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TR14-137 | 24th October 2014 14:45

A trade-off between length and width in resolution

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TR14-137
Authors: Neil Thapen
Publication: 29th October 2014 16:06
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Abstract:

We describe a family of CNF formulas in $n$ variables, with small initial width, which have polynomial length resolution refutations. By a result of Ben-Sasson and Wigderson it follows that they must also have narrow resolution refutations, of width $O(\sqrt {n \log n})$. We show that, for our formulas, this decrease in width comes at the expense of an increase in size, and any such narrow refutations must have exponential length.



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