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On Czerwinski's "${\rm P} \neq {\rm NP}$ relative to a ${\rm P}$-complete oracle"

Computational Complexity 2023-12-08 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we take a closer look at Czerwinski's "PNP{\rm P}\neq{\rm NP} relative to a P{\rm P}-complete oracle" [Cze23]. There are (uncountably) infinitely-many relativized worlds where P{\rm P} and NP{\rm NP} differ, and it is well-known that for any P{\rm P}-complete problem AA, PANPA    PNP{\rm P}^A \neq {\rm NP}^A \iff {\rm P}\neq {\rm NP}. The paper defines two sets DP{\rm D}_{\rm P} and DNP{\rm D}_{\rm NP} and builds the purported proof of their main theorem on the claim that an oracle Turing machine with DNP{\rm D}_{\rm NP} as its oracle and that accepts DP{\rm D}_{\rm P} must make Θ(2n)\Theta(2^n) queries to the oracle. We invalidate the latter by proving that there is an oracle Turing machine with DNP{\rm D}_{\rm NP} as its oracle that accepts DP{\rm D}_{\rm P} and yet only makes one query to the oracle. We thus conclude that Czerwinski's paper [Cze23] fails to establish that PNP{\rm P} \neq {\rm NP}.

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@article{arxiv.2312.04395,
  title  = {On Czerwinski's "${\rm P} \neq {\rm NP}$ relative to a ${\rm P}$-complete oracle"},
  author = {Michael C. Chavrimootoo and Tran Duy Anh Le and Michael P. Reidy and Eliot J. Smith},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.04395},
  year   = {2023}
}