Symmetric Arithmetic Circuits

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Autores principales: Dawar, Anuj, Wilsenach, Gregory
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author Dawar, Anuj
Wilsenach, Gregory
author_facet Dawar, Anuj
Wilsenach, Gregory
contents We introduce symmetric arithmetic circuits, i.e. arithmetic circuits with a natural symmetry restriction. In the context of circuits computing polynomials defined on a matrix of variables, such as the determinant or the permanent, the restriction amounts to requiring that the shape of the circuit is invariant under simultaneous row and column permutations of the matrix. We establish unconditional exponential lower bounds on the size of any symmetric circuit for computing the permanent. In contrast, we show that there are polynomial-size symmetric circuits for computing the determinant over fields of characteristic zero.
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spellingShingle Symmetric Arithmetic Circuits
Dawar, Anuj
Wilsenach, Gregory
Computational Complexity
Discrete Mathematics
Logic in Computer Science
F.1.3; F.2.1
We introduce symmetric arithmetic circuits, i.e. arithmetic circuits with a natural symmetry restriction. In the context of circuits computing polynomials defined on a matrix of variables, such as the determinant or the permanent, the restriction amounts to requiring that the shape of the circuit is invariant under simultaneous row and column permutations of the matrix. We establish unconditional exponential lower bounds on the size of any symmetric circuit for computing the permanent. In contrast, we show that there are polynomial-size symmetric circuits for computing the determinant over fields of characteristic zero.
title Symmetric Arithmetic Circuits
topic Computational Complexity
Discrete Mathematics
Logic in Computer Science
F.1.3; F.2.1
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.06451