Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Lecture 10

Topics covered in Lecture 10:

Barrington's theorem: NC^1 has constant width branching programs (Ben-Or & Cleve's proof which showed width 7)
Lipton-Viglas theorem: SAT can't be solved in simultaneous n^{o(1)} space and n^{1.41} time.
Comments on relativization and limits of diagonalization
Introduction to Interactive proofs

1 comment:

  1. And problem set 3 was handed out today and is also posted on the course website.

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