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Computing in Matrix Groups Without Memory

Cameron, Peter; Fairbairn, Ben; Gadouleau, Maximilien

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Peter Cameron

Ben Fairbairn



Abstract

Memoryless computation is a novel means of computing any function of a set of registers by updating one register at a time while using no memory. We aim to emulate how computations are performed on modern cores, since they typically involve updates of single registers. The computation model of memoryless computation can be fully expressed in terms of transformation semigroups, or in the case of bijective functions, permutation groups. In this paper, we view registers as elements of a finite field and we compute linear permutation without memory. We first determine the maximum complexity of a linear function when only linear instructions are allowed. We also determine which linear functions are hardest to compute when the field in question is the binary field and the number of registers is even. Secondly, we investigate some matrix groups, thus showing that the special linear group is internally computable but not fast. Thirdly, we determine the smallest set of instructions required to generate the special and general linear groups. These results are important for memoryless computation, for they show that linear functions can be computed very fast or that very few instructions are needed to compute any linear function. They thus indicate new advantages of using memoryless computation.

Citation

Cameron, P., Fairbairn, B., & Gadouleau, M. (2014). Computing in Matrix Groups Without Memory. Chicago journal of theoretical computer science, 2014(8), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.4086/cjtcs.2014.008

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 27, 2014
Publication Date Nov 2, 2014
Deposit Date Oct 14, 2015
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Chicago journal of theoretical computer science
Publisher Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 2014
Issue 8
Article Number 8
Pages 1-16
DOI https://doi.org/10.4086/cjtcs.2014.008
Keywords Memoryless computation, Linear functions, Matrix groups, General linear group, Special linear group, Generating sets, sequential updates.

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