On the power of small-depth computation / Emanuele Viola.

Author/creator Viola, Emanuele
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Publication InfoHanover, Mass. : Now Publishers, ©2009.
Description1 electronic text (72 pages : illustrations) : digital file.
Supplemental Contenthttp://dx.doi.org/10.1561/0400000033
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SeriesFoundations and trends in theoretical computer science, 1551-3068 ; v. 5, issue 1, p. 1-72
Foundations and trends in theoretical computer science (Online) ; v. 5, issue 1, p. 1-72. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Polynomials over {0,1} -- 3. The correlation of parity with small-depth circuits -- 4. Logarithmic depth vs. depth 3 -- 5. Cryptography in bounded depth -- References.
Abstract In this work we discuss selected topics on small-depth computation, presenting a few unpublished proofs along the way. The four sections contain: (1) A unified treatment of the challenge of exhibiting explicit functions that have small correlation with low-degree polynomials over {0, 1}.(2) An unpublished proof that small bounded-depth circuits (AC0) have exponentially small correlation with the parity function. The proof is due to Klivans and Vadhan; it builds upon and simplifies previous ones. (3) Valiant's simulation of log-depth linear-size circuits of fan-in 2 by sub-exponential size circuits of depth 3 and unbounded fan-in. To our knowledge, a proof of this result has never appeared in full. (4) Applebaum, Ishai, and Kushilevitz's cryptography in bounded depth.
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Cite as Emanuele Viola (2009) "On the Power of Small-Depth Computation", Foundations and Trends in Information Retrieval: Vol. 5: No 1, pp 1-72.
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