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We show that Inner Product in $2n$ variables, $\mathbf{IP}_n(x, y) = x_1y_1 \oplus \ldots \oplus x_ny_n$, can be computed by depth-3 bottom fan-in 2 circuits of size $\mathsf{poly}(n)\cdot (9/5)^n$, matching the lower bound of G\"o\"os,…

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In recent years, a very exciting and promising method for proving lower bounds for arithmetic circuits has been proposed. This method combines the method of {\it depth reduction} developed in the works of Agrawal-Vinay [AV08], Koiran…