_j) + r + 1} \) - \( g(p) = \sum_{j=2}^n {g(p_j) + 4} \) These equations involve sums and logarithms, pivotal in understanding the runtime complexity and function behavior in algorithm analysis. #### Additional Aspects: ##### Ablaufprozesse (Process Flows): - **Algorithm flow**: The complexity of algorithm A is broken down into steps and recursive calls. ##### Prozessbeschreibungen (Process Descriptions): - The text describes the step-by-step computation needed to verify certain mathematical conditions, defining a recursive process for calculating algorithm complexity. ##### Typen Bezeichnung (Type Designations): - **Algorithm A**: Type designation for the specific algorithm under examination. ##### Trend and Interpretation: - The equations suggest a logarithmic complexity trend for algorithm A. - By demonstrating that \( g(p) \leq 4 \log_2 p \), it shows that the complexity increases logarithmically with the input size \( p \). ### Conclusion: This single-page image from a mathematical document pertains to algorithms in the theory of numbers, focusing on the complexity analysis of a specific algorithm \( A \). Through equations and associated logical steps, the text aims to establish upper bounds on algorithm complexity, providing a theoretical foundation for polynomial-time verification of prime numbers. The accompanying exercises encourage further exploration and understanding of these concepts. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 106 Context: # Chapter 4: Algorithms in the Theory of Numbers (A4) Check that \( x^{p-1} \equiv 1 \, (\text{mod} \, p) \). Now let's look at the complexity of algorithm \( A \). We will measure its complexity by the number of times that we have to do a computation of either of the types (a) \( s \equiv \prod_{i} g^{s_i} \) or (b) \( (b) \, s^e \equiv 1 \, (\text{mod} \, p) \). Let \( f(p) \) be that number. Then we have (remembering that the algorithm calls itself \( t \) times) \[ f(p) = 1 + \sum_{i=2}^{r} f(p_i) + r + 1 \tag{4.10.1} \] in which the four terms, as written, correspond to the four steps in the checking algorithm. The sum begins with \( i = 2 \) because the prime 2, which is always a divisor of \( p - 1 \), is 'free.' Now (4.10.1) can be written as \[ g(p) = 1 + f(p). \tag{4.10.2} \] We claim that \( g(p) \leq 4 \log_2 p \) for all \( p \). This is surely true if \( p = 2 \). If true for primes less than \( p \) then from (4.10.2), \[ g(p) \leq \sum_{i=2}^{r} 4 \log_2 p_i + 4 \] \[ = 4 \log_2 \left( \prod_{i=2}^{r} p_i \right) + 4 \] \[ \leq 4 \log_2 \left( \frac{(p-1)}{2} \right) + 4 \] \[ = 4 \log_2 (p - 1) \leq 4 \log_2 p. \] Hence \( f(p) \leq 4 \log_2 p - 1 \) for all \( p \geq 2 \). Since the number of bits in \( p \) is \( \Theta(\log p) \), the number \( f(p) \) is a number of executions of steps that is a polynomial in the length of the input bit string. We leave to the exercises the verification that the steps that \( f(p) \) counts is also executed in polynomial time, so the entire primality-verification procedure operates in polynomial time. This yields **Theorem 4.10.1.** (W. Pratt, 1975) There exists a checking algorithm and a certificate such that primality can be verified in polynomial time. ## Exercises for section 4.10 1. Show that two positive integers of \( b \) bits each can be multiplied with at most \( O(b^2) \) bit operations (multiplications and carries). 2. Prove that step A1 of algorithm \( A \) can be executed in polynomial time, where time is now measured by the number of bit operations that are implied by the integer multiplications. 3. Same as exercise 2 above, for steps 4.3 and A4. 4. Write out the complete certificate that attests to the primality of \( p \). 5. Find an upper bound for the total number of bits that are in the certificate of the integer \( p \). 6. Carry out the complete checking algorithm on the certificate that you prepared in exercise 4 above. 7. Let \( p = 15 \). Show that there is no integer \( x \) as described in the hypotheses of lemma 4.10.1. 8. Let \( p = 17 \). Find all integers \( x \) that satisfy the hypotheses of lemma 4.10.1. Image Analysis: ### Image Analysis Report #### Localization and Attribution: - **Number of Images:** 1 image is present in the provided visual content. #### Text Analysis (Image 1): - **Detected Text:** - The title of the section is "Chapter 4: Algorithms in the Theory of Numbers." - Subsection titled (A4): "Check that x^p-1 ≡ 1 (mod p)." - Detailed text discussing the complexity of algorithm A: - Descriptions of terms like f(p), g(p), and mathematical notation. - Equations and inequalities regarding computational complexity (4.10.1, 4.10.2). - Reference to a theorem: "Theorem 4.10.1. (V. Pratt, 1975) There exist a checking algorithm and a certificate such that primality can be verified in polynomial time." - Exercises for section 4.10: 1. "Show that two positive integers of b bits each can be multiplied with at most O(b^2) bit operations (multiplications and carries)." 2. "Prove that steps A1 of algorithm A can be executed in polynomial time, where time is now measured by the number of bit operations that are implied by the integer multiplications." 3. "Same as exercise 2 above, for steps A3 and A4." 4. "Write out the complete certificate that attests to the primality of 19." 5. "Find an upper bound for the total number of bits that are in the certificate of the integer p." 6. "Carry out the complete checking algorithm on the certificate that you prepared in exercise 4 above." 7. "Let p = 15. Show that there is no integer x as described in the hypotheses of lemma 4.10.1." 8. "Let p = 17. 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The content is further enriched with exercises designed to engage readers in understanding and applying the concepts discussed. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 106 Context: # Chapter 4: Algorithms in the Theory of Numbers (A4) Check that \( x^{p-1} \equiv 1 \, (\text{mod } p) \). Now let's look at the complexity of algorithm \( A \). We will measure its complexity by the number of times that we have to do a computation of either of the types (a) `is \( m = \prod_{i=1}^s p_i^{e_i} \)?` or (b) `is \( g^s \equiv 1 \, (\text{mod } p) \)`? Let \( f(p) \) be that number. Then we have (remembering that the algorithm calls itself \( t \) times) \[ f(p) = 1 + \sum_{i=2}^{r} f(p_i) + r + 1 \] (4.10.1) in which the four terms, as written, correspond to the four steps in the checking algorithm. The sum begins with \( i = 2 \) because the prime 2, which is always a divisor of \( p - 1 \), is 'free.' Now (4.10.1) can be written as \[ g(p) = 1 + f(p) \] (4.10.2) where \( g(p) = 1 + f(p) \). We claim that \( g(p) \leq 4 \log_2 p \) for all \( p \). This is surely true if \( p = 2 \). If true for primes less than \( p \) then from (4.10.2), \[ g(p) \leq \sum_{i=2}^{r} \{ 4 \log_2 p_i \} + 4 \] \[ = 4 \log_2 \left( \prod_{i=2}^{r} p_i \right) + 4 \] \[ \leq 4 \log_2 \left( \frac{p-1}{2} \right) + 4 \] \[ = 4 \log_2 (p - 1) \leq 4 \log_2 p. \] Hence \( f(p) \leq 4 \log_2 p - 1 \) for all \( p \geq 2 \). Since the number of bits in \( p \) is \( \Theta(\log p) \), the number \( f(p) \) is a number of executions of steps that is a polynomial in the length of the input bit string. We leave to the exercises the verification that the steps that \( f(p) \) counts is also executed in polynomial time, so the entire primality-verification procedure operates in polynomial time. This yields **Theorem 4.10.1.** (V. Pratt, 1975) There exists a checking algorithm and a certificate such that primality can be verified in polynomial time. ## Exercises for Section 4.10 1. Show that two positive integers of \( b \) bits each can be multiplied with at most \( O(b^2) \) bit operations (multiplications and carries). 2. Prove that step A1 of algorithm \( A \) can be executed in polynomial time, where time is now measured by the number of bit operations that are implied by the integer multiplications. 3. Same as exercise 2 above, for steps 43 and A4. 4. Write out the complete certificate that attests to the primality of \( p \). 5. Find an upper bound for the total number of bits that are in the certificate of the integer \( p \). 6. Carry out the complete checking algorithm on the certificate that you prepared in exercise 4 above. 7. Let \( p = 15 \). Show that there is no integer \( x \) as described in the hypotheses of lemma 4.10.1. 8. Let \( p = 17 \). Find all integers \( x \) that satisfy the hypotheses of lemma 4.10.1. Image Analysis: ### Comprehensive Image Examination #### Localization and Attribution - **Image Position:** Single image on the entire page. - **Image Number:** Image 1. #### Text Analysis - **Detected Text and Content Analysis:** - The text on the page is a segment from a mathematical or computer science textbook, specifically from a section on algorithms in the theory of numbers (Chapter 4). The heading of the section reads "Chapter 4: Algorithms in the Theory of Numbers". - The content begins with "Check that \( x^{p-1} \equiv 1 \) (mod \( p \))" and proceeds to discuss the complexity of an algorithm labeled as "algorithm \( A \)". The complexity is measured by the number of times certain computations are performed. - Mathematical expressions are provided to describe the function \( f(p) \) and subsequent computations leading to an explanation about \( g(p) \). - Theorem 4.10.1 from "V. 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This comprehensive examination highlights the instructional content in the image, explaining the theoretical background and practical applications of algorithms for number theory, particularly focusing on primality checking. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 108 Context: # Chapter 5: NP-completeness ## 5.1 Introduction In the previous chapter we met two computational problems for which fast algorithms have never been found, but neither have such algorithms been proved to be unattainable. Those were the primality-testing problem, for which the best-known algorithm is delicately poised on the brink of polynomial time, and the integer-factoring problem, for which the known algorithms are in a more primitive condition. In this chapter we will meet a large family of such problems (hundreds of them now!). This family is not just a list of seemingly difficult computational problems. It is in fact bound together by strong ties. The collection of problems, called the NP-complete problems, includes many well-known and important questions in discrete mathematics, such as the following. 1. **The travelling salesman problem (TSP)**: Given n points in the plane (`cities`), and a distance D, is there a tour that visits all of the cities, returns to its starting point, and has total length ≤ D? 2. **Graph coloring**: Given a graph G and an integer K. Can the vertices of G be properly colored in K or fewer colors? 3. **Independent set**: Given a graph G and an integer K. Does V(G) contain an independent set of K vertices? 4. **Bin packing**: Given a finite set S of positive integers, and an integer N (the number of bins). Does there exist a partition of S into N or fewer subsets such that the sum of the integers in each subset is ≤ K? In other words, can we `pack` the integers of S into at most N `bins`, where the `capacity` of each bin is K? These are very difficult computational problems. Take the graph coloring problem, for instance. We could try every possible way of coloring the vertices of G in K colors to see if any of them work. There are \( K^n \) such possibilities, if G has n vertices. Here a very large amount of coloring will be done, enough so that if G has 50 vertices and we have 10 colors at our disposal, the problem would lie far beyond the capabilities of the fastest computers that are now available. Hard problems can have easy instances. If the graph G happens to have no edges at all, or very few of them, then it will be very easy to find out if a coloring is possible, or if an independent set of K vertices is present. The real question is this (let's use *Independent Set* as an illustration). Is it possible to design an algorithm that will come packaged with a performance guarantee of the following kind: > The seller warrants that if a graph G, of r vertices, and a positive integer K are input to this program, then it will correctly determine if there is an independent set of K or more vertices in \( V(G) \), and it will do so in an amount of time that is at most \( 100n^k \). Hence there is no contradiction between the fact that the problem is hard and that there are easy cases. The hardness of the problem stems from the seeming impossibility of producing such an algorithm accompanied by such a manufacturer’s warranty card. Of course the `100n^k` didn’t have to be exactly that. But some quite specific polynomial in the length of the input string must appear in the performance guarantee. Hence `357n^7` might have appeared in the guarantee, and so might `23n^k` would not be allowed. Let's look carefully at why \( n^k \) would not be an acceptable worst-case polynomial time performance bound. In the `Independent Set` problem the input must describe the graph G and the integer K. How many bits are needed to do that? The graph can be specified, for example, by its vertex adjacency matrix A. This is an \( n \times n \) matrix in which the entry in row i and column j is 1 if \( (i, j) \in E(G) \) and is 0 else. Evidently \( n^2 \) bits of input will describe the matrix A. The integers K and n can be entered with just \( O(\log n) \) bits, so the entire input bit string for the `Independent Set` problem is \( n^2 \) bits long, but the number of bits in the input string. Suppose that on the warranty card the program was guaranteed to run in a time that is ≤ \( n^k \). Is this a guarantee of polynomial time performance? That question tests: Is there a polynomial P such that for every instance of `Independent Set` the running time T will be at most \( P(|B|) \)? Well, is T bounded? Image Analysis: ### Comprehensive Analysis of the Attached Visual Content #### 1. Localization and Attribution - The document contains one main image which is a single page of text. - The image will be referred to as Image 1. #### 4. Text Analysis - **Detected Text and Content** - The text is a section from a mathematical or computer science book focusing on the concept of NP-completeness. - The specific chapter title is "Chapter 5: NP-completeness" covering section "5.1 Introduction". - **Content Analysis and Significance** - **Chapter Title and Section** - The chapter deals with NP-completeness, a foundational topic in computational theory. - The introduction explains computational problems where fast algorithms have not been found and mentions the collection of problems known as NP-complete problems. - **Key Topics Discussed** - **Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP)** - A problem where a tour must visit all given points with minimal total distance. - **Graph Coloring Problem** - Determining if vertices of a graph can be colored with a given number of colors such that no two adjacent vertices share the same color. - **Independent Set Problem** - Finding if a graph contains an independent set of certain size. - **Bin Packing Problem** - Partitioning objects into bins with capacity constraints. - **Example Guarantee Statement** - The text provides an example of a "polynomial-time performance guarantee" for an algorithm solving the Independent Set problem. - The guarantee ensures the algorithm completes in time no greater than a polynomial function of the input size. - Illustrates with a hypothetical warranty card example, showing the complexity assurance (e.g., \(100n^2\), \(357n^9\)). - **Polynomial-Time Algorithms** - The guarantee statement revolves around whether a polynomial-time algorithm can exist for every instance of the 'Independent Set' problem. #### 9. 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Graph Numbers (Referencing Hypothetical Examples) - **Polynomial-Time Warranty** - Example values of polynomials used for guarantees include: - \( 100n^2 \) - \( 357n^9 \) ### Summary and Context - This page is an introductory segment on NP-completeness from a textbook likely used in computer science education. - The text breaks down complex theoretical concepts into understandable examples, aiding in student comprehension. - The detailed descriptions of various problems within the NP-complete class serve as foundational knowledge crucial for advanced studies in algorithm design and computational complexity. This document section provides a critical introduction to computational problems that define the boundaries of what can be efficiently solved using current algorithmic techniques. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 108 Context: # Chapter 5: NP-completeness ## 5.1 Introduction In the previous chapter we met two computational problems for which fast algorithms have never been found, but neither have such algorithms been proved to be unattainable. Those were the polynomial-time problem, for which the best-known algorithm is delicately poised on the brink of polynomial time, and the integer-factoring problem, for which the known algorithms are in a more primitive condition. In this chapter we will meet a large family of such problems (hundreds of them now!). This family is not just a list of seemingly difficult computational problems. It is in fact bound together by strong ties. The collection of problems, called the NP-complete problems, includes many well-known and important questions in discrete mathematics, such as the following: - **The travelling salesman problem (TSP)**: Given n points in the plane (the "cities"), and a distance D, is there a tour that visits all of the cities, returns to its starting point, and has total length ≤ D? - **Graph coloring**: Given a graph G and an integer K. Can the vertices of G be properly colored in K or fewer colors? - **Independent set**: Given a graph G and an integer K. Does V(G) contain an independent set of K vertices? - **Bin packing**: Given a finite set S of positive integers, and an integer N (the number of bins). Does there exist a partition of S into N or fewer subsets such that the sum of the integers in each subset is ≤ K? In other words, can we "pack" the integers of S into at most N "bins", where the "capacity" of each bin is K? These are very difficult computational problems. Take the graph coloring problem, for instance. We could try every possible way of coloring the vertices of G in K colors to see if any of them work. There are \( K^n \) such possibilities, if G has n vertices. Here, if there are a large amount of colorings to be done, enough so that if G has 50 vertices and we have 10 colors at our disposal, the problem would lie far beyond the capabilities of the fastest computers that are now available. Hard problems can have easy instances. If the graph G happens to have no edges at all, or very few of them, then it will be very easy to find out if a coloring is possible, or if an independent set of K vertices is present. The real question is this (let's use "Independent Set" as an illustration): Is it possible to design an algorithm that will come packaged with a performance guarantee of the following kind: > **The seller warrants that if a graph G, of n vertices, and a positive integer K are input to this program, then it will correctly determine if there is an independent set of K or more vertices in V(G), and it will do so in an amount of time that is at most 1000n^k.** Hence there is no contradiction between the facts that the problem is hard and that there are easy cases. The hardness of the problem stems from the seeming impossibility of producing such an algorithm accompanied by such a manufacturer's warranty card. Of course the "1000" didn’t have to be exactly that. But some quite specific polynomial in the length of the input string must appear in the performance guarantee. Hence "357n²" might have appeared in the guarantee, and so might "23n", but \( n^k \) would not be allowed. Let's look carefully at why \( n^k \) would not be an acceptable worst-case polynomial time performance bound. In the "Independent Set" problem the input must describe the graph G and the integer K. How many bits are needed to do that? The graph can be specified, for example, by its vertex adjacency matrix A. This is an \( n \times n \) matrix in which the entry in row i and column j is 1 if (i, j) ∈ E(G) and is 0 else. Evidently, \( n^2 \) bits will describe the matrix A. The integers K and n can be entered with just \( O(\log n) \) bits, so the entire input bit string for the "Independent Set" problem is \( n^2 \) bits long, let D denote the number of bits in the input string. Suppose that on the warranty card the program was guaranteed to run in a time that is ≤ \( n^k \). Is this a guarantee of polynomial time performance? That question raises: Is there a polynomial P such that for every instance of "Independent Set" the running time T will be at most P(D)? Well, is it bounded? 