Topological Spectral Collapse of NP-Hard Combinatorial Spaces: Resolving Spin Glasses, TSP, and Complex Networks via Rough Operator Algebra

The exponential complexity of NP-hard combinatorial spaces—including spin glass ground states, large-scale traveling salesman problems, and global network properties—presents an intractable barrier in classical computation. This paper presents a unified topological framework resolving these discrete combinatorial explosions. By leveraging Rough Operator Algebra (ROA), we map discrete symmetric group permutations and combinatorial interaction trees into continuous gauge field manifolds. Through Non-Identity projections, exponential search paths are geometrically bundled into invariant topological cycles, collapsing O(N^2N) and NP-hard complexities into exact polynomial-time O(N^3k) evaluations (k ≪ N).

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Published
2026-09-06
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22423952
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Topological and Geometric Data Analysis
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preprint
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Topological Spectral Collapse of NP-Hard Combinatorial Spaces: Resolving Spin Glasses, TSP, and Complex Networks via Rough Operator Algebra

Seonggil Lee
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Topological and Geometric Data Analysis
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Topological Spectral Collapse of NP-Hard Combinatorial Spaces: Resolving Spin Glasses, TSP, and Complex Networks via Rough Operator Algebra

Seonggil Lee
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Abstract

The exponential complexity of NP-hard combinatorial spaces—including spin glass ground states, large-scale traveling salesman problems, and global network properties—presents an intractable barrier in classical computation. This paper presents a unified topological framework resolving these discrete combinatorial explosions. By leveraging Rough Operator Algebra (ROA), we map discrete symmetric group permutations and combinatorial interaction trees into continuous gauge field manifolds. Through Non-Identity projections, exponential search paths are geometrically bundled into invariant topological cycles, collapsing O(N^2N) and NP-hard complexities into exact polynomial-time O(N^3k) evaluations (k ≪ N).

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Topological and Geometric Data Analysis
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