Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science
Volume 4 n° 2 (2001), pp. 247-254
| author: | Vince Grolmusz |
|---|---|
| title: | A Degree-Decreasing Lemma for (MODq-MODp) Circuits |
| keywords: | Circuit complexity, modular circuits, composite modulus, Constant Degree Hypothesis |
| abstract: | Consider a (MODq,MODp)
circuit, where the inputs of the bottom
MODp gates are
degree-d polynomials with integer coefficients of the
input variables (p, q are different
primes). Using our main tool --- the Degree Decreasing Lemma --- we
show that this circuit can be converted to a
(MODq,MODp)
circuit with linear polynomials on the input-level with the
price of increasing the size of the circuit. This result has numerous
consequences: for the Constant Degree Hypothesis of Barrington,
Straubing and Thérien, and generalizing the lower bound results of Yan
and Parberry, Krause and Waack, and Krause and Pudlák. Perhaps
the most important application is an exponential lower bound for the
size of
(MODq,MODp)
circuits computing the n fan-in AND, where the input of
each MODp gate at the bottom is
an arbitrary integer valued function of cn
variables (c<1) plus an arbitrary linear function of
n input variables.
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| reference: | Vince Grolmusz (2001), A Degree-Decreasing Lemma for (MODq-MODp) Circuits, Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science 4, pp. 247-254 |
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