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Text Analysis #### Chapter Title and Sections: - **Chapter Title**: Chapter 5: NP-completeness - **Sections**: The document has the following sections: - **5.1 Introduction**: This section introduces the concept of NP-complete problems and mentions the traveling salesman problem (TSP), Graph coloring problem, Independent set problem, and Bin packing problem. #### Content: - **Introduction and Complexity Problems**: - Describes how this chapter will introduce NP-complete problems. - Mentions that these problems are difficult and includes families of these problems. - Provides examples such as TSP, graph coloring, independent set, and bin packing. - **Independent Set Problem**: - Given a graph \( G \) and an integer \( K \). - Seeks to determine if there is an independent set of \( K \) vertices. - **Warranty Example**: - An example warranty statement is given to illustrate the difficulty of finding polynomial-time algorithms for NP-complete problems. - "The seller warrants that if a graph \( G \), integer \( K \), and a positive integer \( K \) are input to this program, then it will correctly determine if there is an independent set of \( K \) vertices... in an amount of time that is at most 1000(*)\( V^{1000} \)." This highlights that current understandings of polynomial-time algorithms are inadequate for such problems. ### 8. Color Analysis - The page is primarily composed of black text on a white background, typical of printed or digital text documents. ### 9. Perspective and Composition - The perspective is a straight-on view typically used for reading text. - Composition follows a conventional document layout with headings and paragraphs arranged in a standard, readable format. ### 12. Graph and Trend Analysis - Although no graphs are present, discussions of algorithm complexity, such as "1000(*)\( V^{1000} \)" and Big-O notation hint at more complex hypothetical graphs depicting algorithmic performance metrics. ### Additional Aspects: #### Prozessbeschreibungen (Process Descriptions): - Description of the Independent Set problem and how it needs polynomial time algorithms. - Challenges in computational complexity and the specific hypothetical warranty example for illustrating polynomial-bound guarantee challenges. #### Trend and Interpretation: - Trends in computational problems around NP-completeness. - Complexity boundaries and performance issues of algorithms in finding solutions to NP-complete problems. ### Conclusion This document page is primarily an explanatory text focusing on computational complexity, specifically regarding NP-complete problems and polynomial-time algorithms. It introduces key concepts, provides examples, and uses a hypothetical scenario to illustrate points related to computational difficulty and performance guarantees. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 108 Context: # Chapter 5: NP-completeness ## 5.1 Introduction In the previous chapter we met two computational problems for which fast algorithms have never been found, but neither have such algorithms been proved to be unmanageable. Those were the primality-testing problem, for which the best-known algorithm is delicately poised on the brink of polynomial time, and the integer-factoring problem, for which the known algorithms are in a more primitive condition. In this chapter we will meet a large family of such problems (hundreds of them now!). This family is not just a list of seemingly difficult computational problems. It is in fact bound together by strong ties. The collection of problems, called the NP-complete problems, includes many well-known and important questions in discrete mathematics, such as the following: - **The travelling salesman problem (TSP)**: Given n points in the plane (‘cities’), and a distance D, is there a tour that visits all of the cities, returns to its starting point, and has total length ≤ D? - **Graph coloring**: Given a graph G and an integer K. Can the vertices of G be properly colored in K or fewer colors? - **Independent set**: Given a graph G and an integer K. Does V(G) contain an independent set of K vertices? - **Bin packing**: Given a finite set S of positive integers and an integer N (the number of bins). Does there exist a partition of S into N or fewer subsets such that the sum of the integers in each subset is ≤ K? In other words, can we ‘pack’ the integers of S into at most N ‘bins’, where the ‘capacity’ of each bin is K? These are very difficult computational problems. Take the graph coloring problem, for instance. We could try every possible way of coloring the vertices of G in K colors to see if any of them work. There are \(K^n\) such possibilities, if G has n vertices. Hence if G has 50 vertices and we have 20 colors at our disposal, the problem would lie far beyond the capabilities of the fastest computers that are now available. Hard problems can have easy instances. If the graph G happens to have no edges at all, or very few of them, then it will be very easy to find out if a coloring is possible, or if an independent set of K vertices is present. The real question is this (let's use ‘Independent Set’ as an illustration). Is it possible to design an algorithm that will come packaged with a performance guarantee of the following kind: > **The seller warrants that if a graph G, of n vertices, and a positive integer K are input to this program, then it will correctly determine if there is an independent set of K or more vertices in V(G), and it will do so in an amount of time that is at most 1000n^k.** Hence there is no contradiction between the facts that the problem is hard and that there are easy cases. The hardness of the problem stems from the seeming impossibility of producing such an algorithm accompanied by such a manufacturer’s warranty card. Of course the “1000” didn’t have to be exactly that. But some quite specific polynomial in the length of the input bit string must appear in the performance guarantee. Hence “357n” might have appeared in the guarantee, and so might “23n”, but \(n^k\) would not have allowed. Let’s look carefully at why \(n^k\) would not be an acceptable worst-case polynomial time performance bound. In the ‘Independent Set’ problem the input must describe the graph G and the integer K. How many bits are needed to do that? The graph can be specified, for example, by its vertex adjacency matrix A. This is an \(n \times n\) matrix in which the entry in row i and column j is 1 if \((i,j) \in E(G)\) and 0 else. Evidently \(n^2\) bits of input will describe the matrix A. The integers K and n can be entered with just \(O(\log n)\) bits, so the entire input bit string for the ‘Independent Set’ problem is at most \(n^2\) bits long, but the number of bits in the input string. Suppose that on the warranty card the program was guaranteed to run in a time that is \(O(n^k)\). Is this a guarantee of polynomial time performance? That question takes us to the next question: Is there a polynomial P such that for every instance of ‘Independent Set’ the running time T will be at most P(|B|)? Well, is it bounded? 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Note: There were no diagrams, charts, or tables within the provided image context, so these aspects were not relevant to this analysis. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 109 Context: # What is a language? by a polynomial in \( B \) if \( T = n^K \) and \( B \sim n^2 \)? It would seem so; in fact obviously \( T = O(B^K) \), and that’s a polynomial, isn’t it? The key point resides in the order of the qualifiers. We must give the polynomial that works for every instance of the problem first. Then that one single polynomial must work on every instance. If the ‘polynomial’ that we give is \( P(K) \), well, that’s a different polynomial in \( B \) for different instances of the problem, because \( K \) is different for different instances. Therefore if we say that a certain program for ‘Independent Set’ will always get us an answer before \( B^K \) minutes, where \( B \) is the length of the input bit string, then we would not have provided a polynomial-time guarantee in the form of a single polynomial in \( B \) that applies uniformly to all problem instances. The distinction is a little thorny, but is worthy of careful study because it’s of fundamental importance. What we are discussing is usually called a worst-case time bound, meaning a bound on the running time that applies to every instance of the problem. Worst-case time bounds aren’t the only possible interesting ones. Sometimes we might not care if an algorithm is occasionally very slow as long as it is almost always fast. In other situations we might be satisfied with an algorithm that is fast on average. For the present, however, we will stick to the worst-case time bounds and study some of the theory that applies to that situation. In sections 5.6 and 5.7 we will study some average time bounds. Now let’s return to the properties of the NP-complete family of problems. Here are some of them. 1. The problems all seem to be computationally very difficult, and no polynomial time algorithms have been found for any of them. 2. It has been proved that polynomial time algorithms for these problems do not exist. 3. But this is not just a random list of hard problems. If a fast algorithm could be found for one NP-complete problem then there would be fast algorithms for all of them. 4. Conversely, if it could be proved that no fast algorithm exists for one of the NP-complete problems, then there could not be a fast algorithm for any other of those problems. These properties are not intended to be a definition of the concept of NP-completeness. We’ll get to that later on in this section. They are intended as a list of some of the interesting features of these problems, which, when coupled with their theoretical and practical importance, accounts for the intense worldwide research effort that has gone into understanding them in recent years. The question of the existence or nonexistence of polynomial-time algorithms for the NP-complete problems learns probably arises as the principal unsolved problem that faces theoretical computer science today. Our next task will be to develop the formal machinery that will permit us to give precise definitions of all of the concepts that are needed. In the remainder of this section we will discuss the additional ideas informally, and then in section 5.2 we’ll state them quite precisely. ## What is a decision problem? First, the idea of a decision problem. A decision problem is one that asks only for a yes-or-no answer: Can this graph be 5-colored? Is there a tour of length 15 miles? Is there a set of 67 independent vectors? Many of them problems that we are studying can be phrased as decision problems or as optimization problems: What is the smallest number of colors with which \( G \) can be colored? What is the length of the shortest tour of the cities? What is the size of the largest independent set of vertices in \( G \)? Usually if we find a fast algorithm for a decision problem then just a little more work we will be able to solve the corresponding optimization problem. For instance, suppose we have an algorithm that solves the decision problem for graph coloring, and what we want is the solution of the optimization problem (the chromatic number). Let a graph \( G \) be given, say of 100 vertices. Ask: can the graph be 50-colored? If so, then the chromatic number lies between 1 and 50. Then ask if it can be colored in 25 colors. If not, then the chromatic number lies between 26 and 50. Continue in this way, using bisection of the interval that is known to contain the chromatic number. After \( O(\log n) \) steps we will have found the chromatic number of a graph of \( n \) vertices. The extra multiplicative factor of \( \log n \) will not alter the polynomial vs. nonpolynomial running time distinction. Hence if there is a fast way to do the decision problem then there is a fast way to do the optimization problem. The converse is obvious. Hence we will restrict our discussion to decision problems. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 109 Context: # What is a language? by a polynomial in B if T = n^K and B ∼ n^2? It would seem so; in fact obviously T = O(B^K), and that’s a polynomial, isn’t it? The key point resides in the order of the qualifiers. We must give the polynomial that works for every instance of the problem first. Then that one single polynomial must work on every instance. If the 'polynomial' that we give is B(K), well that’s a different polynomial in B for different instances of the problem, because K is different for different instances. Therefore if we say that a certain program for 'Independent Set' will always get an answer before B^K/2 minutes, where B is the length of the input bit string, then we would not have provided a polynomial-time guarantee in the form of a single polynomial in B that applies uniformly to all problem instances. The distinction is a little thorny, but is worthy of careful study because it’s of fundamental importance. What we are discussing is usually called a worst-case time bound, meaning a bound on the running time that applies to every instance of the problem. Worst-case time bounds aren’t the only possible interesting ones. Sometimes we might not care if an algorithm is occasionally very slow as long as it is almost always fast. In other situations we might be satisfied with an algorithm that is fast on average. For the present, however, we will stick to the worst-case time bounds and study some of the theory that applies to that situation. In sections 5.6 and 5.7 we will study some average time bounds. Now let’s return to the properties of the NP-complete family of problems. Here are some of them: 1. The problems all seem to be computationally very difficult, and no polynomial time algorithms have been found for any of them. 2. It has been proved that polynomial time algorithms for these problems do not exist. 3. But this is not just a random list of hard problems. If a fast algorithm could be found for one NP-complete problem then there would be fast algorithms for all of them. 4. Conversely, if it could be proved that no fast algorithm exists for one of the NP-complete problems, then there could not be a fast algorithm for any other of those problems. These properties are not intended to be a definition of the concept of NP-completeness. We’ll get that later on in this section. They are intended as a list of some of the interesting features of these problems, which, when coupled with their theoretical and practical importance, accounts for the intense worldwide research effort that has gone into understanding them in recent years. The question of the existence or nonexistence of polynomial-time algorithms for the NP-complete problems learns probably falls as the principal unsolved problem that faces theoretical computer science today. Our next task will be to develop the formal machinery that will permit us to give precise definitions of all of the concepts that are needed. In the remainder of this section we will discuss the additional ideas informally, and then in section 5.2 we’ll state them quite precisely. ## What is a decision problem? First, the idea of a decision problem. A decision problem is one that asks only for a yes-or-no answer: Can this graph be 5-colored? Is there a tour of length ≤ 15 miles? Is there a set of 67 independent vertices? Many of them problems that we are studying can be phrased as decision problems or as optimization problems: What is the smallest number of colors with which G can be colored? What is the length of the shortest tour of the cities? What is the size of the largest independent set of vertices in G? Usually if we find a fast algorithm for a decision problem then just a little more work will be able to solve the corresponding optimization problem. For instance, suppose we have an algorithm that solves the decision problem for graph coloring, and what we want is the solution of the optimization problem (the chromatic number). Let G be a graph G given, say of 100 vertices. Ask: can the graph be 50-colored? If so, then the chromatic number lies between 1 and 50. Then ask if it can be colored in 25 colors. If not, then the chromatic number lies between 26 and 50. Continue in this way, using bisection of the interval that is known to contain the chromatic number. After O(log n) steps we will have found the chromatic number of a graph of n vertices. The extra multiplicative factor of log n will not alter the polynomial vs. nonpolynomial runing time distinction. Hence if there is a fast way to do the decision problem then there is a fast way to do the optimization problem. The converse is obvious. Hence we will restrict our discussion to decision problems. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 109 Context: # What is a language? by a polynomial in \( B \) if \( T = n^K \) and \( B \sim n^2 \)? It would seem so; in fact obviously \( T = O(B^{K}) \), and that's a polynomial, isn't it? The key point resides in the order of the qualifiers. We must give the polynomial that works for every instance of the problem first. Then that one single polynomial must work on every instance. If the ‘polynomial’ that we give is \( E(K) \), well that's a different polynomial in \( B \) for different instances of the problem, because \( K \) is different for different instances. Therefore if we say that a certain program for ‘Independent Set’ will always get an answer before \( B^{K} \) minutes, where \( B \) is the length of the input bit string, then we would not have provided a polynomial-time guarantee in the form of a single polynomial in \( B \) that applies uniformly to all problem instances. The distinction is a little thorny, but is worthy of careful study because it's of fundamental importance. What we are discussing is usually called a worst-case time bound, meaning a bound on the running time that applies to every instance of the problem. Worst-case time bounds aren't the only possible interesting ones. Sometimes we might not care if an algorithm is occasionally very slow as long as it is almost always fast. In other situations we might be satisfied with an algorithm that is fast on average. For the present, however, we will stick to the worst-case time bounds and study some of the theory that applies to that situation. In sections 5.6 and 5.7 we will study some average time bounds. Now let's return to the properties of the NP-complete family of problems. Here are some of them: 1. The problems all seem to be computationally very difficult, and no polynomial time algorithms have been found for any of them. 2. It has been proved that polynomial time algorithms for these problems do not exist. 3. But this is just not a random list of hard problems. If a fast algorithm could be found for one NP-complete problem then there would be fast algorithms for all of them. 4. Conversely, if it could be proved that no fast algorithm exists for one of the NP-complete problems, then there could not be a fast algorithm for any other of those problems. These properties are not intended to be a definition of the concept of NP-completeness. We'll get that later on in this section. They are intended as a list of some of the interesting features of these problems, which, when coupled with their theoretical and practical importance, accounts for the intense worldwide research effort that has gone into understanding them in recent years. The question of the existence or nonexistence of polynomial-time algorithms for the NP-complete problems learns probably fails as the principal unsolved problem that faces theoretical computer science today. Our next task will be to develop the formal machinery that will permit us to give precise definitions of all of the concepts that are needed. In the remainder of this section we will discuss the additional ideas informally, and then in section 5.2 we'll state them quite precisely. ## What is a decision problem? First, the idea of a decision problem. A decision problem is one that asks only for a yes-or-no answer: Can this graph be 5-colored? Is there a tour of length 5 miles? Is there a set of 67 independent vertices? Many of them problems that we are studying can be phrased as decision problems or as optimization problems: What is the smallest number of colors with which \( G \) can be colored? What is the length of the shortest tour of the cities? What is the size of the largest independent set of vertices in \( G \)? Usually if we find a fast algorithm for a decision problem then just a little more work will be able to solve the corresponding optimization problem. For instance, suppose we have an algorithm that solves the decision problem for graph coloring, and what we want is the solution of the optimization problem (the chromatic number). Let a graph \( G \) be given, say of 100 vertices. Ask: can the graph be 50-colored? If so, then the chromatic number lies between 1 and 50. Then ask if it can be colored in 25 colors. If not, then the chromatic number lies between 26 and 50. Continue in this way, using bisection of the interval that is known to contain the chromatic number. After \( O(\log n) \) steps we will have found the chromatic number of a graph of \( n \) vertices. The extra multiplicative factor of \( \log n \) will not alter the polynomial vs. nonpolynomial running time distinction. Hence if there is a fast way to do the decision problem then there is a fast way to do the optimization problem. The converse is obvious. Hence we will restrict our discussion to decision problems. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 110 Context: # Chapter 5: NP-completeness ## What is a language? Since every decision problem can have only the two answers 'Y/N', we can think of a decision problem as asking if a given word (the input string) does or does not belong to a certain language. The language is the totality of words for which the answer is 'Y'. The graph 3-coloring language, for instance, is the set of all symmetric, square matrices of 0s and 1s, with zeros on the main diagonal (these are the vertex adjacency matrices of graphs) such that the graph that the matrix represents is 3-colorable. We can imagine that somewhere there is a vast dictionary of all the words in this language. A 3-colorability computation is therefore nothing but an attempt to discover whether a given word belongs to the dictionary. ## What is the class P? We say that a decision problem belongs to the class P if there is an algorithm \( A \) and a number \( s \) such that for every instance \( I \) of the problem the algorithm \( A \) will produce a solution in time \( O(B) \), where \( B \) is the number of bits in the input string that represents \( I \). To put it more briefly, P is the set of easy decision problems. Examples of problems in P are most of the ones that we have already met in this book: Are these two integers relatively prime? Is this integer divisible by that one? Is this graph 2-colorable? Is there a flow of value greater than \( K \) in this network? Can this graph be disconnected by the removal of \( K \) or fewer edges? Is there a matching of more than \( K \) edges in this bipartite graph? For each of these problems there is a fast (polynomial time) algorithm. ## What is the class NP? The class NP is a little more subtle. A decision problem \( Q \) belongs to NP if there is an algorithm \( A \) that does the following: 1. Associated with each word of the language \( Q \) (i.e., with each instance for which the answer is 'Yes') there is a certificate \( C(I) \) such that when the pair \( (I, C(I)) \) are input to algorithm \( A \), it recognizes that \( I \) belongs to the language \( Q \). 