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Rossman, Servedio, and Tan proved that the polynomial hierarchy is infinite relative to a random oracle. This paper strengthens this celebrated result by considering strong separations, witnessed by immune languages.
The main result of the paper shows that with respect to a random oracle the levels of the polynomial ... more >>>
Given a finite field $\mathbb F_q$, we say that a set $A\subseteq \mathbb F^n_q$ is an $(r,c)$ subspace evasive set if and only if for any affine subspace $U\subseteq \mathbb F^n_q$ with bounded dimension $\dim(U)\leq r$, the intersection size $|A\cap U|$ is at most $c$. The probabilistic method shows the ... more >>>
We establish a collection of new size lower bounds against fairly strong algebraic-Boolean propositional proof systems, from depth-3 semantic polynomial calculus for CNFs, up to semantic $AC^0[2]$-Frege in the regime of deep formulas, as follows:
(1) $\Sigma\Pi\Sigma$-PC: Exponential lower bound against semantic $\Sigma\Pi\Sigma$-PC over $F_2$, namely, polynomial calculus operating with ... more >>>
