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Research Article | Open Access

Lower bound of computational complexity of knapsack problems

Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
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The quantum statistics mechanism is very powerful for investigating the equilibrium states and the phase transitions in complex spin disorder systems. The spin disorder systems act as an interdisciplinary platform for solving the optimum processes in computer science. In this work, I determined the lower bound of the computational complexity of knapsack problems. I investigated the origin of nontrivial topological structures in these hard problems. It was uncovered that the nontrivial topological structures arise from the contradictory between the three-dimensional character of the lattice and the two-dimensional character of the transfer matrices used in the quantum statistics mechanism. I illustrated a phase diagram for the non-deterministic polynomial (NP) vs polynomial (P) problems, in which a NP-intermediate (NPI) area exists between the NP-complete problems and the P-problems, while the absolute minimum core model is at the border between the NPI and the NP-complete problems. The absolute minimum core model of the knapsack problem cannot collapse directly into the P-problem. Under the guide of the results, one may develop the best algorithms for solving various optimum problems in the shortest time (improved greatly from O(1.3N) to O((1+ε)N) with ε→0 and ε≠1/N) being in subexponential and superpolynomial. This work illuminates the road on various fields of science ranging from physics to biology to finances, and to information technologies.

CLC number: 82B20, 82B44, 68Q17, 68Q15

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AIMS Mathematics
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Zhang Z. Lower bound of computational complexity of knapsack problems. AIMS Mathematics, 2025, 10(5): 11918-11938. https://doi.org/10.3934/math.2025538

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Received: 10 January 2025
Revised: 28 April 2025
Accepted: 09 May 2025
Published: 15 May 2025
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