Today we covered...
Proof Complexity and the NP vs. coNP problem. The "Resolution" proof system with the resolution rule (, ) and the weakening rule (). Completeness of Resolution with proof sketch. Various contradictions (tautologies, in fact): Pigeonhole Principle, Tseitin Tautologies, Random 3-CNF. Treelike Resolution. Resolution width. Short Proofs Are Narrow Theorem, proved for Treelike Resolution. Ben-Sasson & Wigderson Theorem: Unsatisfiable -CNFs with "expansion" require wide Resolution proofs.
By the way, the question came up as to separating Treelike Resolution from General Resolution. A very strong result was proved for this problem by Ben-Sasson, Impagliazzo, and Wigderson: There is a natural family of contradictions with variables and clauses, which have Resolution refutations of length but requires Treelike Resolution refutations of length .
The contradictions here are based on "pebbling" expander graphs; more specifically, the results in an old paper of Paul, Tarjan, and Celoni.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
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