22/06/2020

(semi)algebraic proofs over ±1 variables

Dmitry Sokolov

Keywords: sum-of-squares, polynomial calculus, random formulas, lower bounds, proof complexity

Abstract: One of the major open problems in proof complexity is to prove lower bounds on AC0[p]-Frege proof systems. As a step toward this goal Impagliazzo, Mouli and Pitassi in a recent paper suggested to prove lower bounds on the size for Polynomial Calculus over the ± 1 basis. In this paper we show a technique for proving such lower bounds and moreover we also give lower bounds on the size for Sum-of-Squares over the ± 1 basis. We show lower bounds on random Δ-CNF formulas and formulas composed with a gadget. As a byproduct, we establish a separation between Polynomial Calculus and Sum-of-Squares over the ± 1 basis by proving a lower bound on the Pigeonhole Principle.

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