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#1 An Improved Upper Bound for SAT [PDF] [Copy] [Kimi]

Authors: Huairui Chu ; Mingyu Xiao ; Zhe Zhang

We show that the CNF satisfiability problem can be solved O^*(1.2226^m) time, where m is the number of clauses in the formula, improving the known upper bounds O^*(1.234^m) given by Yamamoto 15 years ago and O^*(1.239^m) given by Hirsch 22 years ago. By using an amortized technique and careful case analysis, we successfully avoid the bottlenecks in previous algorithms and get the improvement.