2. If there is some word that does not belong to the language \( Q \) then there is no choice of certificate \( C \) that will cause \( A \) to recognize \( I \) as a member of \( Q \). 3. Algorithm \( A \) operates in polynomial time. To put this one more finely, NP is the class of decision problems for which it is easy to check the correctness of a claimed answer, with the aid of a little extra information. So we aren't asking for a way to find a solution, but only to verify that an alleged solution really is correct. Here is an analogy that may help to clarify the distinction between the classes P and NP. We have all had the experience of reading through a truly ingenious and difficult proof of some mathematical theorem, and wondering how the person who found the proof in the first place ever did it. Our task, as a reader, was only to verify the proof, and that is a much easier job than the mathematician who invented the proof had. To pursue the analogy a bit farther, some proofs are extremely time consuming even to check (see the proof of the four-color theorem!), and similarly, some computational problems are not even known to belong to NP, let alone to P. In P are the problems where it’s easy to find a solution, and in NP are the problems where it’s easy to check a solution that may have been very tedious to find. Here’s another example. Consider the graph coloring problem to be the decision problem \( D \). Certainly this problem is not known to be in P. It is, however, in NP, and there is an algorithm, and a method of constructing certificates that proves it. Suppose \( G \) is some graph that is \( K \)-colorable. The certificate of \( G \) might be a list of the colors that get assigned to each vertex to give proper \( K \)-coloring of the vertices of \( G \). Where do we draw the line, you ask? Well, we’ve said it was easy to construct a certificate. If you actually want to find one then you will have to solve a hard problem. But we’re really only talking about checking the correctness of an alleged answer. To check that a certain graph \( G \) really is \( K \)-colorable we can be convinced if you will show us the color of every vertex in a proper \( K \)-coloring. If you do provide that certificate, then our checking algorithm \( A \) is very simple. It checks first that every vertex has a color and only one color. It then checks that no more than \( K \) colors have been used altogether. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 110 Context: # Chapter 5: NP-completeness ## What is a language? Since every decision problem can have only the two answers 'Y/N', we can think of a decision problem as asking if a given word (the input string) does or does not belong to a certain language. The language is the totality of words for which the answer is 'Y'. The graph 3-coloring language, for instance, is the set of all symmetric, square matrices of 0s and 1s, with zeros on the main diagonal (these are the vertex adjacency matrices of graphs) such that the graph that the matrix represents is 3-colorable. We can imagine that somewhere there is a vast dictionary of all the words in this language. A 3-colorability computation is therefore nothing but an attempt to discover whether a given word belongs to the dictionary. ## What is the class P? We say that a decision problem belongs to the class P if there is an algorithm \( A \) and a number \( s \) such that for every instance \( I \) of the problem the algorithm \( A \) will provide a solution in time \( O(B) \), where \( B \) is the number of bits in the input string that represents \( I \). To put it more briefly, P is the set of easy decision problems. Examples of problems in P are most of the ones that we have already met in this book: Are these two integers relatively prime? Is this integer divisible by two? Is this graph 2-colorable? Is there a flow of value greater than \( K \) in this network? Can this graph be disconnected by the removal of \( K \) or fewer edges? Is there a matching of more than \( K \) edges in this bipartite graph? For each of these problems, there is a fast (polynomial time) algorithm. ## What is the class NP? The class NP is a little more subtle. A decision problem \( Q \) belongs to NP if there is an algorithm \( A \) that does the following: 1. Associated with each word of the language \( Q \) (i.e., with each instance for which the answer is 'Yes') there is a certificate \( C(I) \) such that when the pair \( (I, C(I)) \) are input to algorithm \( A \), it recognizes that \( I \) belongs to the language \( Q \). 2. If there is some word that does not belong to the language \( Q \) then there is no choice of certificate \( C(I) \) that will cause \( A \) to recognize \( I \) as a member of \( Q \). 3. Algorithm \( A \) operates in polynomial time. To put this one more briefly, NP is the class of decision problems for which it is easy to check the correctness of a claimed answer, with the aid of a little extra information. So we aren't asking for a way to find a solution, but only to verify that an alleged solution really is correct. Here is an analogy that may help to clarify the distinction between the classes P and NP. We have all had the experience of reading through a tiny ingenious and difficult proof of some mathematical theorem, and wondering how the person who found the proof in the first place ever did it. Our task, as a reader, was only to verify the proof, and that is a much easier job than the mathematician who invented the proof had. To pursue the analogy a bit farther, some proofs are extremely time consuming even to check (see the proof of the Four-Color Theorem!), and similarly, some computational problems are not even known to belong to NP, let alone to P. In P are the problems where it's easy to find a solution, and in NP are the problems where it's easy to check a solution that may have been very tedious to find. Here's another example. Consider the graph coloring problem to be the decision problem Q. Certainly this problem is not known to be in P. It is, however, in NP, and here is an algorithm, and a method of constructing certificates that proves it. Suppose \( G \) is some graph that is K-colorable. The certificate of \( G \) might be a list of the colors that get assigned to each vertex to ensure proper \( K \)-coloring of the vertices of \( G \). Where do we find that list, you ask? Well, we've said it was easy to construct a certificate. If you actually want to find one then you will have to solve a hard problem. But we're really only talking about checking the correctness of an alleged answer. To check that a certain graph \( G \) really is \( K \)-colorable we can be convinced if you will show us the color of each vertex in a proper \( K \)-coloring. If you do provide that certificate, then our checking algorithm \( A \) is very simple. It checks first that every vertex has a color and only one color. It then checks that no more than \( K \) colors have been used altogether. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 110 Context: # Chapter 5: NP-completeness ## What is a language? Since every decision problem can have only the two answers ‘Y/N,’ we can think of a decision problem as asking if a given word (the input string) does or does not belong to a certain language. The language is the totality of words for which the answer is ‘Y.’ The graph 3-coloring language, for instance, is the set of all symmetric, square matrices of 0s and 1s, with zeros on the main diagonal (these are the vertex adjacency matrices of graphs) such that the graph that the matrix represents is 3-colorable. We can imagine that somewhere there is a vast dictionary of all the words in this language. A 3-colorability computation is therefore nothing but an attempt to discover whether a given word belongs to the dictionary. ## What is the class P? We say that a decision problem belongs to the class P if there is an algorithm \( A \) and a number \( s \) such that for every instance \( I \) of the problem the algorithm \( A \) will provide a solution in time \( O(B) \), where \( B \) is the number of bits in the input string that represents \( I \). To put it more briefly, P is the set of easy decision problems. Examples of problems in P are most of the ones that we have already met in this book: Are these two integers relatively prime? Is this integer divisible by two? Is this graph 2-colorable? Is there a flow of value greater than \( K \) in this network? Can this graph be disconnected by the removal of \( K \) or fewer edges? Is there a matching of more than \( K \) edges in this bipartite graph? For each of these problems there is a fast (polynomial time) algorithm. ## What is the class NP? The class NP is a little more subtle. A decision problem \( Q \) belongs to NP if there is an algorithm \( A \) that does the following: 1. Associated with each word of the language \( Q \) (i.e., with each instance for which the answer is ‘Yes’) there is a certificate \( C(I) \) such that when the pair \( (I,C(I)) \) are input to algorithm \( A \), it recognizes that \( I \) belongs to the language \( Q \). 2. If some word that does not belong to the language \( Q \) then there is no choice of certificate \( C \) that will cause \( A \) to recognize \( I \) as a member of \( Q \). 3. Algorithm \( A \) operates in polynomial time. To put this one more briefly, NP is the class of decision problems for which it is easy to check the correctness of a claimed answer, with the aid of a little extra information. So we aren’t asking for a way to find a solution, but only to verify that an alleged solution really is correct. Here is an analogy that may help to clarify the distinction between the classes P and NP. We have all had the experience of reading through a truly ingenious and difficult proof of some mathematical theorem, and wondering how the person who found the proof in the first place ever did it. Our task, as a reader, was only to verify the proof, and that is a much easier job than the mathematician who invented the proof had. To pursue the analogy a bit farther, some proofs are extremely time consuming even to check (see the proof of the four-color theorem), and similarly, some computational problems are not even known to belong to NP, let alone to P. In P are the problems where it’s easy to find a solution, and in NP are the problems where it’s easy to check a solution that may have been very tedious to find. Here’s another example. Consider the graph coloring problem to be the decision problem \( Q \). Certainly this problem is not known to be in P. It is, however, in NP, and there is an algorithm, and a method of constructing certificates that proves it. Suppose \( G \) is some graph that is K-colorable. The certificate of \( G \) might be a list of the colors that get assigned to each vertex to ensure proper \( K \)-coloring of the vertices of \( G \). Where do we draw the line, you ask? Well, we never said it was easy to construct a certificate. If you actually want to find one then you will have to solve a hard problem. But we’re really only talking about checking the correctness of an alleged answer. To check that a certain graph \( G \) really is \( K \)-colorable we can be convinced if you will show us the color of each vertex in a proper \( K \)-coloring. If you do provide that certificate, then our checking algorithm \( A \) is very simple. It checks first that every vertex has a color and only one color. It then checks that no more than \( K \) colors have been used altogether. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 111 Context: It finally shows that for each edge \( e \in G \) it is true that the two endpoints of \( e \) have different colors. Hence the graph coloring problem belongs to NP. The traveling salesman problem would provide a certificate that contains a tour, whose total length is \( K \), of all of the cities. The checking algorithm \( A \) would then verify that the tour really does visit all of the cities and really does have total length \( \leq K \). The traveling salesman problem, therefore, also belongs to NP. Well, you might reply, if we’re allowed to look at the answers, how could a problem fail to belong to NP? Try this decision problem: an instance of the problem consists of a set of cities in the plane and a positive number \( K \). The question is “Is it true that there is not a tour of all of these cities whose total length is less than \( K \)?” Clearly this is a kind of a negation of the traveling salesman problem. Does it belong to NP? If so, there must be an algorithm \( A \) and a way of making a certificate \( C(I) \) for each instance \( I \) that we can quickly verify that no such tour exists of the given cities. Any suggestions for the certificate? The algorithm? No one else knows how to do this either. It is not known if this negation of the traveling salesman problem belongs to NP. Are there problems that do belong to NP but which it isn’t immediately obvious that this is so? Yes. In fact that’s one of the main reasons that we studied the algorithm of Pratt, in section 4.10. Pratt’s algorithm is exactly a method of producing a certificate with the aid of which we can quickly check whether a given integer is prime. The decision problem “Given \( n \), is it prime?” is thereby revealed to belong to NP, although that fact wasn’t obvious at a glance. It is very clear that \( P \neq NP \). Indeed if \( Q \in P \) is some decision problem then we can verify membership in the language \( Q \) with the empty certificate. That is, we don’t even need a certificate in order to do a quick calculation that checks membership in the language because the problem itself can be quickly solved. It seems natural to suppose that NP is larger than P. That is, one might presume that there are problems whose solutions can be quickly checked with the aid of a certificate even though they can’t be quickly found in the first place. No example of such a problem has ever been produced (and proved), nor has it been proved that no such problems exist. The question of whether or not NP is the same class we noted earlier as being perhaps the most important open question in the subject area today. It is fairly obvious that the class \( P \) is called the class \( P \): \( P \) is the first letter of “Polynomial Time.” But what does “NP” stand for? Stay tuned. The answer will appear in section 5.2. ## What is reducibility? Suppose that we want to solve a system of 100 simultaneous linear equations in 100 unknowns, of the form \( Ax = b \). We run down to the local software emporium and quickly purchase a program for $49.95 that solves such systems. When we get home and read the fine print on the label we discover, to our chagrin, that the system works only on systems where the matrix \( A \) is symmetric, and the coefficient matrix in the system that we want to solve is, of course, not symmetric. One possible response to this predicament would be to look for the solution to the system \( A^T Ax = A^Tb \), in which the coefficient matrix \( A^T A \) is now symmetric. What we would have done would be to have reduced the problem that we really are interested in to an instance of a problem for which we have an algorithm. More generally, let \( Q \) and \( Q' \) be two decision problems. We will say that \( Q \) is quickly reducible to \( Q' \) whenever we are given an instance \( I \) of the problem \( Q \) we can convert it, with only a polynomial amount of labor, into an instance \( I' \) of \( Q' \) in such a way that \( I' \) and \( I \) both have the same answer (“Yes” or “No”). Thus if we buy a program to solve \( Q \), then we can use it to solve \( Q' \), with just a small amount of extra work. ## What is NP-completeness? How would you like to buy one program, for $49.95, that can solve 500 different kinds of problems? That’s what NP-completeness is about. To state it a little more carefully, a decision problem is NP-complete if it belongs to NP and every problem in NP is quickly reducible to it. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 111 Context: It finally shows that for each edge \( e \) of \( G \) it is true that the two endpoints of \( e \) have different colors. Hence, the graph coloring problem belongs to NP. The travelling salesman problem would provide a certificate that contains a tour, whose total length is \( K \) at all of the cities. The checking algorithm \( A \) would then verify that the tour really does visit all of the cities and really does have total length \( \leq K \). The travelling salesman problem, therefore, also belongs to NP. Well, you might reply, if we’re allowed to look at the answers, how could a problem fail to belong to NP? Try this decision problem: an instance of one of the problems consists of a set of cities in the plane and a positive number \( K \). The question is: “Is it true that there is not a tour of all of these cities whose total length is less than \( K \)?” Clearly, this is a kind of a negation of the travelling salesman problem. Does it belong to NP? If so, there must be an algorithm \( A \) and a way of making a certificate \( C \) for each instance \( I \) such that we can quickly verify that no such tour exists of the given cities. Any suggestions for the certificate? The algorithm? No one else knows how to do this either. It is not known if this negation of the travelling salesman problem belongs to NP. Are there problems that do belong to NP but for which it isn’t immediately obvious that this is so? Yes. In fact that’s one of the main reasons that we studied the algorithm of Pratt, in section 4.1. Pratt’s algorithm is exactly a method of producing a certificate with the aid of which we can quickly check whether a given integer is prime. The decision problem “Given \( n \), is it prime?” is thereby revealed to belong to NP, although that fact wasn’t obvious at a glance. It is very clear that \( P \neq NP \). Indeed if \( P \subseteq Q \) is some decision problem then we can verify membership in the language \( Q \) with the empty certificate. That is, we don’t even need a certificate in order to do a quick calculation that decides membership in the language because the problem itself can be quickly solved. It seems natural to suppose that NP is larger than P. That is, one might presume that there are problems whose solutions can be quickly checked with the aid of a certificate even though they can’t be quickly found in the first place. No example of such a problem has ever been produced (and proved), nor has it been proved that no such problem exists. The question of whether or not NP is the same as we noted earlier as being perhaps the most important open question in the subject area today. It is fairly obvious that the class P is called the class P: ‘P’ is the first letter of ‘Polynomial Time’. But what does ‘NP’ stand for? Stay tuned. The answer will appear in section 5.2. ## What is reducibility? Suppose that we want to solve a system of 100 simultaneous linear equations in 100 unknowns, of the form \( Ax = b \). We run down to the local software emporium and quickly purchase a program for $49.95 that solves such systems. When we get home and read the fine print on the label we discover, to our chagrin, that the system works only on systems where the matrix \( A \) is symmetric, and the coefficient matrix in the system that we want to solve is, of course, not symmetric. One possible response to this predicament would be to look for the solution to the system \( Ax = A'b \), in which the coefficient matrix \( A' \) is now symmetric. What we would have done would be to have reduced the problem that we really are interested in to an instance of a problem for which we have an algorithm. More generally, let \( Q \) and \( Q' \) be two decision problems. We will say that \( Q \) is quickly reducible to \( Q' \) whenever we are given an instance \( I \) of the problem \( Q \) we can convert it, with only a polynomial amount of labor, into an instance \( I' \) of \( Q' \) in such a way that \( I' \) and both have the same answer (“Yes” or “No”). In other words if we buy a program to solve \( Q' \), then we can use it to solve \( Q \), with just a small amount of extra work. ## What is NP-completeness? How would you like to buy one program, for $49.95, that can solve 500 different kinds of problems? That’s what NP-completeness is about. To state it a little more carefully, a decision problem is NP-complete if it belongs to NP and every problem in NP is quickly reducible to it. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 111 Context: It finally shows that for each edge \( e \in G \) it is true that the two endpoints of \( e \) have different colors. Hence the graph coloring problem belongs to NP. The traveling salesman problem would provide a certificate that contains a tour, whose total length is \( K \), of all of the cities. The checking algorithm \( A \) would then verify that the tour really does visit all of the cities and really does have total length \( \leq K \). The traveling salesman problem, therefore, also belongs to NP. "Well," you might reply, "if we’re allowed to look at the answers, how could a problem fail to belong to NP?" Try this decision problem: an instance of the problem consists of a set of cities in the plane and a positive number \( K \). The question is "Is it true that there is not a tour of all of these cities whose total length is less than \( K \)?" Clearly this is a kind of a negation of the traveling salesman problem. Does it belong to NP? If so, there must be an algorithm \( A \) and a way of making a certificate \( C \) for each instance \( I \) that we can quickly verify that no such tour exists of the given cities. Any suggestions for the certificate? The algorithm? No one else knows how to do this either. It is not known if this negation of the traveling salesman problem belongs to NP. Are there problems that do belong to NP but for which it isn't immediately obvious that this is so? Yes. In fact that's one of the main reasons that we studied the algorithm of Pratt, in section 4.10. Pratt's algorithm is exactly a method of producing a certificate with the aid of which we can quickly check whether a given integer is prime. The decision problem "Given \( n \), is it prime?" is thereby revealed to belong to NP, although that fact wasn't obvious at a glance. It is very clear that \( P = NP \). Indeed if \( Q \in P \) is some decision problem then we can verify membership in the language \( Q \) with the empty certificate. That is, we don't even need a certificate in order to do a quick calculation that checks membership in the language because the problem itself can be quickly solved. It seems natural to suppose that NP is larger than P. That is, one might presume that there are problems whose solutions can be quickly checked with the aid of a certificate even though they can’t be quickly found in the first place. No example of such a problem has ever been produced (and proved), nor has it been proved that no such problem exists. The question of whether or not NP = P is the one that we talked earlier as being perhaps the most important open question in the subject area today. It is fairly obvious that the class P is called the class P: \( P \) is the first letter of "Polynomial Time". But what does "NP" stand for? Stay tuned. The answer will appear in section 5.2. ## What is reducibility? Suppose that we want to solve a system of 100 simultaneous linear equations in 100 unknowns, of the form \( Ax = b \). We run down to the local software emporium and quickly purchase a program for $49.95 that solves such systems. When we get home and read the fine print on the label we discover, to our chagrin, that the system works only on systems where the matrix \( A \) is symmetric, and the coefficient matrix in the system that we want to solve is, of course, not symmetric. One possible response to this predicament would be to look for the solution to the system \( A^Tx = A^b \), in which the coefficient matrix \( A^T A \) is now symmetric. What we should have done would be to have reduced the problem that we really are interested in to an instance of a problem for which we have an algorithm. More generally, let \( Q \) and \( Q' \) be two decision problems. We will say that \( Q \) is quickly reducible to \( Q' \) whenever we are given an instance \( I \) of the problem \( Q \) we can convert it, with only a polynomial amount of labor, into an instance \( I' \) of \( Q' \) in such a way that \( I' \) and both have the same answer ("Yes" or "No"). If we buy a program to solve \( Q \), then we can use it to solve \( Q' \), with just a small amount of extra work. ## What is NP-completeness? How would you like to buy one program, for $49.95, that can solve 500 different kinds of problems? That’s what NP-completeness is about. To state it a little more carefully, a decision problem is NP-complete if it belongs to NP and every problem in NP is quickly reducible to it. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 112 Context: # Chapter 5: NP-completeness The implications of NP-completeness are numerous. Suppose we could prove that a certain decision problem \( Q \) is NP-complete. Then we could concentrate our efforts to find polynomial-time algorithms on just that one problem \( Q \). Indeed if we were to succeed in finding a polynomial-time algorithm to the instances of \( Q \) then we would automatically have found a fast algorithm for solving every problem in NP. How does that work? Take an instance \( I' \) of some problem \( Q' \in NP \). Since \( Q' \) is quickly reducible to \( Q \), we could transform the instance \( I' \) into an instance \( I \) of \( Q \). Then use the super algorithm that we found for problems in \( Q \) to decide \( I \). Altogether only a polynomial amount of time will have been used from start to finish. Let’s be more specific. Suppose that tomorrow morning we prove that the graph coloring problem is NP-complete, and that on the next morning you find a fast algorithm for solving it. Then consider some instance of the bin packing problem. Since graph coloring is NP-complete, the instance of bin packing can be quickly converted into an instance of graph coloring for which the “Yes/No” answer is the same. Now use the fast graph coloring algorithm that you found (congratulations, by the way!) on the converted problem. The answer you get is the correct answer for the original bin packing problem. So, a fast algorithm for some NP-complete problem implies a fast algorithm for every problem in NP. Conversely, suppose we can prove that it is impossible to find a fast algorithm for some particular problem \( Q \) in NP. Then we can’t find a fast algorithm for any NP-complete problem \( Q' \) either. For if we could then we would be able to solve instances of \( Q \) by quickly reducing them to instances of \( Q' \) and solving them. If we could prove that there is no fast way to test the primality of a given integer then we would have proved that it is fast to decide if a graph is \( k \)-colorable, because, as we will see, every graph problem \( P \) is NP-complete and primality testing is in NP. Think about that for a few moments, and the extraordinary beauty and structural unity of these computational problems will begin to reveal itself. To summarize, quick for one NP-complete problem implies quick for all NP-complete problems. There’s just one small detail to attend to. We’ve been discussing the economic advantages of keeping flocks of unison instead of sheep. If there aren’t any unicorns then the discussion is a little silly. NP-complete problems have all sorts of marvelous properties. It’s lovely that every problem in NP can be quickly reduced to just one NP-complete problem. But are there any NP-complete problems? After all, should there be a single computational problem with the property that every one of the diverse creatures that inhabit NP should be quickly reducible to it? Well, we have NP-complete problems, hordes of them, and proving that will occupy our attention for the next two sections. Here’s the plan. In section 5.2 we are going to talk about a simple computer, called a Turing machine. It is an idealized computer, and its purpose is to standardize ideas of compatibility and time of computation by referring all problems to the one standard machine. A Turing machine is an extremely simple finite-state computer, and when it performs a computation, a unit of computational labor will be very clearly and unambiguously describable. It turns out that the important aspects of polynomial time computability do not depend on the particular computer that is chosen as the model. The beauty of the Turing machine is that it is one such a strong concept that it can in principle perform any calculation that any other finite state machine can do, while at the same time it is logically equivalent to the machine being used for proving theorems about complexity. The microcomputer on your desktop might have been chosen as the standard against which polynomial time compatibility is measured. If that had been done then the class of \( P \) quickly solvable problems would scarcely have changed at all (the polynomials would be different but would still be polynomials), but the proofs that we humans would have to give in order to establish the relevant theorems would have gotten much more complicated because of the variety of different kinds of states modern computers have. Next, in section 5.3 we will prove that there is an NP-complete problem; in fact, it is called the satisfiability problem. Its status as an NP-complete problem was established by S. Cook in 1971, and from that work all later progress in the field has flowed. The proof uses the theory of Turing machines. The first NP-complete problem was the hardest one to find. We will find, in section 5.4, a few more NP-complete problems, so the reader will get some idea of the methods that are used in identifying them. Since nobody knows a fast way to solve these problems, various methods have been developed that give approximate solutions quickly, or that give exact solutions in fast average time, and so forth. The beautiful #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 112 Context: # Chapter 5: NP-completeness The implications of NP-completeness are numerous. Suppose we could prove that a certain decision problem \( Q \) is NP-complete. Then we could concentrate our efforts to find polynomial-time algorithms on just that one problem \( Q \). Indeed if we were to succeed in finding a polynomial-time algorithm to the instances of \( Q \), then we would automatically have found a fast algorithm for solving every problem in NP. How does that work? Take an instance \( I' \) of some problem \( Q' \) in NP. Since \( Q' \) is quickly reducible to \( Q \), we could transform the instance \( I' \) into an instance \( I \) of \( Q \). Then use the super algorithm that we found for problems in \( Q \) to decide \( I \). Altogether only a polynomial amount of time will have been used from start to finish. Let’s be more specific. Suppose that tomorrow morning we prove that the graph coloring problem is NP-complete, and that on the next morning you find a fast algorithm for solving it. Then consider some instance of the bin packing problem. Since graph coloring is NP-complete, the instance of bin packing can be quickly converted into an instance of graph coloring for which the ‘Yes/No’ answer is the same. Now use the fast graph coloring algorithm that you found (congratulations, by the way!) on the covered problem. The answer you get is the correct answer for the original bin packing problem. So, a fast algorithm for some NP-complete problem implies a fast algorithm for every problem in NP. Conversely, suppose we can prove that it is impossible to find a fast algorithm for some particular problem \( Q \) in NP. Then we can’t find a fast algorithm for any NP-complete problem \( Q' \) either. For if we could then we would be able to solve instances of \( Q \) by quickly reducing them to instances of \( Q' \) and solving them. If we could prove that there is no fast way to test the primality of a given integer, then we would have proved that it is fast to decide if graphs are \( k \)-colorable, because, as we will see, every problem \( P \) is NP-complete and primality testing is in NP. Think about that for a few moments, and the extraordinary beauty and structural unity of these computational problems will begin to reveal itself. To summarize: quick for one NP-complete problem implies quick for all NP-complete problems. There’s just one small detail to address. We’ve been discussing the economic advantages of keeping frocks of unions instead of sheep. If there aren’t any unions, then the decision is a little silly. NP-complete problems have all sorts of marvelous properties. It’s lovely that every problem in NP can be quickly reduced to just one NP-complete problem. But are there any NP-complete problems? After all, shouldn’t there be a single computational problem with the property that every one of the diverse creatures that inhabit NP should be quickly reducible to it? Next, we’ll define NP-complete problems, hordes of them, and provide that they will occupy our attention for the next two sections. Here’s the plan. In section 5.2, we are going to talk about a simple computer, called a Turing machine. It is an idealized computer, and its purpose is to standardize ideas of compatibility and time of computation by referring all problems to the one standard machine. A Turing machine is an extremely simple finite-state computer, and when it performs a computation, a unit of computational labor will be very clearly and unambiguously describable. It turns out that the important aspects of polynomial time computability do not depend on the particular computer that is chosen as the model. The beauty of the Turing machine is that it is one of a strong enough concept that it can in principle perform any calculation that any other finite state machine can do, while at the same time it is logically complete enough to be useful for proving theorems about complexity. The microcomputer on your desktop might have been chosen as the standard against which polynomial time computability is measured. If that had been done then the class \( P \) of quickly solvable problems would scarcely have changed at all (the polynomials would be different but would still be polynomials), but the proofs that we humans would have to give in order to establish the relevant theorems would have gotten much more complicated because of the variety of different kinds of states modern computers have. Next, in section 5.3, we will prove that there is an NP-complete problem. It is called the satisfiability problem. Its status as an NP-complete problem was established by S. Cook in 1971, and from that work all later progress in the field has flowed. The proof uses the theory of Turing machines. The first NP-complete problem was the hardest one to find. We will find, in section 5.4, a few more NP-complete problems, so the reader will get some idea of the methods that are used in identifying them. Since nobody knows a fast way to solve these problems, various methods have been developed that give approximate solutions quickly, or that give exact solutions in fast average time, and so forth. The beautiful #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 112 Context: # Chapter 5: NP-completeness The implications of NP-completeness are numerous. Suppose we could prove that a certain decision problem \( Q \) is NP-complete. Then we could concentrate our efforts to find polynomial-time algorithms on just that one problem \( Q \). Indeed if we were to succeed in finding a polynomial-time algorithm to the instances of \( Q \), we would automatically have found a fast algorithm for doing every problem in NP. How does that work? Take an instance \( I' \) of some problem \( Q' \) in NP. Since \( Q' \) is quickly reducible to \( Q \), we could transform the instance \( I' \) into an instance \( I \) of \( Q \). Then use the super algorithm that we found for problems in \( Q \) to decide \( I \). Altogether only polynomial amount of time will have been used from start to finish. Let’s be more specific. Suppose that tomorrow morning we prove that the graph coloring problem is NP-complete, and that on the next morning you find a fast algorithm for solving it. Then consider some instance of the bin packing problem. Since graph coloring is NP-complete, the instance of bin packing can be quickly converted into an instance of graph coloring for which the ‘Yes/No’ answer is the same. Now use the fast graph coloring algorithm that you found (congratulations, by the way!) on the converted problem. The answer you get is the correct answer for the original bin packing problem. So, a fast algorithm for some NP-complete problem implies a fast algorithm for every problem in NP. Conversely, suppose we can prove that it is impossible to find a fast algorithm for some particular problem \( Q \) in NP. Then we can’t find a fast algorithm for any NP-complete problem \( Q' \) either. For if we could then we would be able to solve instances of \( Q \) quickly by reducing them to instances of \( Q' \) and solving them. If we could prove that there is no fast way to test the primality of a given integer then we would have proved that it is fast too to decide if graphs are k-colorable, because, as we will see, the primality testing problem is NP-complete and primality testing is in NP. Think about it for a few moments, and the extraordinary beauty and structural unity of these computational problems will begin to reveal itself. To summarize: quick fixes for NP-complete problems imply quick fixes for all of NP; provably slow for one problem in NP implies provably slow for all NP-complete problems. There’s just one small detail to add here. We’ve been discussing the economic advantages of keeping flocks of unicorns instead of sheep. If there aren’t any unicorns then the discussion is a little silly. NP-complete problems have all sorts of marvelous properties. It’s lovely that every problem in NP can be quickly reduced to just one NP-complete problem. But are there any NP-complete problems? After all, shouldn’t there be a single computational problem with the property that every one of the diverse creatures that inhabit NP should be quickly reducible to it? Well, there are NP-complete problems, hordes of them, and proving that will occupy our attention for the next two sections. Here’s the plan. In section 5.2 we are going to talk about a simple computer, called a Turing machine. It is an idealized computer, and its purpose is to standardize ideas of compatibility and time of computation by referring all problems to the one standard machine. A Turing machine is an extremely simple finite-state computer, and when it performs a computation, a unit of computational labor will be very clearly and unambiguously describable. It turns out that the important aspects of polynomial time computability do not depend on the particular counter that is chosen as the model. The beauty of the Turing machine is that it is one as a strong enough concept that it can in principle perform any calculation that any other finite state machine can do, while at the same time it is logically completely amenable to being used for proving theorems about complexity. The microcomputer on your desktop might have been chosen as the standard against which polynomial time compatibility is measured. If that had been done then the class of \( P \) quickly solvable problems would scarcely have changed at all (the polynomial would be different but there would still be polynomials), but the proofs that we humans would have to give in order to establish the relevant theorems would have gotten much more complicated because of the variety of different kinds of states modern computers have. Next, in section 5.3 we will prove that there is an NP-complete problem: it is called the satisfiability problem. Its status as an NP-complete problem was established by S. Cook in 1971, and from that work all later progress in the field has flowed. The proof uses the theory of Turing machines. The first NP-complete problem was the hardest one to find. We will find, in section 5.4, a few more NP-complete problems, so the reader will get some idea of the methods that are used in identifying them. Since nobody knows a fast way to solve these problems, various methods have been developed that give approximate solutions quickly, or that give exact solutions in fast average time, and so forth. The beautiful #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 114 Context: # Chapter 5: NP-completeness One step of the program, therefore, goes from ``` (state, symbol) ⇒ (newstate, newsymbol, increment). (5.21) ``` If and when the state reaches ϕ or ψ the computation is over and the machine halts. The machine should be thought of as part hardware and part software. The programmer's job is, as usual, to write the software. To write a program for a Turing machine, what we have to do is to tell it how to make each and every one of the transitions (5.21). A Turing machine program looks like a table, in which, for every possible pair (state, symbol) that the machine might find itself in, the programmer has specified what the newstate, the newsymbol and the increment shall be. To begin a computation with a Turing machine we take the input string x of length B, say, that describes the problem that we want to solve, and we write x in squares 1, 2, ..., B of the tape. The tape head is then positioned over square 1, the machine is put into state ϕ, the program module that the programmer prepared is plugged into its slot, and the computation begins. The machine reads the symbol in square 1. It now is in state ϕ and has read symbol s, so it can consult the program module to find out what to do. The program instructs it to write at square 1 a newsymbol, to move the head either to square 0 or to square 2, and to enter a certain newstate, say α. The whole process is then repeated, possibly forever, but hopefully after finitely many steps the machine will enter the state ϕ or state ψ, at which moment the computation will halt with the decision having been made. If we want to watch a Turing machine in operation, we don’t have to build it. We can simulate one. Here is a pidgin-Pascal simulation of a Turing machine that can easily be turned into a functioning program. It is in two principal parts. The procedure `turnback` has for input a string x of length B, and for output it sets the Boolean variable accept to True or False, depending on whether the outcome of the computation is that the machine halted in state ϕ or ψ respectively. This procedure is the “hardware” part of the Turing machine. It doesn’t vary from one job to the next. ## Procedure `getnext` The procedure `getnext` is the program module of the machine, and it will be different for each task. Its inputs are the present state of the machine and the symbol that was just read from the tape. Its outputs are the newstate into which the machine goes next, the newsymbol that the tape head now writes on the current square, and the increment (±1) by which the tape head will now move. ```pascal procedure turnback(B: integer; x: array[1:B]: accept: Boolean); {simulates Turing machine action on input string x of length B} {write input string on tape in first B squares} for square := 1 to B do tape[square] := x[square]; {record boundaries of written-on part of tape} leftmost := 1; rightmost := B; {initialize tape head and state} state := 0; square := 1; while state ≠ 'Y' and state ≠ 'N' do read symbol at current tape square; if square ≤ leftmost or square ≥ rightmost then symbol := '∅' else symbol := tape[square]; {ask program module for state transition} getnext(state, symbol, newstate, newsymbol, increment); state := newstate; {update boundaries and write new symbol}; if square ≤ rightmost then leftmost := square; tape[square] := newsymbol; {move tape head} square := square + increment; end; while (state ≠ 'Y') accept := (state = 'Y'); end; ``` #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 114 Context: # Chapter 5: NP-completeness One step of the program, therefore, goes from ``` (state, symbol) to (newstate, newsymbol, increment). (5.21) ``` If and when the state reaches q₀ or q₁, the computation is over and the machine halts. The machine should be thought of as part hardware and part software. The programmer's job is, as usual, to write the software. To write a program for a Turing machine, what we have to do is to tell it how to make each and every one of the transitions (5.21). A Turing machine program looks like a table in which, for every possible pair (state, symbol) that the machine might find itself in, the programmer has specified what the newstate, the newsymbol and the increment shall be. To begin a computation with a Turing machine, we take the input string α of length B, say, that describes the problem that we want to solve, and we write it on squares 1, 2, …, B of the tape. The tape head is then positioned over square 1, the machine is put into state q₀, the program module that the programmer prepared is plugged into its slot, and the computation begins. The machine reads the symbol in square 1. It now is in state q₀ and has read symbol s, so it consults the program module to find out what to do. The program instructs it to write at square 1 a newsymbol, to move the head either to square 0 or to square 2, and to enter a certain newstate, say q₁. The whole process is then repeated, possibly forever, but hopefully after finitely many steps the machine will enter the state q₀ or state q₁, at which moment the computation will halt with the decision having been made. If we want to watch a Turing machine in operation, we don't have to build it. We can simulate one. Here is a pseudo-Pascal simulation of a Turing machine that can easily be turned into a functioning program. It is in two principal parts. The procedure `turnback` has for input a string x of length B, and for output it sets the Boolean variable accept to True or False, depending on whether the outcome of the computation is that the machine halted in state q₀ or q₁, respectively. This procedure is the "hardware" part of the Turing machine. It doesn't vary from one job to the next. ```pascal Procedure turnback is the program module of the machine, and it will be different for each task. Its inputs are the present state of the machine and the symbol that was just read from the tape. Its outputs are the newstate into which the machine goes next, the newsymbol that the tape head now writes on the current square, and the increment (±1) by which the tape head will now move. procedure turnback(B: integer; x: array[1..B]: accept: Boolean); {simulates Turing machine action on input string x of length B} {write input string on tape in first B squares} for square := 1 to B do tape[square] := x[square]; {record boundaries of written-on part of tape} leftmost := 1; rightmost := B; {initialize tape head and state} state := 0; square := 1; while state ≠ 'Y' and state ≠ 'N' do read symbol at current tape square; if square leftmost or square rightmost then symbol := ' ' else symbol := tape[square]; {ask program module for state transition} gometto(state, symbol, newstate, newsymbol, increment); state := newstate; {update boundaries and write new symbol}; if square = rightmost then leftmost := square; tape[square] := newsymbol; {move tape head} square := square + increment; end; while accept := (state = 'Y'); end. (turnback) ``` #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 114 Context: # Chapter 5: NP-completeness One step of the program, therefore, goes from ``` (state, symbol) to (newstate, newsymbol, increment). (5.21) ``` If and when the state reaches `q_0` or `q_f`, the computation is over and the machine halts. The machine should be thought of as part hardware and part software. The programmer's job is, as usual, to write the software. To write a program for a Turing machine, what we have to do is to tell it how to make each and every one of the transitions (5.21). A Turing machine program looks like a table in which, for every possible pair `(state, symbol)` that the machine might find itself in, the programmer has specified what the `newstate`, the `newsymbol`, and the `increment` shall be. To begin a computation with a Turing machine, we take the input string `x` of length `B`, say, that describes the problem that we want to solve, and we write it on squares `1, 2, ..., B` of the tape. The tape head is then positioned over square `1`, the machine is put into state `q_0`, the program module that the programmer prepared is plugged into its slot, and the computation begins. The machine reads the symbol in square `1`. It now is in state `q_0` and has read symbol `s_1`, so it can consult the program module to find out what to do. The program instructs it to write at square `1` a `newsymbol`, to move the head either to square `0` or to square `2`, and to enter a certain `newstate`, say `q_f`. The whole process is then repeated, possibly forever, but hopefully after finitely many steps the machine will enter the state `q_f` or state `q_a`, at which moment the computation will halt with the decision having been made. If we want to watch a Turing machine in operation, we don't have to build it. We can simulate one. Here is a pidgin-Pascal simulation of a Turing machine that can easily be turned into a functioning program. It is in two principal parts. The procedure `turnback` has for input a string `x` of length `B`, and for output it sets the Boolean variable `accept` to True or False, depending on whether the outcome of the computation is that the machine halted in state `q_f` or `q_a`, respectively. This procedure is the "hardware" part of the Turing machine. It doesn't vary from one job to the next. ``` Procedure `turnback` is the program module of the machine, and it will be different for each task. Its inputs are the present state of the machine and the symbol that was just read from the tape. Its outputs are the `newstate` into which the machine goes next, the `newsymbol` that the tape head now writes on the current square, and the increment (±1) by which the tape head will now move. ``` ```pascal procedure turnback(B: integer; x: array[1..B]: accept: Boolean); begin {simulates Turing machine action on input string x of length B} {write input string on tape in first B squares} for square := 1 to B do tape[square] := x[square]; {record boundaries of written-on part of tape} leftmost := 1; rightmost := B; {initialize tape head and state} state := 0; square := 1; while state ≠ 'Y' and state ≠ 'N' do begin read symbol at current tape square; if square ≤ leftmost or square ≥ rightmost then symbol := ' ' else symbol := tape[square]; {ask program module for state transition} gonnext(state, symbol, newstate, newsymbol, increment); state := newstate; {update boundaries and write new symbol} if square + increment then leftmost := square; tape[square] := newsymbol; {move tape head} square := square + increment; end; {while} accept := (state = 'Y'); end; ``` #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 116 Context: # Chapter 5: NP-completeness The situation with a deterministic Turing machine, in which we decide whether or not the input string is in the language, without using any certificates. The class NP (Nondeterministic Polynomial) consists of those decision problems for which there exists a fast (polynomial time) algorithm that will verify, given a problem instance string and a suitable certificate \(C\), that \(x\) belongs to the language recognized by the machine, and for which, if \(x\) does not belong to the language, no certificate would cause an accepting computation to ensue. ## 5.3 Cook's Theorem The NP-complete problems are the hardest problems in NP, in the sense that if \(Q'\) is any decision problem in NP and \(Q\) is NP-complete, then every instance of \(Q'\) is polynomially reducible to an instance of \(Q\). As we have already remarked, the surprising thing is that there is an NP-complete problem at all, since it is not immediately clear why any single problem should hold the key to the polynomial time solvability of every problem in the class NP. But there is one. As soon as we see why there is one, then we'll be able to see more easily why there are hundreds of them, including many computational questions about discrete structures such as graphs, networks and games and about optimization problems, about algebraic structures, formal logic, and so forth. ### Here is the satisfiability problem, the first problem that was proved to be NP-complete, by Stephen Cook in 1971. We begin with a list of (Boolean) variables \(x_1, \ldots, x_n\). A literal is either one of the variables \(x_i\) or the negation of one of the variables, as \( \neg x_i\). There are 2n possible literals. A clause is a set of literals. The rules of the game are these: We assign the value 'True' (T) or 'False' (F), to each one of the variables. Having done that, each one of the literals inherits a truth value; namely, a literal \(x_i\) has the same truth or falsity as the corresponding variable \(x_i\), and a literal \(\neg x_i\) has the opposite truth value from that of the variable \(x_i\). Finally each of the clauses also inherits a truth value from this process, and it is determined as follows. A clause has the value 'T' if and only if at least one of the literals in that clause has the value 'T'; and otherwise it has the value 'F'. Hence starting with an assignment of truth values to the variables, some true and some false, we end up with a determination of the truth values of each of the clauses, some true and some false. **Definition**: A set of clauses is satisfiable if there exists an assignment of truth values to the variables that makes all the clauses true. Think of the word 'or' as being between each of the literals in a clause, and the word 'and' as being between the clauses. ### The satisfiability problem (SAT). Given a set of clauses, Does there exist a set of truth values (T or F), one for each variable, such that every clause contains at least one literal whose value is T (i.e., such that every clause is satisfied)? **Example**: Consider the set \(x_1, x_2, x_3\) of variables. From these we might manufacture the following list of four clauses: 1. \( \{x_1, x_2\} \) 2. \( \{x_1, x_3\} \) 3. \( \{x_2, x_3\} \) 4. \( \{ \neg x_1, x_3\} \) If we choose the truth values (T, T, F) for the variables, respectively, then the four clauses would assume the truth values (T, T, F), and so this would not be a satisfying truth assignment for the set of clauses. There are only eight possible ways to assign truth values to three variables, and after a little more experimentation we might find out that these clauses would in fact be satisfied if we were to make the assignments \(T, T, F\) (how can we recognize a set of clauses that is satisfied by assigning to every variable the value 'T'?). The example already leaves one with the feeling that SAT might be a tough computational problem, because there are \(2^n\) possible sets of truth values that we might have to explore if we were to do an exhaustive search. It is quite clear, however, that this problem belongs to NP. Indeed, it is a decision problem. Furthermore we can easily assign a certificate to every set of clauses for which the answer to SAT is 'Yes', the clauses. Image Analysis: ### Localization and Attribution: - **Image 1**: Entire page. ### Text Analysis: - **Image 1**: - The image contains a single page of text extracted from a document. 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Overall, the page offers a thorough introduction and explanation of NP-completeness and Cook's Theorem, essential for understanding computational complexity. The logical structure and step-by-step exposition serve as a didactic method to facilitate the reader's grasp of theoretical concepts. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 120 Context: # Chapter 5: NP-completeness In each case the format of the clause is this: 'either the tape head is not positioned at square j, or the present state is not qk or the symbol just read is not l, but if they are then ...'. There is a clause as above for each step i = 0, ..., P(n) of the computation, for each square j = 1−P(n), P(n) of the tape, for each symbol l in the alphabet, and for each possible state qk of the machine—a polynomial number of clauses in all. The new configuration triple (NC, k, f) is, of course, as computed by the polynomial module. Now we have constructed a set of clauses with the following property. If we execute a recognizing computation on a string x and its certificate, in time at most P(n), then this computation determines a set of (True, False) values for all of the variables listed above, in such a way that all of the clauses just constructed are simultaneously satisfied. Conversely, if we have a set of values of the SAT variables that satisfies any of the clauses at once, then that set of values of the variables describes a certificate that would cause Turing machines to recognize the string x and it also describes, in intimate detail, the ensuing accepting computation that Turing machine would do if it were given x and that certificate. Hence every language in NP can be reduced to SAT. It is not difficult to check through the above construction and prove that the reduction is accomplishable in polynomial time. It follows that SAT is NP-complete. ## 5.4 Some other NP-complete problems Cook's theorem opened the way to the identification of a large number of NP-complete problems. The proof that Satisfiability is NP-complete required a demonstration that every problem in NP is polynomially reducible to SAT. To prove that some other problem X is NP-complete it will be sufficient to prove that SAT reduces to problem X. For if that is so then every problem in NP can be reduced to problem X by first reducing to an instance of SAT and then to an instance of X. In other words, if after Cook's theorem is a lot easier. To prove that some problem is NP-complete we need show only that SAT reduces to it. We don't have to go all the way back to the Turing machine computations any more. Just prove that if you can solve your problem then you can solve SAT. By Cook's theorem you will then know that by solving your problem you will have solved every problem in NP. For the purpose of being 'the second NP-complete problem,' consider the following special case of SAT, called 3-satisfiability, or 3SAT. An instance of 3SAT consists of a number of clauses, just as in SAT, except that the clauses are permitted to contain no more than three literals each. The question, as in SAT, is 'Are the clauses simultaneously satisfiable by some assignment of T'? What happens to the variables? ### Theorem 5.4.1. 3-satisfiability is NP-complete. **Proof.** Let an instance of SAT be given. We will show how to transform it quickly into an instance of 3SAT that is satisfiable if and only if the original SAT problem was satisfiable. More precisely, we are going to replace clauses that contain more than three literals with collections of clauses that contain exactly three literals and that have the same satisfiability as the original. In fact, suppose our instance of SAT contains a clause \[ {x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_k} \quad (k \geq 4). \tag{5.4.1} \] Then this clause will be replaced by k - 2 new clauses, utilizing k - 3 new variables \(z_i (i = 1, \ldots, k - 3)\) that are introduced just for this purpose. The k - 2 new clauses are \[ \begin{align*} {x_1, z_1}, \\ {x_2, z_1, z_2}, \\ {z_2, z_3}, \\ \ldots, \\ {z_{k - 3}, x_{k - 2}}. \tag{5.4.2} \end{align*} \] We now make the following claim. **Claim.** If \(x_1, \ldots, x_k\) is an assignment of truth values to the \(x_i\) for which the clause (5.4.1) is true, then there exist assignments \(x_i, \ldots, x_{k - 3}\) of truth values to the \(z_i\) such that all of the clauses (5.4.2) are simultaneously satisfied by \(x_{k - 3}\). Conversely, if \( (x', z') \) is some assignment that satisfies all of (5.4.2), then \(x'\) alone satisfies (5.4.1). Image Analysis: ### Comprehensive Examination of Visual Content #### 1. 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The content is methodically structured to build upon foundational concepts leading to proofs of NP-complete classifications, providing an in-depth tutorial on the subject matter. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 123 Context: # Maximum clique We are given a graph \( G \) and an integer \( K \). The question is to determine whether or not there is a set of \( K \) vertices in \( G \), each of which is joined, by an edge of \( G \), to all of the others. ## Edge coloring Given a graph \( G \) and an integer \( K \), can we color the edges of \( G \) in \( K \) colors, so that whenever two edges meet at a vertex, they will have different colors? Let us refer to an edge coloring of this kind as a proper coloring of the edges of \( G \). A beautiful theorem of Vizing's deals with this question. If \( \Delta \) denotes the largest degree of any vertex in the given graph, the Vizing's theorem asserts that the edges of \( G \) can be properly colored in either \( \Delta \) or \( \Delta + 1 \) colors. Since it is obvious that at least \( \Delta \) colors will be needed, this means that the edge chromatic number is in doubt by only one unit, for every graph \( G \)! Nevertheless, the decision as to whether the correct answer is \( \Delta \) or \( \Delta + 1 \) is NP-complete. ## Hamilton path In a graph \( G \), is there a path that visits every vertex of \( G \) exactly once? ## Target sum Given a finite set of positive integers whose sum is \( S \)? The above list, together with SAT, 3SAT, Travelling Salesman, and Graph Coloring, constitutes a modest sampling of the class of these seemingly intractable problems. Of course it must not be assumed that every problem that "sounds like" an NP-complete problem is necessarily so hard. If for example we ask for an Euler path instead of a Hamilton path (i.e., if we want to traverse edges rather than vertices) the problem would no longer be NP-complete, and in fact it would be in P, thanks to theorem 1.6.1. As another example, the fact that one can find the edge connectivity of a given graph in polynomial time (see section 3.8) is rather amazing considering the quite difficult appearance of the problem. One of our motivations for including the network flow algorithms in this book was, indeed, to show how very sophisticated algorithms can sometimes prove that seemingly hard problems are in fact computationally tractable. ## Exercises for section 5.4 1. Is the claim that we made and proved above (just after (5.4.21) related with the statement that the clause (5.4.1) is satisfiable if and only if the clauses (5.4.2) are simultaneously satisfiable? Discuss. 2. Is the claim that we made and proved above (just after (5.4.21) related with the statement that the Boolean expression (5.4.1) is equal to the product of the Boolean expressions (5.4.2) in the sense that their truth values are identical on every set of inputs? Discuss. 3. Let it be desired to find out if a given graph \( G \) of vertices, can be vertex colored in \( K \) colors. If we transform the problem into an instance of SAT, exactly how many clauses will there be? # 5.5 Half a loaf ... If we simply groan to solve an NP-complete problem, then we are faced with a very long computation. Is there anything that can be done to lighten the load? In a number of cases various kinds of probabilistic and approximate algorithms have been developed, some very ingenious, and these may often be quite serviceable, as we have already seen in the case of primality testing. Here are some of the strategies of "near" solutions that have been developed. ## Type I: 'Almost surely ...' Suppose we have an NP-complete problem that asks if there is a certain kind of substructure embedded in a given structure. Then we may be able to develop an algorithm with the following properties: - (a) It always runs in polynomial time. - (b) When it finds a solution then that solution is always a correct one. - (c) It doesn't always find a solution, but it 'almost always' does, in the sense that the ratio of successes to total cases approaches unity as the size of the input string grows large. An example of such an algorithm is one that will find a Hamilton path in almost all graphs, failing to do so sometimes, but not often, and running always in polynomial time. We will describe such an algorithm below. **Reference:** - V. G. Vizing, On an estimate of the chromatic class of a \( p \)-graph (Russian), Diskret. Analiz. 3 (1964), 25-30. 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This content’s primary focus is on explaining different complex graph problems, their theoretical implications, and approximate solutions in computational theory, with an academic approach designed for students or researchers in the field. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 123 Context: # Maximum clique We are given a graph \( G \) and an integer \( K \). The question is to determine whether or not there is a set of \( K \) vertices in \( G \), each of which is joined by an edge to all of the others. ## Edge coloring Given a graph \( G \) and an integer \( K \), can we color the edges of \( G \) in \( K \) colors, so that whenever two edges meet at a vertex, they will have different colors? Let us refer to an edge coloring of this kind as a proper coloring of the edges of \( G \). A beautiful theorem of Vizing's deals with this question. If \( \Delta \) denotes the largest degree of any vertex in the given graph, the Vizing's theorem asserts that the edges of \( G \) can be properly colored in either \( \Delta \) or \( \Delta + 1 \) colors. Since it is obvious that at least \( \Delta \) colors will be needed, this means that the edge chromatic number is in doubt by only one unit, for every graph \( G \). Nevertheless, the decision as to whether the correct answer is \( \Delta \) or \( \Delta + 1 \) is NP-complete. ## Hamilton path In a given graph \( G \), is there a path that visits every vertex of \( G \) exactly once? ## Target sum Given a finite set of positive integers whose sum is \( S \)? The above list, together with SAT, 3SAT, Travelling Salesman and Graph Coloring, constitutes a modest sampling of the class of these seemingly intractable problems. Of course, it must not be assumed that every problem that "sounds like" an NP-complete problem is necessarily so hard. If for example we ask for an Euler path instead of a Hamilton path (i.e., if we want to traverse edges rather than vertices) the problem would no longer be NP-complete, and in fact it would be in P, thanks to Theorem 1.6.1. As another example, the fact that one can find the edge connectivity of a given graph in polynomial time (see section 3.8) is rather amazing considering the quite difficult appearance of the problem. One of our motivations for including the network flow algorithms in this book was, indeed, to show how very sophisticated algorithms can sometimes prove that seemingly hard problems are in fact computationally tractable. # Exercises for section 5.4 1. Is the claim that we made and proved above (just after (5.4.2)) identical with the statement that the clause (5.4.1) is satisfiable if and only if the clauses (5.4.2) are simultaneously satisfiable? Discuss. 