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Exponential-Size Circuit Complexity is Comeager in Symmetric Exponential Time

Computational Complexity 2026-05-06 v1

Abstract

Lutz (1987) introduced resource-bounded category and showed the circuit size class SIZE(2nn\frac{2^n}{n}) is meager within ESPACE. Li (2024) established that the symmetric alternation class S2ES^E_2 contains problems requiring circuits of size 2nn\frac{2^n}{n}. In this note, we extend resource-bounded category to S2ES^E_2 by defining meagerness relative to single-valued FS2PFS^P_2 strategies in the Banach-Mazur game. We show that Li's FS2PFS^P_2 algorithm for the Range Avoidance problem yields a winning strategy, proving that SIZE(2nn\frac{2^n}{n}) is meager in S2ES^E_2. Consequently, languages requiring exponential-size circuits are comeager in S2ES^E_2: they are typical with respect to resource-bounded category.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2605.03306,
  title  = {Exponential-Size Circuit Complexity is Comeager in Symmetric Exponential Time},
  author = {John M. Hitchcock},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.03306},
  year   = {2026}
}
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