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Torus polynomials: an algebraic approach to ACC lower bounds

Computational Complexity 2019-03-04 v3

Abstract

We propose an algebraic approach to proving circuit lower bounds for ACC0 by defining and studying the notion of torus polynomials. We show how currently known polynomial-based approximation results for AC0 and ACC0 can be reformulated in this framework, implying that ACC0 can be approximated by low-degree torus polynomials. Furthermore, as a step towards proving ACC0 lower bounds for the majority function via our approach, we show that MAJORITY cannot be approximated by low-degree symmetric torus polynomials. We also pose several open problems related to our framework.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1804.08176,
  title  = {Torus polynomials: an algebraic approach to ACC lower bounds},
  author = {Abhishek Bhrushundi and Kaave Hosseini and Shachar Lovett and Sankeerth Rao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.08176},
  year   = {2019}
}

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15 pages, no figures

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