Supercritical Tradeoffs for Monotone Circuits

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Autori principali: Göös, Mika, Maystre, Gilbert, Risse, Kilian, Sokolov, Dmitry
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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author Göös, Mika
Maystre, Gilbert
Risse, Kilian
Sokolov, Dmitry
author_facet Göös, Mika
Maystre, Gilbert
Risse, Kilian
Sokolov, Dmitry
contents We exhibit a monotone function computable by a monotone circuit of quasipolynomial size such that any monotone circuit of polynomial depth requires exponential size. This is the first size-depth tradeoff result for monotone circuits in the so-called supercritical regime. Our proof is based on an analogous result in proof complexity: We introduce a new family of unsatisfiable 3-CNF formulas (called bracket formulas) that admit resolution refutations of quasipolynomial size while any refutation of polynomial depth requires exponential size.
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spellingShingle Supercritical Tradeoffs for Monotone Circuits
Göös, Mika
Maystre, Gilbert
Risse, Kilian
Sokolov, Dmitry
Computational Complexity
F.2.2; F.1.3; I.2.3; F.4.1
We exhibit a monotone function computable by a monotone circuit of quasipolynomial size such that any monotone circuit of polynomial depth requires exponential size. This is the first size-depth tradeoff result for monotone circuits in the so-called supercritical regime. Our proof is based on an analogous result in proof complexity: We introduce a new family of unsatisfiable 3-CNF formulas (called bracket formulas) that admit resolution refutations of quasipolynomial size while any refutation of polynomial depth requires exponential size.
title Supercritical Tradeoffs for Monotone Circuits
topic Computational Complexity
F.2.2; F.1.3; I.2.3; F.4.1
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.14268