Informally stated, we present here a randomized algorithm that given blackbox access to the polynomial $f$ computed by an unknown/hidden arithmetic formula $\phi$ reconstructs, on the average, an equivalent or smaller formula $\hat{\phi}$ in time polynomial in the size of its output $\hat{\phi}$.

Specifically, we consider arithmetic formulas wherein the ... more >>>

We consider the problem of finding interval representations of graphs that additionally respect given interval lengths and/or pairwise intersection lengths, which are represented as weight functions on the vertices and edges, respectively. Pe'er and Shamir proved that the problem is NP-complete if only the former are given [SIAM J. Discr. ... more >>>

Let $f:\{-1,1\}^n \to \mathbb{R}$ be a real function on the hypercube, given
by its discrete Fourier expansion, or, equivalently, represented as
a multilinear polynomial. We say that it is Boolean if its image is
in $\{-1,1\}$.

We show that every function on the hypercube with a ... more >>>