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most citedThe computational hardness of counting in two-spin models on d-regular graphs

59 citations · 216 across the 22 of their papers we have counts for

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24 papers

math.PR2026

Sharp detection thresholds for random geometric graphs with polynomial average degrees

Hang Du, Cheng Mao, Nike Sun +2

We study the random geometric graph formed by connecting independent uniform points on whenever their inner product exceeds a threshold chosen to give edge de…

math.PR2026

Resolution of the Detection Threshold Conjecture for Random Geometric Graphs in the Regime

Hang Du, Cheng Mao, Nike Sun +2

A random geometric graph (RGG) is generated by first sampling latent points independently and uniformly from the unit sphere in , and then connecting…

math.ST2023

Sharp thresholds in inference of planted subgraphs

Elchanan Mossel, Jonathan Niles-Weed, Youngtak Sohn +2

A major question in the study of the Erdős--Rényi random graph is to understand the probability that it contains a given subgraph. This study originated in classical work of Erdős…

math.PR2022

Locality of critical percolation on expanding graph sequences

Michael Ren, Nike Sun

We study the locality of critical percolation on finite graphs: let be a sequence of finite graphs, converging locally weakly to a (random, rooted) infinite graph . Consid…

math.CO2022★ 1 cited

A second moment proof of the spread lemma

Elchanan Mossel, Jonathan Niles-Weed, Nike Sun +1

This note concerns a well-known result which we term the ``spread lemma,'' which establishes the existence (with high probability) of a desired structure in a random set. The sprea…

math.CO2022

On the Second Kahn--Kalai Conjecture

Elchanan Mossel, Jonathan Niles-Weed, Nike Sun +1

For any given graph , we are interested in , the minimal such that the Erdős-Rényi graph contains a copy of with probability at least .…

math.PR2022

Sharp threshold sequence and universality for Ising perceptron models

Shuta Nakajima, Nike Sun

We study a family of Ising perceptron models with -valued activation functions. This includes the classical half-space models, as well as some of the symmetric models cons…

math.PR2021★ 6 cited

Gardner formula for Ising perceptron models at small densities

Erwin Bolthausen, Shuta Nakajima, Nike Sun +1

We consider the Ising perceptron model with N spins and M = N*alpha patterns, with a general activation function U that is bounded above. For U bounded away from zero, or U a one-s…

math.PR2019★ 2 cited

Breaking of 1RSB in random MAX-NAE-SAT

Zsolt Bartha, Nike Sun, Yumeng Zhang

For several models of random constraint satisfaction problems, it was conjectured by physicists and later proved that a sharp satisfiability transition occurs. For random -SAT a…

math.PR2018★ 3 cited

Capacity lower bound for the Ising perceptron

Jian Ding, Nike Sun

We consider the Ising perceptron with gaussian disorder, which is equivalent to the discrete cube intersected by random half-spaces. The perceptron's capacity is…

cs.DS2016★ 7 cited

Spectral algorithms for tensor completion

Andrea Montanari, Nike Sun

In the tensor completion problem, one seeks to estimate a low-rank tensor based on a random sample of revealed entries. In terms of the required sample size, earlier work revealed…

math.PR2016★ 3 cited

The number of solutions for random regular NAE-SAT

Allan Sly, Nike Sun, Yumeng Zhang

Recent work has made substantial progress in understanding the transitions of random constraint satisfaction problems. In particular, for several of these models, the exact satisfi…

math.PR2015★ 7 cited

Shotgun assembly of random regular graphs

Brice Huang, Elchanan Mossel, Nike Sun +2

Mossel and Ross (2019) introduce the shotgun assembly problem for random graphs: what radius ensures that the random graph can be uniquely recovered from its list of rooted…

math.PR2015★ 2 cited

Supercritical minimum mean-weight cycles

Jian Ding, Nike Sun, David B. Wilson

We study the weight and length of the minimum mean-weight cycle in the stochastic mean-field distance model, i.e., in the complete graph on vertices with edges weighted by inde…

math.PR2014★ 21 cited

Proof of the satisfiability conjecture for large k

Jian Ding, Allan Sly, Nike Sun

We establish the satisfiability threshold for random -SAT for all , with an absolute constant. That is, there exists a limiting density such that a rand…

math.PR2013★ 22 cited

Maximum independent sets on random regular graphs

Jian Ding, Allan Sly, Nike Sun

We determine the asymptotics of the independence number of the random -regular graph for all . It is highly concentrated, with constant-order fluctuations around $nα_…

math.PR2013

Satisfiability threshold for random regular NAE-SAT

Jian Ding, Allan Sly, Nike Sun

We consider the random regular -NAE-SAT problem with variables each appearing in exactly clauses. For all exceeding an absolute constant , we establish explicit…

math-ph2013★ 1 cited

On the asymptotics of dimers on tori

Richard W. Kenyon, Nike Sun, David B. Wilson

We study asymptotics of the dimer model on large toric graphs. Let be a weighted -periodic planar graph, and let be a large-index sublatt…

math.PR2012★ 16 cited

The Hausdorff dimension of the CLE gasket

Jason Miller, Nike Sun, David B. Wilson

The conformal loop ensemble is the canonical conformally invariant probability measure on noncrossing loops in a proper simply connected domain in the complex plan…

math.PR2012★ 59 cited

The computational hardness of counting in two-spin models on d-regular graphs

Allan Sly, Nike Sun

The class of two-spin systems contains several important models, including random independent sets and the Ising model of statistical physics. We show that for both the hard-core (…

math.PR2011★ 52 cited

Factor models on locally tree-like graphs

Amir Dembo, Andrea Montanari, Nike Sun

We consider homogeneous factor models on uniformly sparse graph sequences converging locally to a (unimodular) random tree , and study the existence of the free energy density $…

math.PR2010

Central limit theorem for biased random walk on multi-type Galton-Watson trees

Amir Dembo, Nike Sun

Let T be a rooted supercritical multi-type Galton-Watson (MGW) tree with types coming from a finite alphabet, conditioned to non-extinction. The lambda-biased random walk (X_t, t>=…

math.PR2010★ 14 cited

Strong path convergence from Loewner driving function convergence

Scott Sheffield, Nike Sun

We show that, under mild assumptions on the limiting curve, a sequence of simple chordal planar curves converges uniformly whenever certain Loewner driving functions converge. We e…

math.PR2009

Conformally invariant scaling limits in planar critical percolation

Nike Sun

This is an introductory account of the emergence of conformal invariance in the scaling limit of planar critical percolation. We give an exposition of Smirnov's theorem (2001) on t…