Submitted by Rose Choi
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Integer linear programming can help find the answer to a variety of real-world problems. Now researchers have found a much faster way to do it. Thomas Rothvoss, in collaboration with Victor Reis of the Institute for Advanced Study, published their paper The Subspace Flatness Conjecture and Faster Integer Programming which received a best-paper award at the 2023 Foundations of Computer Science conference where they combine geometric tools to limit the possible solutions creating a newer, faster algorithm for solving ILP in almost the same time as the trivial binary case.