We show that for any unsatisfiable CNF formula $\varphi$ that requires resolution refutation width at least $w$, and for any $1$-stifling gadget $g$ (for example, $g=MAJ_3$), (1) every resolution-over-parities (Res($\oplus$)) refutation of the lifted formula $\varphi \circ g$ of size at most $S$ has depth at least $\Omega(w^2/\log S)$; (2) ... more >>>

The hardness vs. randomness paradigm aims to construct pseudorandom generators (PRGs) based on complexity theoretic hardness assumptions. A seminal result in this area is a PRG construction by \cite{NW,IW97}.
A sequence of works \cite{KvM,SU01,Umans02,SU05} generalized the result of \cite{NW,IW97} to nondeterministic circuits. More specifically, they showed that if $\E=\DTIME(2^{O(n)})$ requires ... more >>>

Pseudorandom generators (PRGs) for low-degree polynomials are a central object in pseudorandomness, with applications to circuit lower bounds and derandomization. Viola’s celebrated construction (CC 2009) gives a PRG over the binary field, but with seed length exponential in the degree $d$. This exponential dependence can be avoided over sufficiently large ... more >>>