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Information complexity is computable

Information Theory 2015-02-11 v1 math.IT

Abstract

The information complexity of a function ff is the minimum amount of information Alice and Bob need to exchange to compute the function ff. In this paper we provide an algorithm for approximating the information complexity of an arbitrary function ff to within any additive error α>0\alpha > 0, thus resolving an open question as to whether information complexity is computable. In the process, we give the first explicit upper bound on the rate of convergence of the information complexity of ff when restricted to bb-bit protocols to the (unrestricted) information complexity of ff.

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@article{arxiv.1502.02971,
  title  = {Information complexity is computable},
  author = {Mark Braverman and Jon Schneider},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.02971},
  year   = {2015}
}

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30 pages

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