Inclusion–exclusion for k-CNF formulas
✍ Scribed by Kazuyuki Amano; Kazuo Iwama; Akira Maruoka; Kenshi Matsuo; Akihiro Matsuura
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 120 KB
- Volume
- 87
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-0190
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✦ Synopsis
We show that the number of satisfying assignments of a k-CNF formula is determined uniquely from the numbers of unsatisfying assignments for clause-sets of size up to log k + 2. This amount of information is also shown to be necessary.
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