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Faster Algorithms for Bounded-Difference Min-Plus Product

Min-plus product of two $n\times n$ matrices is a fundamental problem in algorithm research. It is known to be equivalent to APSP, and in general it has no truly subcubic algorithms. In this paper, we focus on the min-plus product on a special class of matrices, called $δ$-bounded-difference matrices, in which the difference between any two adjacent entries is bounded by $δ=O(1)$. Our algorithm runs in randomized time $O(n^{2.779})$ by the fast rectangular matrix multiplication algorithm [Le Gall \& Urrutia 18], better than $\tilde{O}(n^{2+ω/3})=O(n^{2.791})$ ($ω<2.373$ [Alman \& V.V.Williams 20]). This improves previous result of $\tilde{O}(n^{2.824})$ [Bringmann et al. 16]. When $ω=2$ in the ideal case, our complexity is $\tilde{O}(n^{2+2/3})$, improving Bringmann et al.&#39;s result of $\tilde{O}(n^{2.755})$.