\documentclass[11pt,reqno]{amsart} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage{lmodern} \usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,amsthm,mathtools} \usepackage[kerning=true]{microtype} \usepackage{enumitem,booktabs,graphicx,xcolor} \usepackage[margin=1.12in]{geometry} \usepackage{xurl} \usepackage[colorlinks=true,linkcolor=blue!55!black,citecolor=blue!55!black, urlcolor=blue!55!black]{hyperref} \hypersetup{pdftitle={Subexponential Weighted Counting and Exact Optimisation},pdfauthor={Deep Bhattacharjee}} \emergencystretch=2em \numberwithin{equation}{section} \raggedbottom \theoremstyle{plain} \newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}[section] \newtheorem{lemma}[theorem]{Lemma} \newtheorem{proposition}[theorem]{Proposition} \newtheorem{corollary}[theorem]{Corollary} \theoremstyle{definition} \newtheorem{definition}[theorem]{Definition} \theoremstyle{remark} \newtheorem{remark}[theorem]{Remark} \newtheorem{example}[theorem]{Example} \DeclareMathOperator{\Bin}{Bin} \DeclareMathOperator{\poly}{poly} \DeclareMathOperator{\rank}{rank} \DeclareMathOperator{\diag}{diag} \DeclareMathOperator{\cut}{cut} \DeclareMathOperator{\sat}{sat} \DeclareMathOperator{\SE}{SE} \DeclareMathOperator{\SNP}{SNP} \newcommand{\A}{\mathcal{A}} \newcommand{\F}{\mathcal{F}} \newcommand{\B}{\mathcal{B}} \newcommand{\Q}{\mathbb{Q}} \newcommand{\Z}{\mathbb{Z}} \newcommand{\N}{\mathbb{N}} \newcommand{\R}{\mathbb{R}} \newcommand{\Ftwo}{\mathbb{F}_2} \newcommand{\e}{\mathbf{e}} \newcommand{\PP}{\vec{P}} \newcommand{\rhon}{\rho} \newcommand{\ip}[2]{\langle #1,#2\rangle} \newcommand{\oai}{OpenAI} \newcommand{\releaseline}{, release v1.4.0, archived at \href{https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23718560}{doi:10.5281/zenodo.23718560}} \newcommand{\archiveline}{, release v1.4.0 (2026). \href{https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23718560}{doi:10.5281/zenodo.23718560}} \title[Subexponential weighted counting]{Subexponential Weighted Counting and Exact Optimisation} \author{Deep Bhattacharjee} \address{Formerly, Electro-Gravitational Space Propulsion Laboratory (EGSPL), Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751030, India} \address{Formerly, University of Calcutta (Heramba Chandra College), 23/49 Gariahat Road, Golpark, Kolkata 700029, West Bengal, India} \email{d.bhattacharjee@erl-forschung.de} \email{itsdeep@live.com} \email{egspl@proton.me} \urladdr{https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0466-750X} \subjclass[2020]{Primary 68Q25; Secondary 68Q17, 68W40, 05C31, 05C85, 82B20} \keywords{exponential time hypothesis, weighted counting, independence polynomial, vertex cover} \date{27 October 2026} \begin{document} \begin{abstract} \emph{The deterministic algorithm of \oai{} that counts the satisfying assignments of a $k$-CNF in time $2^{o(n)}$ is reproduced in full and extended from counting to sums of local weights with values in any commutative $\Q$-algebra. The extension gives deterministic $2^{o(n)}$ algorithms for exact Max-Cut and Max-$k$-SAT on sparse instances, for the independence polynomial, the maximum independent set and the knapsack problem with a conflict graph on every graph, for $0$-$1$ integer programs whose rows involve boundedly many variables, for Vertex Cover in time $2^{o(k)}+\poly(n)$, for the density of states of Ising and Potts models on bounded-degree graphs, for the Tutte polynomial on the hyperbolas $(x-1)(y-1)=q$, for the minimum distance and the maximum-likelihood decoding of codes with sparse parity checks, for Max-Cut and Max-$k$-SAT at every average degree $o(\sqrt{\log n/\log\log n})$, for Max-Cut on dense graphs close to blow-ups of graphs with $o(n/\log n)$ vertices, and for every problem in $\SNP$.} \end{abstract} \maketitle \input{01_intro} \input{02_prelim} \input{03_routine} \input{04_design} \input{05_weighted} \input{06_applications} \input{06b_more} \input{07_snp} \input{08_scope} \appendix \input{A_check} \input{declarations} \input{bibliography} \end{document}