We define a non-uniform model of PCPs of Proximity, and observe that in this model the non-uniform verifiers can always be made very efficient. Specifically, we show that any non-uniform verifier can be modified to run in time that is roughly polynomial in its randomness and query complexity.

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We show analogues of a theorem due to Valiant and Vazirani
for intractable parameterized complexity classes such as W[P], W[SAT]
and the classes of the W-hierarchy as well as those of the A-hierarchy.
We do so by proving a general ``logical'' version of it which may be of
independent interest

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We show that proving exponential lower bounds on depth four arithmetic
circuits imply exponential lower bounds for unrestricted depth arithmetic
circuits. In other words, for exponential sized circuits additional depth
beyond four does not help.

We then show that a complete black-box derandomization of Identity Testing problem for depth four ... more >>>