Reachability in Vector Addition Systems is Ackermann-complete
- Speaker(s)
- Wojciech Czerwiński
- Affiliation
- MIM UW
- Date
- May 12, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
- Information about the event
- online
- Seminar
- Seminar Automata Theory
Complexity of the reachability problem in Vector Addition Systems (VASes) was a long standing problem
for a few decades. Very recently two proofs of Ackermann-hardness were obtained independently
(one by Jerome Leroux, one by us). I will present you the proof obtained in a joint work with Łukasz Orlikowski.
The proof is based mostly on one new technique proposed in the paper: possibility of performing many zero-tests in
VASes by use of just one additional counter.