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Symbolic Computation

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This paper derives the exact math of the classic one-dimensional car-parking process: for…

The exact finite-length joint law of the uniform car-parking process is resolved into jamming cells with rational densities, evaluable in…

· “Exact Finite-Length Theory of Uniform Car Parking: Spatial Laws, Absorption, and Aggregation”

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Extract constraints before solving: LLM math gains up to 8.5 points

Writing the answer's constraints into the prompt cuts modular and format errors on AIME-style problems.

· “Constraint-First Reasoning: A Training-Free Protocol for Exploiting Answer-Space Constraints in Mathematical Problem Solving”

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All ten 'unsatisfiable' matrix-multiplication formulas are satisfiable

Complete assignments satisfy all 2,461,316 clauses; the formulas only require type-3 incidences, not exact cores.

· “SAT Certificates for the Matrix-Multiplication Challenges over F2: All Ten `Expected-UNSAT` Instances Are Satisfiable, and a Type-3-Free Rank-23 Scheme”

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This paper formalizes the Kannan–Bachem Smith normal form algorithm for integer matrices…

A Lean 4 formalization proves correctness and a fixed polynomial arithmetic bit-cost bound for the Kannan–Bachem Smith normal form…

· “Machine-Checked Arithmetic Bit Complexity of the Kannan-Bachem Smith Normal Form in Lean 4”

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PolicyGuard turns policies into symbolic rules and LLM questions for compliance checks

Separating formal logic from local document interpretation makes reviews inspectable, updatable, and testable on tasks like NDA clause evalu

· “PolicyGuard: From Organizational Policies to Neuro-SymbolicCompliance Review Engines”

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Cylindrical decomposition computes exact program output distributions

Small sensor programs with random inputs obtain precise probability calculations by decomposing the input space into integrable cells.

· “Exact Evaluation of Probabilistic Programs with Cylindrical Algebraic Decomposition”

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