Completeness conjecture for matrix and universal tracial satisfiability

Let L\mathcal{L} be the class of binary constraint system games, and let SATmatrix(L)\operatorname{SAT}_{matrix}(\mathcal{L}) and SATRU(L)\operatorname{SAT}_{\mathcal{R}^{\mathcal{U}}}(\mathcal{L}) denote the corresponding satisfiability problems for finite-dimensional matrix strategies and universal tracial strategies, respectively. The complexity classes RE\mathrm{RE} and Π20\Pi^0_2 are the recursively enumerable and second-level arithmetical hierarchy classes.

Completeness conjecture. In parts (a) and (b) of the cited dichotomy theorem, SATmatrix(L)\operatorname{SAT}_{matrix}(\mathcal{L}) is RE\mathrm{RE}-complete, and SATRU(L)\operatorname{SAT}_{\mathcal{R}^{\mathcal{U}}}(\mathcal{L}) is Π20\Pi^0_2-complete.

The preceding results establish undecidability and the relevant lower bounds, while the MIP*=RE theorem and subsequent work establish the corresponding completeness results for arbitrary binary constraint systems. The conjecture asserts that these upper and lower bounds are also tight for the class L\mathcal{L} considered here.

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Connor Paddock and William Slofstra, “Satisfiability problems and algebras of boolean constraint system games”, arXiv:2310.07901 (2025).

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