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The Number of Satisfying Assignments of Random Regular k-SAT Formulas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 June 2018

AMIN COJA-OGHLAN  and
NICK WORMALD
AMIN COJA-OGHLAN
Affiliation:
Mathematics Institute, Goethe University, 10 Robert-Mayer-Straß e, Frankfurt 60325, Germany (e-mail: acoghlan@math.uni-frankfurt.de)
NICK WORMALD
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia (e-mail: nick.wormald@monash.edu)
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Abstract

Let Φ be a random k-SAT formula in which every variable occurs precisely d times positively and d times negatively. Assuming that k is sufficiently large and that d is slightly below the critical degree where the formula becomes unsatisfiable with high probability, we determine the limiting distribution of the number of satisfying assignments.

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Primary 60C05Secondary 05C80
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Combinatorics, Probability and Computing , Volume 27 , Special Issue 4: Special Issue: Oberwolfach Workshop , July 2018 , pp. 496 - 530
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