We prove that if for some epsilon > 0 NP contains a set that is DTIME(2^{n^{epsilon}})-bi-immune, then NP contains a set that 2-Turing complete for NP but not 1-truth-table complete for NP. Lutz and Mayordomo (LM96) and Ambos-Spies and Bentzien (AB00) previously obtained the same consequence using strong hypotheses involving ...
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