Questions tagged [algebraic-complexity]
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Why $Rank(C)< R(k,d)$ for Depth 3 Balckbox PIT Algorithm implies $C$ is zero
I was reading the Survey on Polynomial Identity Testing by Nitin Saxena. In the Depth 3 Blackbox PIT Algorithm he first finds $O(k^2d^2+2^k)$ many subspaces of the linear forms of the $\sum\prod\sum(...
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Complexity of checking if a given prime number can be computed using at most $s$ addition/multiplication operations?
Given are a prime number $p$ and a parameter $s\in\mathbb{N}$.
What is the computational complexity of the problem of determining whether $p$ is computable by a series of at most $s$ steps, each being ...
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DET is $VQP-complete$ and also $DET\in VP$ Does that mean $VP=VQP$
We know that $DET$ is in $VP$. And also from https://conferences.mpi-inf.mpg.de/adfocs-17/material/MB_LN.pdf I came to know that $DET$ is $VQP-complete$. Now certainly $VP\subseteq VQP$. That implies $...
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In depth reduction of arithmetic formula why we get a $v$ st $\frac{s}3\leq |\Phi_v|\leq \frac{2s}{3}$
I am reading Depth Reduction of Arithmetic Formula form the survey of Ramprasad Saptharishi. Now in the proof of depth reduction due to Brent, 74 that
Let $f$ be an n-variate degree d polynomial ...
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How to learn the intuition behind probabilistic arguments in Algebraic Complexity lower bounds
I was reading the lower bounds of arithmetic circuits. There in the proof of the theorem
Over field $\mathbb{F}_q$, determinant, permanent requires depth-3 circuits of size $2^{\Omega(n)} $ [...
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Any arithmetic circuit of size $s$ and depth $\Delta$ can be converted to a formula of size $s' \leq s^{\Delta}$
I was reading Ramprasad Saptharishi's survey on Arithmetic Circuits.
There in section 2.1.1 fact 2.3 it has
Any arithmetic circuit of of depth $\Delta$ and size $s$, can be
simulated by an arithmetic ...
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Polynomial GCD exact complexity in terms of degree and number of variables
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynomial_greatest_common_divisor#Proof_that_GCD_exists_for_multivariate_polynomials states multivariate polynomial GCDs may be defined over $\mathbb F_p[x_1,x_2,\dots,...
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Nested dissection for singular matrices
Let $F$ be a field. Define $S_G(F)$ be the set of matrices $A$ in $F^{n\times n}$, such that if we replace all non-zero elements in $A$ with $1$, then we obtain the adjacency matrix of $G$ (the ...
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Complexity of matrix diagonalization
I'm probably missing a trivial answer, but somehow I can't find it.
Given symmetric matrix $A \in \mathbb R^{n \times n}$, what's the complexity of diagonalizing the matrix, i.e. finding diagonal $\...
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"Addition function" that works for both perm and det simultaneously?
For $f = (f_n)$ a family of polynomials where $f_n$ is a polynomial in $n^2$ variables (which we can think of as the entries of an $n \times n$ matrix), say a function $S(A,B)$ is an addition function ...
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Questions about P vs NP and geometric complexity theory
Reading through various papers on geometric complexity theory (GCT), there is one thing, which pops up, while claimed in various places, that it is an approach to P vs NP, all the results seems to ...
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Is $GCT$ necessarily a negative result program?
$GCT$ is a candidate program to separate permanent and determinant through symmetries. If indeed permanent and determinant can be handled in similar complexity class would $GCT$ be a program which can ...
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How can I understand the Coppersmith–Winograd algorithm?
I want to do research on matrix multiplication algorithms. I glanced at the Coppersmith-Winograd algorithm paper, but I didn't understand anything. How can I complete the background to read this paper?...
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Matrix multiplication when one matrix is fixed
Let $A$ be a fixed positive entried integer matrix of size $a\times n$ with $\ell$ bits per entry
One is allowed to pre-process this matrix as appropriate.
Given another positive integer entried $B$...
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What are some examples of algorithmic applications of noncommutative rational identity testing?
The problem of polynomial identity testing (PIT) is known to be in $\mathsf{RP}$, but not known to be in $\mathsf{P}$.
The related problem of noncommutative rational identity testing (NCIT) is known ...
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Complexity of planted root of a system of quadratic homogeneous polynomials?
Given homogeneous degree $2$ randomly chosen polynomials $f_1,\dots,f_{m}$ in $\mathbb Z[x_1,\dots,x_n,y_1,\dots,y_n]$ each with only monomials $x_iy_j$ with condition that the system $f_1=\dots=f_{m}=...
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Can reciprocal inputs speed up monotone computations?
A $(+,\times,1/x_i)$ circuit is a standard monotone arithmetic $(+,\times)$ circuit with the only difference that now besides the input variables $x_1,\ldots,x_n$, also their reciprocals $1/x_1,\...
