Algorithmic complexity, a cornerstone of theoretical computer science, examines the intrinsic resource requirements of computational problems and the limits of what can be efficiently computed. Within ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling ...

The Difference of Convex functions Algorithm (DCA) is used to solve nonconvex optimization problems over a certain convex set, specifically quadratic programming ones, generally by finding approximate ...