research article
Monotone Circuit Lower Bounds from Resolution
November 9, 2020
For any unsatisfiable CNF formula F that is hard to refute in the Resolution proof system, we show that a gadget-composed version of F is hard to refute in any proof system whose lines are computed by efficient communication protocols-or, equivalently, that a monotone function associated with F has large monotone circuit complexity. Our result extends to monotone real circuits, which yields new lower bounds for the Cutting Planes proof system.
Type
research article
Web of Science ID
WOS:000595332300001
Author(s)
Date Issued
2020-11-09
Published in
Volume
16(2020)
Start page
13
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REVIEWED
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EPFL
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December 19, 2020
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