Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar II

Average-case lower bounds for formula size

We give an explicit example for a Boolean function $f : \{0,1\}^n \to \{0,1\}$, such that every Boolean formula of size at most $n^{2.999}$, with gates AND, OR and NOT, computes $f$ correctly on at most $1/2 + \epsilon$ fraction of the inputs, where $\epsilon$ is exponentially small. Joint work with Ilan Komargodski and Avishay Tal.

Date & Time

March 17, 2015 | 10:30am – 12:30pm

Location

S-101

Affiliation

Weizmann Institute of Science; Visiting Professor, School of Mathematics