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I am announcing an update on this 3SUM problem.
We now have the fastest deterministic 3SUM algorithm known: n¹·⁹⁹⁶¹
That's 4.5× the deterministic saving below n², with zero randomness, and it matches the best randomized bound.
Truly Subquadratic 3SUM and Truly Subcubic APSP via Triangles in Sparse Lopsided Graphs
(Josh Alman)@firebat03 , Virginia Vassilevska Williams
This is really a huge breakthrough result in fine-grained complexity.
arxiv.org/abs/2610.06783
Publishing results that can help advance mathematics as a whole.
In search of faster integer multiplication, we found where the walls are: proven ceilings and no-go theorems for the finite-witness approach to beating n log n.
Open access, fully reproducible.
Eleventh update to OpenAI problem #109 (integer multiplication): κ rises to 2⁻¹⁰·⁵⁴⁷, still past 2⁻¹¹.
Witness value: κ = 2⁻¹⁰·⁵⁴⁷ = 6.6857 × 10⁻⁴
(tightened from κ = 2⁻¹⁸²)
This κ is about 1.09 fold our previous witness value κ = 2⁻¹⁰·⁶⁶⁶ = 6.1534 ×
Tenth update to OpenAI problem #109 (integer multiplication): we are now past 2^-11.
κ = 2^-10.666 (6.1534 × 10⁻⁴), tightened from κ = 2⁻¹⁸²
That is about 1.32 fold over our previous 2^-11.066 (4.6637 × 10⁻⁴), and a 2¹⁷¹ fold improvement over the original OAI result.