DocumentCode
1632314
Title
Hard examples for bounded depth Frege
Author
Ben-Sasson, Eli
Author_Institution
Inst. of Comput. Sci., Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem
fYear
2002
fDate
6/24/1905 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
4
Lastpage
4
Abstract
We prove exponential lower bounds on the size of a bounded depth Frege proof of a Tseitin graph-based contradiction, whenever the underlying graph is an expander. This is the first example of a contradiction, naturally formalized as a 3-CNF, that has no short bounded depth Frege proofs
Keywords
computational complexity; theorem proving; Tseitin graph-based contradiction; bounded depth Frege proof; expander; exponential lower bounds; hard examples; Approximation algorithms; Computational complexity; Turning; Writing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computational Complexity, 2002. Proceedings. 17th IEEE Annual Conference on
Conference_Location
Montreal, Que.
ISSN
1093-0159
Print_ISBN
0-7695-1468-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CCC.2002.1004323
Filename
1004323
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