Superpolynomial lower bounds against low-depth algebraic circuits
N Limaye, S Srinivasan, S Tavenas - Communications of the ACM, 2024 - dl.acm.org
An Algebraic Circuit for a multivariate polynomial P is a computational model for constructing
the polynomial P using only additions and multiplications. It is a syntactic model of …
the polynomial P using only additions and multiplications. It is a syntactic model of …
An exponential lower bound for homogeneous depth four arithmetic formulas
We show here a 2^Ω(d⋅\logN) size lower bound for homogeneous depth four arithmetic
formulas over fields of characteristic zero. That is, we give an explicit family of polynomials of …
formulas over fields of characteristic zero. That is, we give an explicit family of polynomials of …
Lower bounds for depth 4 formulas computing iterated matrix multiplication
H Fournier, N Limaye, G Malod… - Proceedings of the forty …, 2014 - dl.acm.org
We study the arithmetic complexity of iterated matrix multiplication. We show that any
multilinear homogeneous depth 4 arithmetic formula computing the product of d generic …
multilinear homogeneous depth 4 arithmetic formula computing the product of d generic …
Near-optimal set-multilinear formula lower bounds
The seminal work of Raz (J. ACM 2013) as well as the recent breakthrough results by
Limaye, Srinivasan, and Tavenas (FOCS 2021, STOC 2022) have demonstrated a potential …
Limaye, Srinivasan, and Tavenas (FOCS 2021, STOC 2022) have demonstrated a potential …
Learning sums of powers of low-degree polynomials in the non-degenerate case
We develop algorithms for writing a polynomial as sums of powers of low degree
polynomials in the non-degenerate case. This problem generalizes symmetric tensor …
polynomials in the non-degenerate case. This problem generalizes symmetric tensor …
Circuit complexity, proof complexity, and polynomial identity testing: The ideal proof system
JA Grochow, T Pitassi - Journal of the ACM (JACM), 2018 - dl.acm.org
We introduce a new and natural algebraic proof system, whose complexity measure is
essentially the algebraic circuit size of Nullstellensatz certificates. This enables us to exhibit …
essentially the algebraic circuit size of Nullstellensatz certificates. This enables us to exhibit …
Deterministic divisibility testing via shifted partial derivatives
MA Forbes - 2015 IEEE 56th Annual Symposium on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Kayal has recently introduced the method of shifted partial derivatives as a way to give the
first exponential lower bound for computing an explicit polynomial as a sum of powers of …
first exponential lower bound for computing an explicit polynomial as a sum of powers of …
Low-Depth Arithmetic Circuit Lower Bounds: Bypassing Set-Multilinearization
P Amireddy, A Garg, N Kayal, C Saha… - 50th International …, 2023 - drops.dagstuhl.de
A recent breakthrough work of Limaye, Srinivasan and Tavenas [Nutan Limaye et al., 2021]
proved superpolynomial lower bounds for low-depth arithmetic circuits via a" hardness …
proved superpolynomial lower bounds for low-depth arithmetic circuits via a" hardness …
Towards an algebraic natural proofs barrier via polynomial identity testing
We observe that a certain kind of algebraic proof-which covers essentially all known
algebraic circuit lower bounds to date-cannot be used to prove lower bounds against VP if …
algebraic circuit lower bounds to date-cannot be used to prove lower bounds against VP if …
Small-depth multilinear formula lower bounds for iterated matrix multiplication with applications
The complexity of Iterated Matrix Multiplication (IMM) is a central theme in Computational
Complexity theory, as the problem is closely related to the problem of separating various …
Complexity theory, as the problem is closely related to the problem of separating various …