Quasipolynomial algorithm finds approximate fixed points of ℓ∞ contractions
The method geometrically shrinks the search region and implies simple stochastic games can be solved in quasipolynomial time.
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The method geometrically shrinks the search region and implies simple stochastic games can be solved in quasipolynomial time.
Twelve models score 35.4% pass@1 on NPC items versus 63.8% on paired P twins; extra time barely helps.
Theory paper separates two KL measures for parallel sampling, with very different round costs.
Researchers classify neural-network security checks as co-NP-complete or harder, including backdoors and parameter faults.
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