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Worst case polynomial in elimination theory under rank conditions?
Given $n$ polynomials $h_1(x_1,\dots,x_{2n}),\dots,h_{2n}(x_1,\dots,x_{2n})\in\mathbb Z[x_1,\dots,x_{2n}]$ where each of $h_1(x_1,\dots,x_{2n}),\dots,h_{2n}(x_1,\dots,x_{2n})$ is homogeneous of degree ...
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Complexity of counting integer roots of multivariate polynomials in a polyhedron?
Deciding integer roots of multivariate polyomials is undecidable. However what is known about counting integer roots of multivariate polynomials in $\mathbb Z[x_1,\dots,x_m]$ with both $m$ and total ...
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Complexity of deciding whether subspaces of Z_2^n cover every point 3*x times
When studying the complexity of checking identities in certain finite algebras, I came across the following decision problem:
Input: A positive integer $n \in N$ and a set of affine subspaces $H_1,...
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VNP is closed under taking coefficients using Valiant's criterion
We consider the family of polynomials
$$\{f_n(x_1,\dots,x_n,y_1,\dots,y_n)\}\in\mathsf{VNP}$$
We want to show that the family
$$\{h_n(x_1,\dots,x_n)\}$$
is in $\mathsf{VNP}$. Where $h_n(x_1,\dots,...
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Relating classes of computational complexity to finding solution to classes of algebraic equations [closed]
Having related classes of computational complexity to finding solution to classes of algebraic equations, we may relate classes of computational complexity to algebraic geometry or complex geometry,...
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IPS upper bound for subset sum axiom
I am reading the following paper
Michael A. Forbes, Amir Shpilka, Iddo Tzameret, Avi Wigderson ,"Proof Complexity Lower Bounds from Algebraic Circuit Complexity", 2016.
IPS is defined as follows:
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What is the relation between computational complexity of algebraic number and computational complexity to find the solution to algebraic equation?
Suppose $\alpha$ is algebraic number, and we have the algorithm with lowest computational complexity to output it, and $f(x)=0$ is algebraic polynomial with $\alpha$ as a root.
If an algorithm which ...
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On $\Sigma \Pi \Sigma \Pi(2,r)$-circuits
As I understand from the survey "Progress on Polynomial Identity Testing - II"
a polynomial-time algorithm for solving PIT for $\Sigma \Pi \Sigma \Pi (2, r)$ is unknown.
However, there exists paper ...
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What is the computational complexity of solutions over $\mathbb{Q}$ of polynomial equation with coeffiecents over $\mathbb{Z}$
What is the complexity of the following problem? (e.g. best-known running time, space, best upper bound in terms of complexity classes, etc.)
Input: A multivariate polynomial $f$ with coefficients ...
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Decomposing outer product or general rank factorization over $\Bbb F_q$
Given matrix $M\in\Bbb F_q^{n\times n}$ with the promise that there are two matrices $A\in\Bbb F_q^{n\times 1}$ and $B\in\Bbb F_q^{1\times n}$ such that $AB=M$ is there a deterministic $O((n\log q)^c)$...
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Equal degree factoring of homogeneous polynomials over $\Bbb Q[x_1,\dots,x_n]$?
Given $f(x_1,\dots,x_n)\in\Bbb Q[x_1,\dots,x_n]$ of form $\prod_{i=1}^df_i(x_1,\dots,x_n)$ where each of $f,f_i$ are homogeneous and each $f_i$ is irreducible what is the best technique to factor such ...
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What does a private coin $\mathsf{IP}$ protocol for Hilbert's Nullstellensatz look like?
$\mathsf{GNI}$ Private Coin
In [GMW85], the authors provided the famous interactive proof $\mathsf{IP}$ of Graph Non Isomorphism $\mathsf{GNI}$.
The $\mathsf{GNI}$ protocol entails a verifier ...
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Riemann Hypothesis and Complexity Theory
It is known that "Assuming the generalized Riemann hypothesis (GRH) if VP = VNP then PH collapses to second level". Why would one think of a relation between VP,VNP and the Riemann hypothesis. Where ...
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VC dimension of polynomials over tropical semirings?
As in this question, I am interested the $\mathbf{BPP}$ vs. $\mathbf{P}$/$\mathrm{poly}$ problem for tropical $(\max,+)$ and $(\min,+)$ circuits. This question reduces to showing upper bounds for the ...
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A question about a claim in "No occurrence obstructions in geometric complexity theory"
It the new preprint
Peter Bürgisser, Christian Ikenmeyer, Greta Panova, "No occurrence obstructions in geometric complexity theory", 2016
it is stated that
1.3. Conjecture (Mulmuley and Sohoni ...
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Checking whether two quadratic equations have a common zero
Given two quadratic equations (with integer coefficients):
$x^T A_1 x+ b^T_1 x + c_1=0$ and $x^T A_2 x+ b^T_2 x + c_2=0$
The problem is to decide whether they have a common zero. Here $x$ is a ...
