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TR15-012 | 24th January 2015 19:26

Lower Bounds for Clique vs. Independent Set

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TR15-012
Authors: Mika Göös
Publication: 25th January 2015 12:53
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Abstract:

We prove an $\omega(\log n)$ lower bound on the conondeterministic communication complexity of the Clique vs. Independent Set problem introduced by Yannakakis (STOC 1988, JCSS 1991). As a corollary, this implies superpolynomial lower bounds for the Alon--Saks--Seymour conjecture in graph theory. Our approach is to first exhibit a query complexity separation for the decision tree analogue of the UP vs. coNP question---namely, unambiguous DNF width vs. CNF width---and then "lift" this separation over to communication complexity using a result from prior work.



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