Reachability in 3-VASS is in Tower

Abstract

The reachability problem for vector addition systems with states (VASS) has been shown to be \textsc{Ackermann}-complete. For every $k\ge 3$, a completeness result for the $k$-dimensional VASS reachability problem is not yet available. It is shown in this paper that the $3$-dimensional VASS reachability problem is in \textsc{Tower}, improving upon the current best upper bound ${\mathbf{F}}_7$ established by Leroux and Schmidt in 2019.

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