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Local Search for Fast Matrix Multiplication

Marijn J. H. Heule, Manuel Kauers, Martina Seidl

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Laderman discovered a scheme for computing the product of two 3x3 matrices using only 23 multiplications in 1976. Since then, some more such schemes were proposed, but it remains open how many there are and whether there exist schemes with fewer than 23 multiplications. In this paper we present two independent SAT-based methods for finding new schemes. Both methods allow computing a few hundred new schemes individually, and many thousands when combined. Local search SAT solvers outperform CDCL solvers consistently in this application.

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