It is a long-standing open problem in algebraic complexity to prove lower bounds against multilinear algebraic branching programs (mABPs). The best lower bounds in this setting are still quadratic (Alon, Kumar and Volk (Combinatorica 2020)). At the same time, it remains a possibility that the “min-partition rank” method introduced by ... more >>>

In this paper, we give the first subexponential (in fact, quasi-polynomial time) reconstruction algorithm for depth-3 circuits of any constant top fan-in ($\Sigma\Pi\Sigma(k)$ circuits) over $\mathbb R$, $\mathbb C$, or any large characteristic finite field $\mathbb F$. More explicitly, we show that for any constant $k$, given black-box access to ... more >>>

We give a meta-complexity characterization of EFI pairs, which are considered the ''minimal'' primitive in quantum cryptography (and are equivalent to quantum commitments). More precisely, we show that the existence of EFI pairs is equivalent to the following: there exists a non-uniformly samplable distribution over pure states such that the ... more >>>