Approximate Counting for Spin Systems in Sub-Quadratic Time

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Main Authors: Anand, Konrad, Feng, Weiming, Freifeld, Graham, Guo, Heng, Wang, Jiaheng
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author Anand, Konrad
Feng, Weiming
Freifeld, Graham
Guo, Heng
Wang, Jiaheng
author_facet Anand, Konrad
Feng, Weiming
Freifeld, Graham
Guo, Heng
Wang, Jiaheng
contents We present two randomised approximate counting algorithms with $\widetilde{O}(n^{2-c}/\varepsilon^2)$ running time for some constant $c>0$ and accuracy $\varepsilon$: (1) for the hard-core model with fugacity $λ$ on graphs with maximum degree $Δ$ when $λ=O(Δ^{-1.5-c_1})$ where $c_1=c/(2-2c)$; (2) for spin systems with strong spatial mixing (SSM) on planar graphs with quadratic growth, such as $\mathbb{Z}^2$. For the hard-core model, Weitz's algorithm (STOC, 2006) achieves sub-quadratic running time when correlation decays faster than the neighbourhood growth, namely when $λ= o(Δ^{-2})$. Our first algorithm does not require this property and extends the range where sub-quadratic algorithms exist. Our second algorithm appears to be the first to achieve sub-quadratic running time up to the SSM threshold, albeit on a restricted family of graphs. It also extends to (not necessarily planar) graphs with polynomial growth, such as $\mathbb{Z}^d$, but with a running time of the form $\widetilde{O}\left(n^2\varepsilon^{-2}/2^{c(\log n)^{1/d}}\right)$ where $d$ is the exponent of the polynomial growth and $c>0$ is some constant.
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spellingShingle Approximate Counting for Spin Systems in Sub-Quadratic Time
Anand, Konrad
Feng, Weiming
Freifeld, Graham
Guo, Heng
Wang, Jiaheng
Data Structures and Algorithms
We present two randomised approximate counting algorithms with $\widetilde{O}(n^{2-c}/\varepsilon^2)$ running time for some constant $c>0$ and accuracy $\varepsilon$: (1) for the hard-core model with fugacity $λ$ on graphs with maximum degree $Δ$ when $λ=O(Δ^{-1.5-c_1})$ where $c_1=c/(2-2c)$; (2) for spin systems with strong spatial mixing (SSM) on planar graphs with quadratic growth, such as $\mathbb{Z}^2$. For the hard-core model, Weitz's algorithm (STOC, 2006) achieves sub-quadratic running time when correlation decays faster than the neighbourhood growth, namely when $λ= o(Δ^{-2})$. Our first algorithm does not require this property and extends the range where sub-quadratic algorithms exist. Our second algorithm appears to be the first to achieve sub-quadratic running time up to the SSM threshold, albeit on a restricted family of graphs. It also extends to (not necessarily planar) graphs with polynomial growth, such as $\mathbb{Z}^d$, but with a running time of the form $\widetilde{O}\left(n^2\varepsilon^{-2}/2^{c(\log n)^{1/d}}\right)$ where $d$ is the exponent of the polynomial growth and $c>0$ is some constant.
title Approximate Counting for Spin Systems in Sub-Quadratic Time
topic Data Structures and Algorithms
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.14867