We study non-Boolean PCPs that have perfect completeness and read
three positions from the proof. For the case when the proof consists
of values from a domain of size d for some integer constant d
>= 2, we construct a non-adaptive PCP with perfect completeness
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An equation over a finite group G is an expression of form
w_1 w_2...w_k = 1_G, where each w_i is a variable, an inverted
variable, or a constant from G; such an equation is satisfiable
if there is a setting of the variables to values in G ... more >>>

We prove that Minimum vertex cover on 4-regular hyper-graphs (or
in other words, hitting set where all sets have size exactly 4),
is hard to approximate within 2 - \epsilon.
We also prove that the maximization version, in which we
are allowed to pick ... more >>>