2. Is the claim that we made and proved above (just after (5.4.2)) identical with the statement that the Boolean expression (5.4.1) is equal to the product of the Boolean expressions (5.4.2) in the sense that their truth values are identical on every set of inputs? Discuss. 3. Let it be desired to find out if a given graph \( G \) of \( V \) vertices can be vertex colored in \( K \) colors. If we transform the problem into an instance of SAT, exactly how many clauses will there be? # 5.5 Half a loaf ... If we simply want to solve an NP-complete problem, then we are faced with a very long computation. Is there anything that can be done to lighten the load? In a number of cases various kinds of probabilistic and approximate algorithms have been developed, some very ingenious, and these may often be quite serviceable, as we have already seen in the case of primality testing. Here are some of the strategies of "near" solutions that have been developed. ## Type I: "Almost surely ..." Suppose we have an NP-complete problem that asks if there is a certain kind of substructure embedded inside a given structure. Then we may be able to develop an algorithm with the following properties: 1. It always runs in polynomial time 2. When it finds a solution then that solution is always a correct one 3. It doesn't always find a solution, but it "almost always" does, in the sense that the ratio of successes to total cases approaches unity as the size of the input grows large. An example of such an algorithm is one that will find a Hamilton path in almost all graphs, failing to do so sometimes, but not often, and running always in polynomial time. We will describe such an algorithm below. * V. G. Vizing. On an estimate of the chromatic class of a \( p \)-graph (Russian), Diskret. Analiz. 3 (1964), 25-30. 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It focuses on complex problems of graph theory such as the maximum clique, edge coloring, and Hamilton paths. Exercises are provided to reinforce the theoretical concepts discussed, and the supplementary section "5.5 Half a loaf ..." explains algorithmic approaches and strategies to cope with NP-complete problems. The content is highly specialized, intended for an audience versed in advanced graph theory and computational complexity. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 123 Context: Maximum clique: We are given a graph \( G \) and an integer \( K \). The question is to determine whether or not there is a set of \( K \) vertices in \( G \), each of which is joined, by an edge of \( G \), to all of the others. Edge coloring: Given a graph \( G \) and an integer \( K \), can we color the edges of \( G \) in \( K \) colors, so that whenever two edges meet at a vertex, they will have different colors? Let us refer to an edge coloring of this kind as a proper coloring of the edges of \( G \). A beautiful theorem of Vizing's deals with this question. If \( \Delta \) denotes the largest degree of any vertex in the given graph, the Vizing's theorem asserts that the edges of \( G \) can be properly colored in either \( \Delta \) or \( \Delta + 1 \) colors. Since it is obvious that at least \( \Delta \) colors will be needed, this means that the edge chromatic number is in doubt by only one unit, for every graph \( G \). Nevertheless, the decision as to whether the correct answer is \( \Delta \) or \( \Delta + 1 \) is NP-complete. Hamilton path: In a given graph \( G \), is there a path that visits every vertex of \( G \) exactly once? Target sum: Given a finite set of positive integers whose sum is \( S \)? The above list, together with SAT, 3SAT, Travelling Salesman and Graph Coloring, constitutes a modest sampling of the class of these seemingly intractable problems. Of course, it must not be assumed that every problem that "sounds like" an NP-complete problem is necessarily so hard. If for example we ask for an Euler path instead of a Hamilton path (i.e., if we want to traverse edges rather than vertices) the problem would no longer be NP-complete, and in fact it would be in P, thanks to theorem 1.6.1. As another example, the fact that one can find the edge connectivity of a given graph in polynomial time (see section 3.8) is rather amazing considering the quite difficult appearance of the problem. One of our motivations for including the network flow algorithms in this book was, indeed, to show how very sophisticated algorithms can sometimes prove that seemingly hard problems are in fact computationally tractable. ## Exercises for section 5.4 1. Is the claim that we made and proved above (just after (5.4.2)) identical with the statement that the clause (5.4.1) is satisfiable if and only if the clauses (5.4.2) are simultaneously satisfiable? Discuss. 2. Is the claim that we made and proved above (just after (5.4.2)) identical with the statement that the Boolean expression (5.4.1) is equal to the product of the Boolean expressions (5.4.2) in the sense that their truth values are identical on every set of inputs? Discuss. 3. Let it be desired to find out if a given graph \( G \) of \( V \) vertices, can be vertex colored in \( K \) colors. If we transform the problem into an instance of SAT, exactly how many clauses will there be? ## 5.5 Half a loaf ... If we simply want to solve an NP-complete problem, then we are faced with a very long computation. Is there anything that can be done to lighten the load? In a number of cases various kinds of probabilistic and approximate algorithms have been developed, some very ingenious, and these may often be quite serviceable, as we have already seen in the case of primality testing. Here are some of the strategies of "near" solutions that have been developed. ### Type 1: *Almost surely ...* Suppose we have an NP-complete problem that asks if there is a certain kind of substructure embedded inside a given structure. Then we may be able to develop an algorithm with the following properties: (a) It always runs in polynomial time (b) When it finds a solution then that solution is always a correct one (c) It doesn’t always find a solution, but it "almost always" does, in the sense that the ratio of successes to total cases approaches unity as the size of the input grows large. An example of such an algorithm is one that will find a Hamilton path in almost all graphs, failing to do so sometimes, but not often, and running always in polynomial time. We will describe such an algorithm below. * V. G. Vizing. On an estimate of the chromatic class of a \( p \)-graph (Russian), Diskret. Analiz. 3 (1964), 25-30. Image Analysis: ### Image Analysis #### 1. 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It covers how certain problems can be translated into NP-complete problems, discusses potential approaches, and sets exercises for further understanding, highlighting the importance of theoretical computer science in practical problem-solving contexts. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 124 Context: # Chapter 5: NP-completeness ## Type II: 'Usually fast ...' In this category of quasi-solution are algorithms in which the uncertainty lies not in whether a solution will be found, but in how long it will take to find one. An algorithm of this kind will 1. always find a solution and the solution will always be correct, and 2. operate in an average of subexponential time, although occasionally it may require exponential time. The averaging is over all input strings of a given size. An example of this sort is an algorithm that will surely find a maximum independent set in a graph, will on the average require 'only' \( O(n^{\log n}) \) time to do so, but will occasionally, i.e., for some graphs, require nearly \( 2^n \) time to get an answer. We will outline such an algorithm below, in section 5.6. Note that \( O(n^{\log n}) \) is not a polynomial time estimate, but it’s an improvement over \( 2^n \). ## Type II: 'Usually fast ...' In this kind of algorithm, we don’t even get the right answer, but it’s close. Since this means giving up quite a bit, people like these algorithms to be very fast. Of course, we are going to drop our insistence that the questions be posed as decision problems, and instead they will be asked as optimization problems: find the shortest tour through these cities, or find the size of the maximum clique in this graph, or find a coloring of this graph in the fewest possible colors, etc. In response, these algorithms will 1. run in polynomial time 2. always produce some output 3. provide a guarantee that the output will not deviate from the optimal solution by more than such-and-such. An example of this type is the approximate algorithm for the traveling salesman problem that is given below, in section 5.8. It quickly yields a tour of the cities that is guaranteed to be at most twice as long as the shortest possible tour. Now let’s look at examples of each of these kinds of approximation algorithms. An example of an algorithm of Type I is due to Angluin and Valiant. It tries to find a Hamilton path (or circuit) in a graph \( G \). It doesn’t always find such a path, but in theorem 5.5.1 below we will see that it usually does, at least if the graph is from a class of graphs that are likely to have Hamilton paths at all. Input to the algorithm are the graph \( G \) and two distinguished vertices \( s, t \). It looks for a Hamilton circuit between the vertices \( s, t \) (if \( s = t \) on input then we are looking for a Hamilton circuit in \( G \)). The procedure maintains a partially constructed Hamilton path \( P \), from \( s \) to some vertex \( v_{dp} \), and it attempts to extend \( P \) by adjoining an edge to a new, previously unsatisfied vertex. In the process of doing so it will delete from the graph \( G \), from time to time, an edge, so we will also maintain a variable graph \( G' \) that is initially set to \( G \), but which is acted upon by the program. To do this, the algorithm chooses at random an edge \( (u_{dp}, v) \) that is incident with the current endpoint of the partial path \( P \), and it deletes the edge \( (u_{dp}, v) \) from the graph \( G' \), so it will never be chosen again. If \( v \) is a vertex that is not on the path \( P \) then the path is extended by adjoining the new edge \( (u_{dp}, v) \). So much is fairly clear. However if the new vertex \( v \) is already on the path \( P \), then we short circuit the path by deleting an edge from it and drawing in a new edge, as is shown below in the formal statement of the algorithm, and in Fig. 5.5.1. In that case the path does not get longer, but it changes so that it now has... #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 124 Context: # Chapter 5: NP-completeness ## Type II: 'Usually fast ...' In this category of quasi-solution are algorithms in which the uncertainty lies not in whether a solution will be found, but in how long it will take to find one. An algorithm of this kind will 1. always find a solution and the solution will always be correct, and 2. operate in an average of subexponential time, although occasionally it may require exponential time. The averaging is over all input strings of a given size. An example of this sort is an algorithm that will surely find a maximum independent set in a graph, will on the average require 'only' \( O(n^{\log n}) \) time to do so, but will occasionally, i.e., for some graphs, require nearly \( 2^n \) time to get an answer. We will outline such an algorithm below, in section 5.6. Note that \( O(n^{\log n}) \) is not a polynomial time estimate, but it’s an improvement over \( 2^n \). ## Type II: 'Usually fast ...' In this kind of algorithm, we don’t even get the right answer, but it’s close. Since this means giving up quite a bit, people like these algorithms to be very fast. Of course we are going to drop our insistence that the questions be posed as decision problems, and instead they will be asked as optimization problems: find the shortest tour through these cities, or find the size of the maximum clique in this graph, or find a coloring of this graph in the fewest possible colors, etc. In response, these algorithms will 1. run in polynomial time 2. always produce some output 3. provide a guarantee that the output will not deviate from the optimal solution by more than such-and-such. An example of this type is the approximate algorithm for the travelling salesman problem that is given below, in section 5.8. It quickly yields a tour of the cities that is guaranteed to be at most twice as long as the shortest possible tour. Now let’s look at examples of each of these kinds of approximation algorithms. An example of an algorithm of Type I is due to Angluin and Valiant. It tries to find a Hamilton path (or circuit) in a graph \( G \). It doesn’t always find such a path, but in theorem 5.5.1 below we will see that it usually does, at least if the graph is from a class of graphs that are likely to have Hamilton paths at all. Input to the algorithm are the graph \( G \) and two distinguished vertices \( s, t \). It looks for a Hamilton path between the vertices \( s, t \) (if \( s = t \) on input then we are looking for a Hamilton circuit in \( G \)). The procedure maintains a partially constructed Hamilton path \( P \), from \( s \) to some vertex \( v \), and attempts to extend \( P \) by adjoining an edge to a new, previously unvisited vertex. In the process of doing so it will delete from the graph \( G \), from time to time, an edge, so we will also maintain a variable graph \( G' \), that it initially set to \( G \), but which is acted upon by the program. To do this, the algorithm chooses at random an edge \( (u, v) \) that is incident with the current endpoint of the partial path \( P \), and it deletes the edge \( (u, v) \) from the graph \( G \); so it will never be chosen again. If \( v \) is a vertex that is not on the path \( P \) then the path is extended by adjoining the new edge \( (u, v) \). So much is fairly clear. However if the new vertex \( v \) is already on the path \( P \), then we short circuit the path by deleting an edge from it and drawing in a new edge, as is shown below in the formal statement of the algorithm, and in Fig. 5.5.1. In that case the path does not get longer, but it changes so that it now has #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 124 Context: # Chapter 5: NP-completeness ## Type II: ‘Usually fast ...’ In this category of quasi-solution are algorithms in which the uncertainty lies not in whether a solution will be found, but in how long it will take to find one. An algorithm of this kind will 1. always find a solution and the solution will always be correct, and 2. operate in an average of subexponential time, although occasionally it may require exponential time. The averaging is over all input strings of a given size. An example of this sort is an algorithm that will surely find a maximum independent set in a graph, will on the average require ‘only’ \(O(n^{\log n})\) time to do so, but will occasionally, i.e., for some graphs, require nearly \(2^n\) time to get an answer. We will outline such an algorithm below, in section 5.6. Note that \(O(n^{\log n})\) is not a polynomial time estimate, but it’s an improvement over \(2^n\). ## Type II: ‘Usually fast ...’ In this kind of algorithm we don’t even get the right answer, but it’s close. Since this means giving up quite a bit, people like these algorithms to be very fast. Of course we are going to drop our insistence that the questions be posed as decision problems, and instead they will be asked as optimization problems: find the shortest tour through these cities, or find the size of the maximum clique in this graph, or, find a coloring of this graph in the fewest possible colors, etc. In response these algorithms will 1. run in polynomial time 2. always produce some output 3. provide a guarantee that the output will not deviate from the optimal solution by more than such-and-such. An example of this type is the approximate algorithm for the travelling salesman problem that is given below, in section 5.8. It quickly yields a tour of the cities that is guaranteed to be at most twice as long as the shortest possible tour. Now let’s look at examples of each of these kinds of approximation algorithms. An example of an algorithm of Type I is due to Angluin and Valiant. It tries to find a Hamilton path (or circuit) in a graph \(G\). It doesn’t always find such a path, but in theorem 5.5.1 below we will see that it usually does, at least if the graph is from a class of graphs that are likely to have Hamilton paths at all. Input to the algorithm are the graph \(G\) and two distinguished vertices \(s, t\). It looks for a Hamilton path between the vertices \(s, t\) (if \(s = t\) on input then we are looking for a Hamilton circuit in \(G\)). The procedure maintains a partially constructed Hamilton path \(P\), from \(s\) to some vertex \(v_{np}\), and it attempts to extend \(P\) by adjoining an edge to a new, previously unvisited vertex. In the process of doing so it will delete from the graph \(G\), from time to time, an edge, so we will also maintain a variable graph \(G'\), that is initially set to \(G\), but which is acted upon by the program. To do this, the algorithm chooses at random an edge \((u_{np}, v)\) that is incident with the current endpoint of the partial path \(P\), and it deletes the edge \((u_{np}, v)\) from the graph \(G\), so it will never be chosen again. If \(v\) is a vertex that is not on the path \(P\) then the path is extended by adjoining the new edge \((u_{np}, v)\). So much is fairly clear. However if the new vertex \(v\) is already on the path \(P\), then we short circuit the path by deleting an edge from it and drawing in a new edge, as is shown below in the formal statement of the algorithm, and in Fig. 5.5.1. In that case the path does not get longer, but it changes so that it now has #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 132 Context: # Chapter 5: NP-completeness ## 5.8 Approximate algorithms for hard problems Finally, we come to Type III of the three kinds of ‘half-a-loaf-is-better-than-none’ algorithms that were described in section 5.5. In these algorithms we don’t find the exact solution of the problem, only an approximate one. As consolation we have an algorithm that runs in polynomial time as well as a performance guarantee to the effect that while the answer is approximate, it can certainly deviate by no more than such-and-such from the exact answer. An elegant example of such a situation is the Travelling Salesman Problem, which we will now express as an optimization problem rather than as a decision problem. We are given \( n \) points (cities) in the plane, as well as the distances between every pair of them, and we are asked to find a round-trip tour of all of these cities that has minimum length. We will assume throughout the following discussion that the distances satisfy the triangle inequality. This restriction of the TSP is often called the *Euclidean* Travelling Salesman Problem. The algorithm that we will discuss for this problem has the properties 1. It runs in polynomial time and 2. The round-trip tour that it finds will never be more than twice as long as the shortest possible tour. The first step in carrying out the algorithm is to find a minimum spanning tree (MST) for the \( n \) given cities. A MST is a tree whose nodes are the cities in question, and which, among all possible trees on the vertex set, has minimum possible length. It may seem that finding a MST is just as hard as solving the TSP, but NIN (No, It’s Not!). The MST problem is one of those all-too-rare computational situations in which it pays to be greedy. Generally speaking, in a greedy algorithm, 1. We are trying to construct some optimal structure by adding one piece at a time, and 2. At each step we make the decision about which piece will be added next by choosing, among all available pieces, the single one that will carry us as far as possible in the desirable direction (be greedy!). The reason that greedy algorithms are not usually the best possible ones is that it may be better not to take the single best piece at each step, but to take some other piece, in the hope that at a later step we will be able to improve things even more. In other words, the global problem of finding the best structure might not be solvable by the local procedure of being as greedy as possible at each step. In the MST problem, though, the greedy strategy works, as we see in the following algorithm. ```plaintext procedure mst(x: array of n points in the plane); /* constructs a spanning tree of minimum length on the */ /* vertices {x1, x2, ..., xn} in the plane */ let T consist of a single vertex x1; while T has fewer than n vertices do for each vertex x that is not yet in T, find the distance d(x) from \( x \) to the nearest vertex of T; let \( v \) be a vertex of smallest d(x); add \( v \) to the vertex set of T; add to T the edge from \( v \) to the nearest vertex \( x \) of T; end(mst) ``` ### Proof of correctness of mst: Let \( T \) be the tree that is produced by running mst, and let \( e_1, e_2, \ldots, e_{n-1} \) be its edges, listed in the same order in which the algorithm produced them. Let \( T' \) be a minimum spanning tree for \( x \). Let \( e \) be the first edge of \( T' \) that does not appear in \( T \). In the minimum tree \( T' \), edges \( e_1, \ldots, e_{i-1} \) all appear, and we let \( S \) be the union of their vertex sets. In \( T' \), \( f \) be the edge that joins the subtree on \( S \) to the subtree on the remaining vertices of \( x \). Suppose \( f \) is shorter than \( e \). Then \( f \) was one of the edges that was available to the algorithm and at the instant that it chose \( e \), and since \( e \) was the shortest edge available at that moment, we have a contradiction. