In this work we show that Unique k-SAT is as Hard as k-SAT for every $k \in {\mathds N}$. This settles a conjecture by Calabro, Impagliazzo, Kabanets and Paturi \cite{CIKP03}. To provide an affirmative answer to this conjecture, we develop a randomness optimal construction of Isolation Lemma(see Valiant and Vazirani ... more >>>

We give a randomized polynomial-time identity test for
noncommutative circuits of polynomial degree based on the isolation
lemma. Using this result, we show that derandomizing the isolation
lemma implies noncommutative circuit size lower bounds. More
precisely, we consider two restricted versions of the isolation
lemma and show that derandomizing each ... more >>>

The Valiant-Vazirani Isolation Lemma [TCS, vol. 47, pp. 85--93, 1986] provides an efficient procedure for isolating a satisfying assignment of a given satisfiable circuit: given a Boolean circuit $C$ on $n$ input variables, the procedure outputs a new circuit $C'$ on the same $n$ input variables with the property that ... more >>>