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TR99-045 | 16th November 1999 00:00

Circuit Minimization Problem

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TR99-045
Authors: Valentine Kabanets, Jin-Yi Cai
Publication: 22nd November 1999 18:17
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Abstract:

We study the complexity of the circuit minimization problem:
given the truth table of a Boolean function f and a parameter s, decide
whether f can be realized by a Boolean circuit of size at most s. We argue
why this problem is unlikely to be in P (or even in P/poly) by giving a
number of surprising consequences of such an assumption. We also argue
that proving this problem to be NP-complete (if it is indeed true) would
imply proving strong circuit lower bounds for the class E, which appears
beyond the currently known techniques.



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