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 132 Context: # Chapter 5: NP-completeness ## 5.8 Approximate algorithms for hard problems Finally, we come to Type III of the three kinds of ‘half-a-loaf-is-better-than-none’ algorithms that were described in section 5.5. In these algorithms we don’t find the exact solution of the problem, only an approximate one. As consolation we have an algorithm that runs in polynomial time as well as a performance guarantee to the effect that while the answer is approximate, it can certainly deviate by no more than such-and-such from the exact answer. An elegant example of such a situation is the Travelling Salesman Problem, which we will now express as an optimization problem rather than as a decision problem. We are given \( n \) points (`cities`) in the plane, as well as the distances between every pair of them, and we are asked to find a round-trip tour of all of these cities that has minimum length. We will assume throughout the following discussion that the distances satisfy the triangle inequality. This restriction of the TSP is often called the `Euclidean Travelling Salesman Problem`. The algorithm that we will discuss for this problem has the properties: 1. It runs in polynomial time and 2. The round-trip tour that it finds will never be more than twice as long as the shortest possible tour. The first step in carrying out the algorithm is to find a minimum spanning tree (MST) for the given cities. A MST is a tree whose nodes are the cities in question, and which, among all possible trees, has the vertex set, its minimum possible length. It may seem that finding a MST is just as hard as solving the TSP, but `NIN` (No, It’s Not!). The MST problem is one of those all-too-rare computational situations in which it pays to be greedy. Generally speaking, in a greedy algorithm: 1. We are trying to construct some optimal structure by adding one piece at a time, and 2. At each step we make the decision about which piece will be added next by choosing, among all available pieces, the single one that will carry us as far as possible in the desirable direction (be greedy!). ### Procedure ```plaintext procedure mst(x: array of n points in the plane); { constructs a spanning tree T of minimum length on the vertices {x1, x2, ..., xn} in the plane } T ← consist of a single vertex x1; while |T| has fewer than n vertices do for each vertex v that is not yet in T, find the distance d(v) from v to the nearest vertex of T; let w be a vertex of smallest d(v); add w to the vertex set of T; add edge to the edge from v to the nearest vertex w of T; end while; end(mst) ``` ### Proof of correctness of mst Let \( T \) be the tree that is produced by running `mst`, and let \( e_1, ..., e_n-1 \) be its edges, listed in the same order in which the algorithm produced them. Let \( T' \) be a minimum spanning tree for \( x \). Let \( e_1 \) be the first edge of \( T' \) that does not appear in \( T \). In the minimum tree \( T' \), edges \( e_1, ..., e_n-1 \) all appear, and let \( S \) be the union of their vertex sets. In \( T' \), let \( f \) be the edge that joins the subtree on \( S \) to the subtree on the remaining vertices of \( x \). Suppose \( f \) is shorter than \( e_r \). Then \( f \) was one of the edges that was available to the algorithm and that it chose \( e_r \), and since \( e_r \) was the shortest edge available at that moment, we have a contradiction. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 132 Context: # Chapter 5: NP-completeness ## 5.8 Approximate algorithms for hard problems Finally, we come to Type III of the three kinds of 'half-a-loaf-is-better-than-none' algorithms that were described in section 5.5. In these algorithms, we don't find the exact solution of the problem, only an approximate one. As consolation, we have an algorithm that runs in polynomial time as well as a performance guarantee to the effect that while the answer is approximate, it can certainly deviate by no more than such-and-such from the exact answer. An elegant example of such a situation is the Travelling Salesman Problem, which we will now express as an optimization problem rather than as a decision problem. We are given \( n \) points ('cities') in the plane, as well as the distances between every pair of them, and we are asked to find a round-trip tour of all of these cities that has minimum length. We will assume throughout the following discussion that the distances satisfy the triangle inequality. This restriction of the TSP is often called the 'Euclidean' Travelling Salesman Problem. The algorithm that we will discuss for this problem has the properties: 1. It runs in polynomial time and 2. The round-trip tour that it finds will never be more than twice as long as the shortest possible tour. The first step in carrying out the algorithm is to find a minimum spanning tree (MST) for the \( n \) given cities. A MST is a tree whose nodes are the cities in question, and which, among all possible trees on the vertex set, has minimum possible length. It may seem that finding a MST is just as hard as solving the TSP, but NIN (No, It's Not). The MST problem is one of those all-too-rare computational situations in which it pays to be greedy. Generally speaking, in a greedy algorithm, 1. We are trying to construct some optimal structure by adding one piece at a time, and 2. At each step we make the decision about which piece will be added next by choosing, among all available pieces, the single one that will carry us as far as possible in the desirable direction (be greedy!). The reason that greedy algorithms are not usually the best possible ones is that it may be better not to take the single best piece at each step, but to take some other piece, in the hope that at a later step we will be able to improve things even more. In other words, the global problem of finding the best structure might not be solvable by the local procedure of being as greedy as possible at each step. In the MST problem, though, the greedy strategy works, as we see in the following algorithm. ``` procedure mst(x: array of n points in the plane); { constructs a spanning tree of minimal length on the vertices \( x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n \) in the plane } let T consist of a single vertex \( x_1 \); while T has fewer than n vertices do for each vertex \( v \) that is not yet in T, find the distance \( d(v) \) from \( v \) to the nearest vertex of T; let \( u \) be a vertex of smallest \( d(v) \); add \( u \) to the vertex set of T; add to T the edge from \( v \) to the nearest vertex \( u \) of T; end; end(mst); ``` ### Proof of correctness of mst: Let \( T \) be the tree that is produced by running mst, and let \( e_1, \ldots, e_k \) be its edges, listed in the same order in which the algorithm produced them. Let \( T' \) be a minimum spanning tree for \( x \). Let \( e \) be the first edge of \( T \) that does not appear in \( T' \). In the minimum tree \( T' \), edges \( e_1, \ldots, e_{i-1} \) all appear, and we let \( S \) be the union of their vertices in \( T' \) plus the edge that joins the subtree on \( S \) to the subtree on the remaining vertices of \( x \). Suppose \( f \) is shorter than \( e \). Then \( f \) was one of the edges that was available to the algorithm and that it chose \( e_r \), and since \( e_r \) was the shortest edge available at that moment, we have a contradiction. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 133 Context: # 5.7 Backtracking (II): Graph Coloring Suppose \( f \) is longer than \( \epsilon \). Then \( T' \) would not be minimal because the tree that we would obtain by exchanging \( f \) for \( e_i \) in \( T' \) (why is it still a free tree if we do that exchange?) would be shorter, contradicting the minimality of \( T' \). Hence \( f \) and \( e \) have the same length. In \( T' \) exchange \( f \) for \( e_f \). Then \( T' \) is still a tree, and is still a minimum spanning tree. The index of the first edge of \( T \) that does not appear in \( T' \) is now at least \( r + 1 \), one unit larger than before. The process of replacing edges of \( T \) that do not appear in \( T' \) without affecting the minimality of \( T \) can be repeated until every edge of \( T \) appears in \( T' \), i.e., until \( T' = T \). Hence \( T \) was a minimum spanning tree. That finishes one step of the process that leads to a polynomial time travelling salesman algorithm that finds a tour of at most twice the minimum length. The next step involves finding an Euler circuit. Way back in theorem 1.6.1 we learned that a connected graph has an Euler circuit if and only if every vertex has even degree. Recall that the proof was recursive in nature, and immediately implies a linear time algorithm for finding Euler circuits recursively. We also noted that the proof remains valid even if we are dealing with a multigraph, that is, with a graph in which several edges are permitted between single pairs of vertices. We will in fact need that extra flexibility for the purpose at hand. We now have the ingredients for a quick near-optimal travelling salesman tour. ### Theorem 5.8.1 There is an algorithm that operates in polynomial time and which will return a travelling salesman tour whose length is at most twice the length of a minimum tour. Here is the algorithm. Given the \( n \) cities in the plane: 1. Find a minimum spanning tree \( T \) for the cities. 2. Double each edge of the tree, thereby obtaining a ‘multitree’ \( T' \) in which each pair of vertices there are \( 0 \) or \( 2 \) edges. 3. Since every vertex of the doubled tree has even degree, there is an Eulerian tour \( W \) of the edges of \( T' \); find one, as in the proof of theorem 1.6.1. 4. Now we construct the output tour of the cities. Begin at some city and follow the walk \( W \). However, if you haven't visited some vertex \( x \), go from \( x \) directly (via a straight line) to the next vertex of the walk \( W \) that you haven't visited yet. This means that you will often short-circuit portions of the walk \( W \) by going directly from some vertex to another that is several edges ‘down the road.’ Let \( Z' \) be the tour that results from Step 4 above and is indeed a tour of all the cities in which each city is visited once and only once. We claim that this length is at most twice optimal. Let \( Z \) be an optimum tour, and let \( e \) be some edge of \( Z \). Then \( Z - e \) is a path that visits all of the cities. Since \( e \) is a tree, \( Z - e \) is a spanning tree of the cities, hence \( Z - e \) is at least as long as \( T \), and so \( Z \) is surely at least as long as \( T \). Next consider the length of the tour \( Z' \). A step of \( Z' \) that walks along an edge of the walk \( W \) has length equal to the length of that edge of \( W \). A step of \( Z' \) that short circuits several edges of \( W \) has length at most equal to the sum of the lengths of the edges of \( W \) that were short-circuited. If we sum these inequalities over all steps of \( Z' \) we find that the length of \( Z' \) is at most equal to the length of \( W \), which is in turn twice the length of the tree \( T \). If we put all of this together we find that: \[ \text{length}(Z) \leq \text{length}(Z - e) \leq \frac{1}{2} \text{length}(W) \leq 1 \cdot \text{length}(Z') \] as claimed. More recently it has been proved (Christofides, 1976) that in polynomial time we can find a TSP tour whose total length is at most \( \frac{3}{2} \) as long as the original tour. The algorithm makes use of Edmonds's algorithm for maximum matching in a general graph (see the reference at the end of Chapter 3). It will be interesting to see if the factor \( \frac{3}{2} \) can be further refined. Polynomial time algorithms are known for other NP-complete problems that guarantee that the answer obtained will not exceed, by more than a constant factor, the optimum answer. In some cases this guarantees apply to the difference between the answer that the algorithm gives and the best one. See the references below for more information. Image Analysis: ### Localization and Attribution - **Image Location:** - One single image covering an entire page. - **Image Number:** - Image 1. ### Text Analysis - **Detected and Extracted Text:** The image contains text composed of several paragraphs and mathematical notations. Below is a detailed text analysis: **Section Heading:** `5.7 Backtracking (II): graph coloring` **Paragraph Content:** ``` Suppose T is longer than εₘ. Then T' would not be minimal because the tree that we would obtain by exchanging fₘ for εₘ in T' (why is it still a tree if we do that exchange?) would be shorter, contradicting the minimality of T'. Hence fₘ and εₘ have the same length. In T' exchange fₘ for εₘ. Then T' is still a tree, and is still a minimum spanning tree. The index of the first edge of T that does not appear in T' is now at least r + 1, one unit larger than before. The process of replacing edges of T that do not appear in T' without affecting the minimality of T can be repeated until every edge of T appears in T', i.e., until T = T'. Hence T was a minimum spanning tree. ... ``` **Algorithm Description:** ``` Theorem 5.8.1. There is an algorithm that operates in polynomial time and which will return a traveling salesman tour whose length is at most twice the length of a minimum tour. Here is the algorithm. Given the n cities in the plane: (1) Find a minimum spanning tree T for the n cities. (2) Double each edge of the tree, thereby obtaining a 'multitree' T(²) in which between each pair of vertices there are 0 or 2 edges. (3) Since every vertex of the doubled tree has even degree, there is an Eulerian tour W of the edges of T(²); find one, as in the proof of theorem 1.6.1. (4) Now we construct the output tour of the cities. Begin at some city and follow the walk W. However, whenever you arrive at some vertex v, go from v directly (via a straight line) to the next vertex of the walk W that you haven't visited yet. This means that you will often short-circuit portions of the walk W by going directly from some vertex to another one that is several edges 'down the road.' ... ``` **Mathematical Formulas:** ``` length(Z) ≥ length(Z − ε) ≥ length(T) ≝ 1/2 length(W) ≝ 1/2 length(Z') ``` **Contextual Content:** Discussion includes algorithms related to the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) and Euler circuits, polynomial time algorithms, and comparisons to previous proofs and theorems. ### Scene and Activity Analysis - **Scene Description:** - The image depicts a page from an academic or technical document, likely a textbook or research paper. It includes dense text with sections, theorems, definitions, and step-by-step algorithm explanations. - **Main Actors and Actions:** - Main actors are theoretical constructs and algorithms. - Actions include mathematical proofs, algorithmic steps, and theoretical analysis. ### Anomaly Detection - No anomalies detected in the image content. The text appears to be consistent with standard academic formatting. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 133 Context: ``` # 5.7 Backtracking (II): Graph Coloring Suppose \( T \) is longer than \( \epsilon \). Then \( T' \) would not be minimal because the tree that we would obtain by exchanging \( f_1 \) for \( e \) in \( T' \) (why is it still a tree if we do that exchange?) would be shorter, contradicting the minimality of \( T' \). Hence \( f_1 \) and \( e \) have the same length. In \( T' \) exchange \( f_1 \) for \( e \). Then \( T' \) is still a tree, and is still a minimum spanning tree. The index of the first edge of \( T \) that does not appear in \( T' \) is now at least \( r + 1 \), one unit larger than before. The process of replacing edges of \( T \) that do not appear in \( T' \) without affecting the minimality of \( T \) can be repeated until every edge of \( T \) appears in \( T' \), i.e., until \( T = T' \). Hence \( T \) was a minimum spanning tree. That finishes one step of the process that leads to a polynomial time travelling salesman algorithm that finds a tour of at most twice the minimum length. The next step involves finding an Euler circuit. Way back in theorem 1.6.1 we learned that a connected graph has an Euler circuit if and only if every vertex has even degree. Recall that the proof was recursive in nature, and immediately implies a linear time algorithm for finding Euler circuits recursively. We also noted that the proof remains valid even if we are dealing with a multigraph, that is, with a graph in which several edges are permitted between single pairs of vertices. We will in fact need that extra flexibility for the purpose at hand. ## Theorem 5.8.1 There is an algorithm that operates in polynomial time and which will return a travelling salesman tour whose length is at most twice the length of a minimum tour. Here is the algorithm. Given the \( n \) cities in the plane: 1. Find a minimum spanning tree \( T \) for the cities. 2. Double each edge of the tree, thereby obtaining a ‘multitree’ \( T' \) in which each pair of vertices there are 0 or 2 edges. 3. Since every vertex of the doubled tree has even degree, there is an Eulerian tour \( W \) of the edges of \( T' \); find one, as in the proof of theorem 1.6.1. 4. Now we construct the output tour of the cities. Begin at some city and follow the walk \( W \). However, instead of starting at some vertex \( v \), go from \( v \) directly (via a straight line) to the next vertex of the walk \( W \) that you haven't visited yet. This means that you will often short-circuit portions of the walk \( W \) by going directly from some vertex to another via a several edges ‘down the road.’ The tour \( Z' \) that results from (4) above is indeed a tour of all the cities in which each city is visited once and only once. We claim that this tour is at most twice optimal. Let \( Z \) be an optimum tour, and let \( e \) be some edge of \( Z \). Then \( Z - e \) is a path that visits all of the cities. Since a path is a tree, \( Z - e \) is a spanning tree of the cities, hence \( Z - e \) is at least as long as \( T \), and so \( Z \) is surely at least as long as \( T \). Next consider the length of the tour \( Z' \). A step of \( Z' \) that walks along an edge of the walk \( W \) has length equal to the length of that edge of \( W \). A step of \( Z' \) that short circuits several edges of \( W \) has length at most equal to the sum of the lengths of the edges of \( W \) that were short-circuited. If we sum these inequalities over all steps of \( Z' \) we find that the length of \( Z' \) is at most equal to the length of \( W \), which is in turn twice the length of the tree \( T \). If we put all of this together we find that: \[ \text{length}(Z') \leq \text{length}(Z - e) \leq \text{length}(T) = \frac{1}{2} \text{length}(W) \leq \frac{1}{2} \text{length}(Z') \] as claimed. More recently it has been proved (Christodes, 1976) that in polynomial time we can find a TSP tour whose total length is at most \( \frac{3}{2} \) as long as \( G \) is a complete tour. The algorithm makes use of Edmonds’s algorithm for maximum matching in a general graph (see the reference at the end of Chapter 3). It will be interesting to see if the factor \( \frac{3}{2} \) can be further refined. Polynomial time algorithms are known for other NP-complete problems that guarantee that the answers obtained will not exceed, by more than a constant factor, the optimum answer. 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By focusing on dense mathematical and algorithmic content, the image provides educational material for students or professionals in the field of computer science or applied mathematics. