Unconditional derandomization of Arthur-Merlin games ★★★

Author(s): Shaltiel; Umans

Problem   Prove unconditionally that $ \mathcal{AM} $ $ \subseteq $ $ \Sigma_2 $.

Keywords: Arthur-Merlin; Hitting Sets; unconditional

The robustness of the tensor product ★★★

Author(s): Ben-Sasson; Sudan

Problem   Given two codes $ R,C $, their Tensor Product $ R \otimes C $ is the code that consists of the matrices whose rows are codewords of $ R $ and whose columns are codewords of $ C $. The product $ R \otimes C $ is said to be robust if whenever a matrix $ M $ is far from $ R \otimes C $, the rows (columns) of $ M $ are far from $ R $ ($ C $, respectively).

The problem is to give a characterization of the pairs $ R,C $ whose tensor product is robust.

Keywords: codes; coding; locally testable; robustness

Graceful Tree Conjecture ★★★

Author(s):

Conjecture   All trees are graceful

Keywords: combinatorics; graceful labeling