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Bo-Ning Meng

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Preprint Aug 2026

From Block Orthogonality to Decidability in Complex-Weighted Counting CSP

In a landmark JACM paper recognized with the 2021 G{\"o}del Prize, Cai and Chen established a complete complexity dichotomy for counting CSPs over arbitrary finite domains with algebraic complex weights. Its polynomial-time side is characterized by three conditions---Block Orthogonality, Type Partition, and preservation by a common Mal'tsev operation---quantified over the countably infinite family $W_{\mathcal{F}}$ generated from arbitrary $\#\mathrm{CSP}(\mathcal{F})$ instances by partial summation. They asked whether these infinitary conditions are decidable from the finite language $\mathcal{F}$ alone---equivalently, whether the polynomial-time side of this complete fixed-language classification is uniformly recognizable. We settle this problem by giving, for every nonempty finite domain $D$ and every finite exactly encoded algebraic-complex language $\mathcal{F}$, a total exact algorithm that decides all three conditions on the full unbounded family $W_{\mathcal{F}}$. Beyond decidability, we prove that Block Orthogonality alone forces both Type Partition and the existence of a single Mal'tsev operation preserving all generated support and row-equivalence relations. Thus the three-condition characterization collapses to Block Orthogonality, and the finite input $(D,\mathcal{F})$ determines which side of the dichotomy applies. The same framework decides the corresponding conditions in the dichotomy theorem for degree-multiple counting CSP proved by Lin.

Cheng-Hua Liu, Bo-Ning Meng · 0 citations
Preprint Sep 2026

Hidden Circuits and Exact Counting in Ordered Graphs

We prove that counting perfect matchings is $\#P$-complete under polynomial-time Turing reductions on each of three classes of simple, unweighted graphs: monotone graphs, unit interval graphs, and chordal permutation graphs. The monotone result settles the exact-counting complexity left open by Dyer, Jerrum, and M\"uller (JACM 2017), complementing their rapid-mixing theorem. Inspired by quantum circuits, our reductions implement a circuit simulation using globally coupled matching-transfer operators. The key construction is an exact projection, implemented by a polynomial-length sequence of normalized transfers, that restores tensor-product locality and makes encoded gates composable. Interpolation-based cancellation then reduces circuit evaluation to unweighted perfect-matching counts in all three classes. We also place Dyer and M\"uller's class QChains within the distance-hereditary graphs and give an $O(n^2)$-arithmetic-operation counting algorithm for the latter, improving the $O(n^4)$ bound obtainable from Curticapean and Marx (SODA 2016). Together with prior results, these advances complete the exact-counting classification of the graph classes in Dyer and M\"uller's diagram (SIDMA 2019).

Cheng-Hua Liu, Bo-Ning Meng · 0 citations
Preprint Aug 2026

Quantum Uncomputation of Clean and Dirty Ancilla Qubits

This work introduces two complementary synthesis-oriented existence-checking methods: a rewrite-based normalization algorithm (RwUn) and a template-based reasoning system (TpUn) that guarantees uncomputation through structured Store-Use patterns.

Chenke Liu, Li Zhou, Bo-Ning Meng · 0 citations
Preprint Aug 2026

Bona: Automatic Management of Dirty Ancilla Borrowing in Quantum Circuits

Bona is presented, the first scheduler for dirty-qubit borrowing, built on a novel depth-aware heuristic algorithm, and it reduces nearly 99% of dirty ancillas on average with controlled depth overhead, providing concrete evidence that dirty ancillas offer unique optimization advantages in circuits with certain parallelism.

Xiao-Quan Xu, Chenke Liu, Bo-Ning Meng et al. · 0 citations

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