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 134 Context: # Chapter 5: NP-completeness ## Exercises for section 5.8 1. Consider the following algorithm: **procedure** `mst2(x: array of n points in the plane);` *allegedly finds a tree of minimum total length that visits every one of the given points* if n = 1 then T := {x₁} else T := mst2(n - 1, x₁, ..., xₙ); let u be the vertex of T that is nearest to xₙ; mst2 := T plus vertex xₙ plus edge (xₙ, u) end. Is this algorithm a correct recursive formulation of the minimum spanning tree greedy algorithm? If so, then prove it, and if not then give an example of a set of points where `mst2` gets the wrong answer. --- ## Bibliography Before we list some books and journal articles, it should be mentioned that research in the area of NP-completeness is moving rapidly, and the state of the art is changing all the time. Readers who would like updates on the subject are referred to a series of articles that have appeared in issues of the Journal of Algorithms in recent years. These are called *NP-completeness: An ongoing guide*. They are written by David S. Johnson, and each of them is a thorough survey of recent progress in one particular area of NP-completeness research. They are written as updates of the first reference below. Journals that contain a good deal of research on the areas of this chapter include the Journal of Algorithms, the Journal of the Association for Computing Machinery, the SIAM Journal of Computing, Information Processing Letters, and SIAM Journal of Discrete Mathematics. The most complete reference on NP-completeness is - M. Garey and D. S. Johnson, *Computers and Intractability: A guide to the theory of NP-completeness*, W. H. Freeman and Co., San Francisco, 1979. The above is highly recommended. It is readable, careful and complete. The earliest ideas on the computational intractability of certain problems go back to Alan Turing. On computable numbers, with an application to the Entscheidungsproblem, Proc. London Math. Soc., Ser. 2, 42 (1936), 230–265. Cook's theorem, which originated the subject of NP-completeness, is in - S. A. Cook, *The complexity of theorem proving procedures*, Proc., Third Annual ACM Symposium on the Theory of Computing, ACM, New York, 1971, 151–158. After Cook's work was done, a large number of NP-complete problems were found by - Richard M. Karp, *Reducibility among combinatorial problems*, in R. E. Miller and J. W. Thatcher, eds., *Complexity of Computer Computations*, Plenum, New York, 1972, 85–103. The above paper is recommended both for its content and its clarity of presentation. The approximate algorithm for the traveling salesman problem is in - D. J. B. Rothmaler, R. E. Stearns and P. M. Lewis, *An analysis of several heuristics for the travelling salesman problem*, SIAM J. Comp. 6 (1977), 563–581. Another approximate algorithm for the Euclidean TSP which guarantees that the solution found is no more than 3/2 as long as the optimum tour, was found by - N. Christofides, *Worst case analysis of a new heuristic for the travelling salesman problem*, Technical Report, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1976. The minimum spanning tree algorithm is due to - R. C. Prim, *Shortest connection networks and some generalizations*, Bell System Tech. J. 36 (1957), 1389–1401. The probabilistic algorithm for the Hamilton path problem can be found in #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 134 Context: # Chapter 5: NP-completeness ## Exercises for section 5.8 1. Consider the following algorithm: ```plaintext procedure mst2(x: array of n points in the plane); {allegedly finds a tree of minimum total length that visits every one of the given points} if n = 1 then T := {x₁} else T := mst2(n - 1 - xₙ); let u be the vertex of T that is nearest to xₙ; mst2 := T plus vertex xₙ plus edge (xₙ, u) end. (mst2) ``` Is this algorithm a correct recursive formulation of the minimum spanning tree greedy algorithm? If so, then prove it, and if not then give an example of a set of points where mst2 gets the wrong answer. ## Bibliography Before we list some books and journal articles, it should be mentioned that research in the area of NP-completeness is moving rapidly, and the state of the art is changing all the time. Readers who would like updates on the subject are referred to a series of articles that have appeared in issues of the *Journal of Algorithms* in recent years. These are called *NP-completeness: An ongoing guide*. They are written by David S. Johnson, and each of them is a thorough survey of recent progress in one particular area of NP-completeness research. They are written as updates of the first reference below. Journals that contain a good deal of research on the areas of this chapter include the *Journal of Algorithms*, the Journal of the Association for Computing Machinery, the SIAM Journal of Computing, Information Processing Letters, and SIAM Journal of Discrete Mathematics. The most complete reference on NP-completeness is - M. Garey and D. S. Johnson, *Computers and Intractability: A guide to the theory of NP-completeness*, W. H. Freeman and Co., San Francisco, 1979. The above is highly recommended. It is readable, careful, and complete. The earliest ideas on the computational intractability of certain problems go back to Alan Turing, On computable numbers, with an application to the Entscheidungsproblem, Proc. London Math. Soc., Ser. 2, 42 (1936), 230-265. Cook's theorem, which originated the subject of NP-completeness, is in - S. A. Cook, *The complexity of theorem proving procedures*, Proc., Third Annual ACM Symposium on the Theory of Computing, ACM, New York, 1971, 151-158. After Cook's work was done, a large number of NP-complete problems were found by - Richard M. Karp, *Reducibility among combinatorial problems*, in R. E. Miller and J. W. Thatcher, eds., *Complexity of Computer Computations*, Plenum, New York, 1972, 85-103. The above paper is recommended both for its content and its clarity of presentation. The approximate algorithm for the traveling salesman problem is in - D. J. R. Rothlauf, R. E. Stearns and P. M. Lewis, *An analysis of several heuristics for the travelling salesman problem*, SIAM J. Comp. 6 (1977), 563-581. Another approximate algorithm for the Euclidean TSP which guarantees that the solution found is no more than 3/2 as long as the optimum tour, was found by - N. Christofides, *Worst case analysis of a new heuristic for the travelling salesman problem*, Technical Report, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1976. The minimum spanning tree algorithm is due to - R. C. Prim, *Shortest connection networks and some generalizations*, Bell System Tech. J. 36 (1957), 1389-1401. The probabilistic algorithm for the Hamilton path problem can be found in. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 134 Context: # Chapter 5: NP-completeness ## Exercises for section 5.8 1. Consider the following algorithm: ``` procedure mst2(x: array of n points in the plane); { allegedly finds a tree of minimum total length that visits every one of the given points } if n = 1 then T := {x₁} else T := mst2(n - 1, x − xₙ); let u be the vertex of T that is nearest to xₙ; mst2 := T plus vertex xₙ plus edge (xₙ, u) end. ``` Is this algorithm a correct recursive formulation of the minimum spanning tree greedy algorithm? If so then prove it, and if not then give an example of a set of points where mst2 gets the wrong answer. ## Bibliography Before we list some books and journal articles, it should be mentioned that research in the area of NP-completeness is moving rapidly, and the state of the art is changing all the time. Readers who would like updates on the subject are referred to a series of articles that have appeared in issues of the Journal of Algorithms in recent years. These are called "NP-completeness: An ongoing guide." They are written by David S. Johnson, and each of them is a thorough survey of recent progress in one particular area of NP-completeness research. They are written as updates of the first reference below. Journals that contain a good deal of research on the areas of this chapter include the Journal of Algorithms, the Journal of the Association for Computing Machinery, the SIAM Journal of Computing, Information Processing Letters, and SIAM Journal of Discrete Mathematics. The most complete reference on NP-completeness is - M. Garey and D. S. Johnson, *Computers and Intractability: A guide to the theory of NP-completeness*, W. H. Freeman and Co., San Francisco, 1979. The above is highly recommended. It is readable, careful, and complete. The earliest ideas on the computational intractability of certain problems go back to - Alan Turing, "On computable numbers, with an application to the Entscheidungsproblem," Proc. London Math. Soc., Ser. 2, 42 (1936), 230-265. Cook's theorem, which originated the subject of NP-completeness, is in - S. A. Cook, "The complexity of theorem proving procedures," Proc., Third Annual ACM Symposium on the Theory of Computing, ACM, New York, 1971, 151-158. After Cook's work was done, a large number of NP-complete problems were found by - Richard M. Karp, "Reducibility among combinatorial problems," in R. E. Miller and J. W. Thatcher, eds., *Complexity of Computer Combinations*, Plenum, New York, 1972, 85-103. The above paper is recommended both for its content and its clarity of presentation. The approximate algorithm for the traveling salesman problem is in - D. J. Rothlauf, R. E. Stearns and P. M. Lewis, "An analysis of several heuristics for the travelling salesman problem," SIAM J. Comp. 6 (1977), 563-581. Another approximate algorithm for the Euclidean TSP which guarantees that the solution found is no more than 3/2 as long as the optimum tour, was found by - N. Christofides, "Worst case analysis of a new heuristic for the travelling salesman problem," Technical Report, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1976. The minimum spanning tree algorithm is due to - R. C. Prim, "Shortest connection networks and some generalizations," Bell System Tech. J. 36 (1957), 1389-1401. The probabilistic algorithm for the Hamilton path problem can be found in --- 130 #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 135 Context: # 5.7 Backtracking (II): Graph Coloring D. Angluin and L. G. Valiant, Fast probabilistic algorithms for Hamilton circuits and matchings, Proc. Ninth Annual ACM Symposium on the Theory of Computing, ACM, New York, 1977. The result that the graph coloring problem can be done in constant average time is due to H. Wilf, Backtrack: An O(1) average time algorithm for the graph coloring problem, Information Processing Letters 18 (1984), 119-122. Further refinements of the above result can be found in E. Bender and H. S. Wilf, A theoretical analysis of backtracking in the graph coloring problem, Journal of Algorithms 6 (1985), 275-282. If you enjoyed the average numbers of independent sets and average complexity of backtrack, you might enjoy the subject of random graphs. An excellent introduction to the subject is Edgar M. Palmer, *Graphical Evolution*, An introduction to the theory of random graphs, Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1985. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 135 Context: # 5.7 Backtracking (II): Graph Coloring D. Angluin and L. G. Valiant, *Fast probabilistic algorithms for Hamilton circuits and matchings*, Proc. Ninth Annual ACM Symposium on the Theory of Computing, ACM, New York, 1977. The result that the graph coloring problem can be done in constant average time is due to H. W. Wilf, *Backtrack: An O(1) average time algorithm for the graph coloring problem*, Information Processing Letters, 18 (1994), 119-122. Further refinements of the above result can be found in E. Bender and H. S. Wilf, *A theoretical analysis of backtracking in the graph coloring problem*, Journal of Algorithms, 6 (1985), 275-282. If you enjoyed the average numbers of independent sets and average complexity of backtrack, you might enjoy the subject of random graphs. An excellent introduction to the subject is Edgar M. Palmer, *Graphical Evolution: An introduction to the theory of random graphs*, Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1985. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 135 Context: # 5.7 Backtracking (II): Graph Coloring D. Angluin and L. G. Valiant, Fast probabilistic algorithms for Hamilton circuits and matchings, *Proc. Ninth Annual ACM Symposium on the Theory of Computing*, ACM, New York, 1977. The result that the graph coloring problem can be done in constant average time is due to H. Wilf, Backtrack: An \( O(1) \) average time algorithm for the graph coloring problem, *Information Processing Letters* 18 (1994), 119-122. Further refinements of the above result can be found in E. Bender and H. S. Wilf, A theoretical analysis of backtracking in the graph coloring problem, *Journal of Algorithms* 6 (1985), 275-282. If you enjoyed the average numbers of independent sets and average complexity of backtrack, you might enjoy the subject of random graphs. An excellent introduction to the subject is Edgar M. Palmer, *Graphical Evolution*, An introduction to the theory of random graphs, Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1985. #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 136 Context: # Index - adjacent 40 - Adleman, L. 149, 164, 165, 176 - Aho, A. V. 103 - Angluin, D. 208-211, 227 - Appel, K. 69 - average complexity 57, 211f - **backtracking** 211f - Bender, E. 227 - Berger, R. 3 - big O 9 - binary system 19 - bin-packing 178 - binomial theorem 37 - bipartite graph 44, 182 - binomial coefficients 35 - growth of 35 - blocking flow 124 - Burnside's lemma 46 - **cardinality** 35 - canonical factorization 138 - capacity of a cut 115 - Catalan numbers 158 - certificate 171, 182, 193 - Chentsav, B. V. 135 - Chinese remainder theorem 154 - chromatic number 44 - chromatic polynomial 73 - Cohen, H. 176 - coloring graphs 43 - complement of a graph 44 - complexity - worst-case 4 - connected 41 - Cook, S. 187, 194-201, 226 - Cook's theorem 195f - Cooley, J. M. 103 - Coppersmith, D. 99 - cryptography 165 - Christodes, N. 224, 227 - cut in a network 115 - capacity of 115 - cycle 61 - cyclic group 152 - **decimal system** 19 - decision problem 181 - degree of a vertex 40 - deterministic 193 - Dijkstra, W. 176 - digraphs 105 - Divine, E. 103, 134 - divide 137 - Dixon, J. D. 170, 175, 177 - domino problem 3 - ‘easy’ computation 1 - edge coloring 206 - edge connectivity 132 #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 136 Context: # Index - adjacent 40 - Adleman, L. 149, 164, 165, 176 - Aho, A. V. 103 - Angluin, D. 208-211, 227 - Appel, K. 69 - average complexity 57, 211f - backtracking 211f - Bander, E. 227 - Bentley, J. 54 - Berger, R. 3 - big O 9 - binary system 19 - bin-packing 178 - binomial theorem 37 - bipartite graph 44, 182 - binomial coefficients 35 - growth of 35 - blocking flow 124 - Burnside's lemma 46 - cardinality 35 - canonical factorization 138 - capacity of a cut 115 - Carmichael numbers 155 - certificate 171, 182, 193 - Chensavsky, B. V. 135 - Chinese remainder theorem 154 - chromatic number 44 - chromatic polynomial 73 - Cohen, H. 176 - coloring graphs 43 - complement of a graph 44 - complexity - worst-case 4 - connected 41 - Cook, S. 187, 194-201, 226 - Cook's theorem 195f - Cooley, J. M. 103 - Coppersmith, D. 99 - cryptography 165 - Cristofides, N. 224, 227 - cut in a network 115 - capacity of 115 - cycle 61 - cyclic group 152 - decimal system 19 - decision problem 181 - degree of a vertex 40 - deterministic 193 - Diffie, W. 176 - digraph 105 - Dinitz, E. 103, 134 - divide 137 - Dixon, J.D. 170, 175, 177 - domino problem 3 - 'easy' computation 1 - edge coloring 206 - edge connectivity 132 #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 136 Context: # Index - adjacent 40 - Adleman, L. 149, 164, 165, 176 - Alo, A. V. 103 - Anguita, D. 209-211, 227 - Appel, K. 69 - average complexity 57, 211f. - backtracking 211f. - Bender, E. 227 - Bentley, J. L. 54 - Berger, R. 3 - big O 9 - binary system 19 - bin-packing 178 - binomial theorem 37 - bipartite graph 44, 182 - binomial coefficients 35 - growth of 33 - blocking flow 124 - Burnside's lemma 46 - cardinality 35 - canonical factorization 138 - capacity of a cut 115 - Carmichael numbers 155 - certificate 171, 182, 193 - Chenskasy, B. V. 135 - Chinese remainder theorem 154 - chromatic number 44 - chromatic polynomial 73 - Cohen, H. 176 - coloring graphs 43 - complement of a graph 44 - complexity 1 - worst-case 4 - connected 41 - Cook, S. 187, 194-201, 226 - Cook's theorem 195f. - Cooley, J. W. 103 - Coppersmith, D. 99 - cryptography 165 - Cristofides, N. 224, 227 - cut in a network 115 - capacity of 115 - cycle 61 - cyclic group 152 - decimal system 19 - decision problem 181 - degree of a vertex 40 - deterministic 193 - Diffie, W. 176 - digitalis 105 - Divine, D. 103, 134 - divide 137 - Dixon, J. D. 170, 175, 177 - domino problem 3 - ‘easy’ computation 1 - edge coloring 206 - edge connectivity 132 #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 137 Context: # Index - Edmonds, J. 107, 134, 224 - Esfahani, K. 103 - Euclidean algorithm 140, 168 - complexity 142 - extended 144f - Euler totient function 138, 157 - Eulerian circuit 41 - Even, S. 13 - Exponential growth 13 - Factor base 169 - Fermat's theorem 152, 159 - FFT, complexity of 93 - applications of 95ff - Fibrodacci numbers 30, 76, 144 - Flow 106 - value of 106 - augmentation 109 - blocking 124 - Flow augmenting path 109 - Ford-Fulkerson algorithm 108f - Ford, L. 107f - Four-color theorem 68 - Fourier transform 83f - discrete 83 - inverse 96 - Fulkerson, D. E. 107f - Gall, J. 135 - Gardner, M. 2 - Garvey, M. 188 - Geometric series 23 - Gomory, R. E. 136 - Graphs 40f - coloring of 43, 183, 216f - connected 41 - complement of 44 - complete 44 - empty 44 - bipartite 44 - planar 70 - Greatest common divisor 138 - Group of units 151 - Haken, W. 69 - Hamiltonian circuit 41, 206, 208f - Hardy, G. H. 175 - Height of network 125 - Hellman, M. E. 176 - Hexadecimal system 21 - Hierarchy of growth 11 - Hoare, C. A. R. 51 - Hopcroft, J. 70, 103 - Hu, T. C. 136 - Independent set 61, 179, 211f - Intractable 5 - Johnson, D. S. 188, 225, 226 - Karp, R. 107, 134, 206, 226 - Kazanov, A. 134 - Knuth, D. E. 102 - König, H. 103 #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 137 Context: # Index - Edmonds, J. 107, 134, 224 - Esien, K. 103 - Euclidean algorithm 140, 168 - complexity 142 - extended 144f - Euler totient function 138, 157 - Eulerian circuit 41 - Even, S. 13 - Exponential growth 13 ### Topics - Factor base 169 - Fermat's theorem 152, 159 - FFT, complexity of 93 - applications of 95 ff - Fibonacci numbers 30, 76, 144 - Flow 106 - value of 106 - augmentation 109 - blocking 124 - Flow augmenting path 109 - Ford-Fulkerson algorithm 108f - Ford, L. 107f - Four-color theorem 68 - Fourier transform 83f - discrete 83 - inverse 96 - Fulkerson, D. E. 107f ### Authors - Gall, Z. 135 - Gardner, M. 2 - Gavey, M. 188 - geometric series 23 - Gnomon, R. E. 136 ### Graphs - Coloring of 43, 183, 216f - connected 41 - complement of 44 - complete 44 - empty 44 - bipartite 44 - planar 70 - Greatest common divisor 138 - Group of units 151 ### Additional References - Haken, W. 69 - Hamiltonian circuit 41, 206, 208f - Hardy, G. H. 175 - Height of network 125 - Hellman, M. E. 176 - Hexadecimal system 21 - Hierarchy of growth 11 - Hoare, C. A. R. 51 - Hopcroft, J. 70, 103 - Hu, T. C. 136 - Independent set 61, 179, 211f - Intractable 5 ### Other References - Johnson, D. S. 188, 225, 226 - Karp, R. 107, 134, 206, 226 - Kazanov, A. 134 - Knuth, D. E. 102 - König, H. 103 #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 137 Context: ``` # Index - **Edmonds, J.** 107, 134, 224 - **Esfahani, K.** 103 - **Euclidean algorithm** 140, 168 - complexity 142 - extended 144f - **Euler totient function** 138, 157 - **Eulerian circuit** 41 - **Even, S.** 13 - **Exponential growth** 13 - **Factor base** 169 - **Fermat's theorem** 152, 159 - **FFT**, complexity of 93 - applications of 95 ff - **Fibonacci numbers** 30, 76, 144 - **Flow** 106 - value of 106 - augmentation 109 - blocking 124 - **Flow augmenting path** 109 - **Ford-Fulkerson algorithm** 108 ff - **Ford, L.** 107 f - **Four-color theorem** 68 - **Fourier transform** 83 ff - discrete 83 - inverse 96 - **Fulkerson, D. E.** 107 f - **Gall, J.** 135 - **Gardner, M.** 2 - **Garey, M.** 188 - **Geometric series** 23 - **Gomory, R. E.** 136 - **Graphs** 40 ff - coloring of 43, 183, 216 ff - connected 41 - complement of 44 - complete 44 - empty 44 - bipartite 44 - planar 70 - **Greatest common divisor** 138 - **Group of units** 151 - **Haken, W.** 69 - **Hamiltonian circuit** 41, 206, 208 ff - **Hardy, G. H.** 175 - **Height of network** 125 - **Hellman, M. E.** 176 - **Hexadecimal system** 21 - **Hierarchy of growth** 11 - **Hoare, C. A. R.** 51 - **Hopcroft, J.** 70, 103 - **Hu, T. C.** 136 - **Independent set** 61, 179, 211 ff - **Intractable** 5 - **Johnson, D. S.** 188, 225, 226 - **Karp, R.** 107, 134, 206, 226 - **Kazanov, A.** 134 - **Knuth, D. E.** 102 - **Koenig, H.** 103 ``` #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 139 Context: ``` # Index - **recurrence relations** 26/f - **recurrent inequality** 31 - **recursive algorithms** 48/f - **reducibility** 135 - **relatively prime** 138 - **ring** 21, 151 - **Rivet, R.** 165, 176 - **roots of unity** 86 - **Rosenkrantz, D.** 227 - **RSA system** 165, 168 - **Rumely, R.** 149, 164, 176 - **Runge, C.** 103 ## SAT - **satisfiability** 187, 195 - **second vertex** 111 - **Schöning, A.** 103 - **Selinger, J.** 176 - **Shamir, A.** 165, 176 - **slowart** 50 - **Solow, R.** 149, 162, 176 - **splitter** 52 - **Stearns, R. E.** 227 - **Stirling's formula** 16, 216 - **Strassen, V.** 73, 103, 149, 162, 176 - **synthetic division** 86 ## 3SAT - **target sum** 206 - **Tajima, R. E.** 66, 70, 103, 135 - **Θ (Theta of)** 10 - **tiling** 2 - **tractable** 5 - **travelling salesman problem** 178, 184, 221 - **tree** 45 - **Tropowski, A.** 66, 103 - **TSP** 178, 201 - **Tukey, J. W.** 103 - **Turing, A.** 226 - **Turing machine** 187/f - **Ullman, J. D.** 103 - **usable edge** 111 - **Valiant, L.** 208-11, 227 - **vertices** 40 - **Wizig, V.** 206 - **Wagstaff, S.** 176 - **Welch, P. D.** 103 - **Wills, H. G.** 103, 227, 228 - **Winograd, S.** 99 - **worst-case** 4, 180 - **Wright, E. M.** 175 ``` #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 139 Context: # Index - recurrence relations 26/f - recurrent inequality 31 - recursive algorithms 48/f - reducibility 185 - relative prime 138 - ring Z, 151 - Rivest, R. 165, 176 - roots of unity 86 - Rosenkrantz, D. 227 - RSA system 165, 168 - Rumyantsev, R. 149, 164, 176 - Runge, C. 103 ## SAT - SAT 195 - satisfiability 187, 195 - second vertex 111 - Schöning, A. 103 - Selbig, J. 176 - Shamir, A. 165, 176 - slowest 50 - Solvable, R. 149, 162, 176 - splitter 52 - Stearns, R. E. 227 - Stirling's formula 16, 216 - Strassen, V. 73, 103, 149, 162, 176 - synthetic division 86 ## 3SAT - target sum 206 - Tajima, R. E. 66, 70, 103, 135 - Θ (Theta of) 10 - tiling ? - tractable 5 - travelling salesman problem 178, 184, 221 - tree 45 - Trojanowski, A. 66, 103 - TSP 178, 201 - Tukey, J. W. 103 - Turing, A. 226 - Turing machine 187/f - Ullman, J. D. 103 - usable edge 111 - Valiant, L. 208-11, 227 - vertices 40 - Wizing, V. 206 - Wagstaff, S. 176 - Welch, P. D. 103 - Wilf, H. S. 60, 103, 227, 228 - Winograd, S. 99 - worst-case 4, 180 - Wright, E. M. 175 #################### File: Algorithms%20and%20Complexity%20-%20Herbert%20S.%20Wilf%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 139 Context: # Index - recurrence relations 26ff. - recurrent inequality 31 - recursive algorithms 48ff. - reducibility 135 - relatively prime 138 - ring Z, 151f. - Rivest, R. 165, 176 - roots of unity 86 - Rosenkrantz, D. 227 - RSA system 165, 168 - Rumely, R. 149, 164, 176 - Runge, C. 103 ## SAT 195 - satisfiability 187, 195 - second vertex 111 - Schöning, A. 103 - Seldin, J. 176 - Shamir, A. 165, 176 - slowsort 50 - Solway, R. 149, 162, 176 - splitter 52 - Stearns, R. E. 227 - Stirling's formula 16, 216 - Strassen, V. 73, 103, 149, 162, 176 - synthetic division 86 ## 3SAT 201 - target sum 206 - Tajima, R. 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