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Suppose that Alice and Bob communicate to compute a function $f:\{0,1\}^n\times\{0,1\}^n\rightarrow\{0,1\}$. Does the minimal degree of a real polynomial/rational representation of $f$ play a role for upper and/or lower bounds on the deterministic, non-deterministic, randomized or quantum communication complexity of computing $f$?

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    $\begingroup$ If you're working mod 2 I guess the answer is no: the inner product function provably has linear communication complexity but can be represented by a degree 2 polynomial. $\endgroup$ Jan 21, 2015 at 19:46
  • $\begingroup$ @HuckBennett I do not see how you can represent $IP_n$ as a real degree $2$ polynomial. Over $\Bbb F_2$ this is clear. $\endgroup$
    – Turbo
    Jan 22, 2015 at 3:28
  • $\begingroup$ Yes, I agree. I thought it was worth noting that we can say something in the $\mathbb{F}_2$ case even though it doesn't answer your question. $\endgroup$ Jan 22, 2015 at 3:45

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The minimal degree of a real polynomial representing the parity function of $n$ variables is $n$. However, the deterministic communication complexity is at most $2$ bits.

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