Set transporter problem

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This problem is polynomial-time equivalent to the following basic problem: set-stabilizer problem

Description

Given data

We are given a group G acting on a set S specified via a (small) generating set A comprising permutations. We are given two subsets T1 and T2 of G.

Goal

We need to find whether there exists a gG such that T1g=T2.

Relation with other problems

Equivalent decision problems

  • Coset intersection problem: The reduction from set transporter to coset intersection follows directly from the fact that the set of elements in g sending T1 to T2 is GC where C is a coset of StabG(T1). The reduction the other way around involves looking at the action on S×S and asking whether there is an element sending the diagonal to a particular subset. (This idea is very similar to the idea used in showing that the group intersection problem and set-stabilizer problem are equivalent).

For full proof, refer: Coset intersection PTIME equals set transporter