We prove a non-linear Edelstein-Kelly theorem for polynomials of constant degree, fully settling a stronger form of Conjecture 30 in Gupta (2014), and generalizing the main result of Peleg and Shpilka (STOC 2021) from quadratic polynomials to polynomials of any constant degree.

As a consequence of our result, we obtain ... more >>>

We study a new approach for constructing pseudorandom generators (PRGs) that fool constant-width standard-order read-once branching programs (ROBPs). Let $X$ be the $n$-bit output distribution of the INW PRG (Impagliazzo, Nisan, and Wigderson, STOC 1994), instantiated using expansion parameter $\lambda$. We prove that the bitwise XOR of $t$ independent copies ... more >>>

The Range Avoidance ($\text{Avoid}$) problem $\mathcal{C}$-$\text{Avoid}[n,m(n)]$ asks that, given a circuit in a class $\mathcal{C}$ with input length $n$ and output length $m(n)>n$, find a string not in the range of the circuit. This problem has been a central piece in several recent frameworks of proving circuit lower bounds and ... more >>>