Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

NP and MA Do Not Contain coNP in Multiparty Communication Complexity

We prove that NP is different from coNP and coNP is not a subset of MA in the number-on-forehead model of multiparty communication complexity for up to k=(1 - e)log(n) players, where e>0 is any constant. Prior to our work, the problem was open even for k = 3 players. (This is joint work with A.Sherstov.)

Date & Time

March 09, 2009 | 11:15am – 12:15pm

Location

S-101

Speakers

Dmitry Gavinsky

Affiliation

NEC Laboratories America, Inc.