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Recognition of a primitive root
Adleman and McCurley published a paper in 1994 called "Open problems in number theoretic complexity, II" (http://ww.cstheory.com/papers/open.ps.gz)
Problem 18 of this list of open problems is about ...
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Implications of a recent negative result to geometric complexity
A paper was posted in arxiv http://arxiv.org/pdf/1512.03798.pdf titled 'Rectangular Kronecker coefficients and plethysms in geometric
complexity theory' by Christian Ikenmeyer and Greta Panova with ...
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What is the status of Determinantal Complexity of Permanent
Recently Landsberg and Ressayre announced an exponential lower bound for permanent's determinantal complexity assuming certain symmetry conditions.
What is the status of the problem of Permanent's ...
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Sorting using ring operations
Sorting is in $\mathsf{NP}$. Given a sorted list, it is trivial to check sortedness in linear time.
Is there any evidence sorting of elements from an ordered gcd domain(eg: $\Bbb Z$) cannot be done ...
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Complexity of a particular determinant
Suppose we have an $n\times n$ matrix $A$ with non-negative integer entries such that $\mathsf{Tr}(A^i)=0$ at every $i\in\{1,2,\dots,n-2,n-1\}$ and $\mathsf{Tr}(A^n)\neq0$, then from Trace-Determinant ...
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Polynomial decomposition complexity
Given $N(x)\in\Bbb Z_{\geq0}[x]$ with non-negative coefficients with promise that there exists $a(x),b(x),c(x),d(x)\in\Bbb Z_{\geq0}[x]$ with non-negative coefficients such that $N(x)=a(x)b(x)+c(x)d(x)...
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Speed-up of Boolean over Algebraic computation
I would like to know what is the maximum speed-up of algebraic computation when we work in the word RAM model.
This question is motivated by this theorem from Ryan's paper:
Theorem 1.2 Let $(R, +, ...
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Implications of Riemann Hypothesis variants in TCS
The over ~1½ century old Riemann Hypothesis has deep implications in mathematics and a large edifice of math theory is now proved conditionally on it and numerous variants. I recently came across a ...
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Straight line complexity of monomials
Let $k$ be some field. As usual, for an $f\in k[x_{1},x_{2},\ldots,x_{n}]$
we define $L(f)$ to be the straight-line complexity of $f$ over
$k$. Let $F$ be the set of monomials of $f$, namely the ...
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Hitting set of very restricted linear forms
We say that $f\in\mathbb{Z}[x_{1},\dots,x_{n}]$ is a {-1,0,1}-linear
form if $f=\sum_{i\in S}x_{i}-\sum_{i\in T}x_{i}$ where $S,T\subseteq[n]$.
A hitting set $H\subseteq\mathbb{Z}^{n}$ for {-1,0,1}-...
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$NP \not\subseteq BPP \implies NP_{\mathbb{C}} \not\subseteq P_{\mathbb{C}}$
Stephen Smale claims in Mathematical Problems for the Next Century that
$$NP \not\subseteq BPP \implies NP_{\mathbb{C}} \not\subseteq P_{\mathbb{C}}.$$
Can someone sketch the argument or provide a ...
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Complexity of the inverse modulo a composite number
Supposing $M$ is a composite number and supposing $a$ is an integer such that $a^{-1}\mod M$ exists, can we compute $a^{-1} \bmod M$ by using $O(\log^{b}(M))$ ring operations in the RAM model, where $...
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Lower bounds for Polynomials computing the boolean functions
Expressing a boolean function $f$ $:\{ 0,1 \}^{n} \rightarrow \{0,1 \}$ using a polynomial $P(x_{1},...,x_{n})$, where $x_{1},...,x_{n}$ may be integer, finite fields, or other fields.
One of the most ...
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A course for learning algebraic complexity
I want to learn about algebraic algorithms and complexity thoery. In particular, I am interested in PIT.
Is there a set of lecture notes, books, papers and surveys for students who have read standard ...
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Checking if a polynomial factors into linear factors
Let $f\in\mathbb{Q}[x_{1},x_{2},\ldots,x_{n}]$ be a polynomial given
by an arithmetic circuit $C$ of size $s$. Given $C$ as the input,
is there a deterministic algorithm to check whether all the ...
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Where does randomness help when deciding algebraic geometry over $\mathbb{C}$?
If we have a single straight line program expressing a multivariate polynomial equation with integer coefficients, the Schwartz-Zippel lemma gives a simple randomized algorithm for deciding whether ...
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Expressing Determinant as Permanent
One major problem in TCS is the problem of expressing a permanent as a determinant. I was reading Agrawal's paper Determinant Versus Permanent and in one paragraph he claims the reverse problem is ...
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