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We show that the subset sum problem can be solved in time $O(2^{0.499999n})$, breaking the $2^{n/2}$ meet-in-the-middle barrier. Our approach builds on the representation technique framework of Rand...

Tarik Aougab, Professor at Haverford College The premise for this post is simple: no matter what one thinks the central goals or purposes of mathematics are, the achievement of those goals by human…

We prove a $1/e$ guarantee for the matroid secretary problem on linear matroids, therefore settling the strong secretary conjecture in this class of matroids. The result holds both when the matroid is...