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On a hierarchy of Boolean functions hard to compute in constant depth

Anna Bernasconi (1)
(1) Dipartimento di Informatica [Pisa]
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Volume 4
vol. 4:2
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10.46298/dmtcs.283
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On a hierarchy of Boolean functions hard to compute in constant depth

Anna Bernasconi (1)
(1) Dipartimento di Informatica [Pisa]
Abstract
Any attempt to find connections between mathematical properties and complexity has a strong relevance to the field of Complexity Theory. This is due to the lack of mathematical techniques to prove lower bounds for general models of computation.\par This work represents a step in this direction: we define a combinatorial property that makes Boolean functions ''\emphhard'' to compute in constant depth and show how the harmonic analysis on the hypercube can be applied to derive new lower bounds on the size complexity of previously unclassified Boolean functions.
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  • [INFO.INFO-DM]Computer Science [cs]/Discrete Mathematics [cs.DM]
  • Boolean functions
  • AC^0 circuits
  • size complexity
  • harmonic analysis
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