It is known that the satisfiability problem for equations over free partially commutative monoids is decidable but computationally hard. In this paper we consider the satisfiability problem for equations over free partially commutative monoids under the constraint that the solution is a subset of the alphabet. We prove that this problem is NP-complete for quadratic equations and that its uniform version is NP-complete for linear equations.

Alphabetical satisfiability problem for trace equations

BREVEGLIERI, LUCA ODDONE;CHERUBINI, ALESSANDRA;NUCCIO, CLAUDIA;RODARO, EMANUELE
2009-01-01

Abstract

It is known that the satisfiability problem for equations over free partially commutative monoids is decidable but computationally hard. In this paper we consider the satisfiability problem for equations over free partially commutative monoids under the constraint that the solution is a subset of the alphabet. We prove that this problem is NP-complete for quadratic equations and that its uniform version is NP-complete for linear equations.
2009
free partially commutative monoid; trace equation; NP-complete problem
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