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Infinitely generated semigroups and polynomial complexity

Group Theory 2016-05-12 v2 Computational Complexity

Abstract

This paper continues the functional approach to the P-versus-NP problem, begun in [1]. Here we focus on the monoid RM_2^P of right-ideal morphisms of the free monoid, that have polynomial input balance and polynomial time-complexity. We construct a machine model for the functions in RM_2^P, and evaluation functions. We prove that RM_2^P is not finitely generated, and use this to show separation results for time-complexity.

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@article{arxiv.1503.04610,
  title  = {Infinitely generated semigroups and polynomial complexity},
  author = {J. C. Birget},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.04610},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

17 pages. To appear in International J. of Algebra and Computation

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