The Schwartz-Zippel Lemma states that if a low-degree multivariate polynomial with coefficients in a field is not zero everywhere in the field, then it has few roots on every finite subcube of the field. This fundamental fact about multivariate polynomials has found many applications in algorithms, complexity theory, coding theory, ... more >>>

This work makes two distinct yet related contributions. The first contribution is a new information-theoretic model, the query-with-sketch model, and tools to show lower bounds within it. The second contribution is conceptual, technically builds on the first contribution, and is a barrier in the derandomization of randomized logarithmic space (BPL). ... more >>>

We exhibit a total search problem whose communication complexity in the quantum SMP (simultaneous message passing) model is exponentially smaller than in the classical two-way randomized model. Moreover, the quantum protocol is computationally efficient and its solutions are classically verifiable, that is, the problem lies in the communication analogue of ... more >>>