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A feasible interpolation for random resolution

Logic 2017-02-15 v5 Computational Complexity

Abstract

Random resolution, defined by Buss, Kolodziejczyk and Thapen (JSL, 2014), is a sound propositional proof system that extends the resolution proof system by the possibility to augment any set of initial clauses by a set of randomly chosen clauses (modulo a technical condition). We show how to apply the general feasible interpolation theorem for semantic derivations of Krajicek (JSL, 1997) to random resolution. As a consequence we get a lower bound for random resolution refutations of the clique-coloring formulas.

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@article{arxiv.1604.06560,
  title  = {A feasible interpolation for random resolution},
  author = {Jan Krajicek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.06560},
  year   = {2017}
}

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Preprint April 2016, revised September and October 2016

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