LOWER BOUNDS ON FORMULA SIZE OF BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS USING HYPERGRAPH ENTROPY

被引:18
作者
NEWMAN, I [2 ]
WIGDERSON, A
机构
[1] UNIV HAIFA,DEPT MATH & COMP SCI,IL-31905 HAIFA,ISRAEL
[2] HEBREW UNIV JERUSALEM,DEPT COMP SCI,IL-91904 JERUSALEM,ISRAEL
关键词
BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; GRAPH ENTROPY; CIRCUIT COMPLEXITY;
D O I
10.1137/S0895480190283595
中图分类号
O29 [应用数学];
学科分类号
070104 ;
摘要
Korner defined the notion of graph entropy. He used it to simplify the proof of the Fredman-Komlos lower bound for the family size of perfect hash functions. We use this information-theoretic notion to obtain a general method for formula size lower bounds. This method can be applied to low-complexity functions for which the other known general methods do not apply.
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页码:536 / 542
页数:7
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