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TR16-012 | 21st January 2016 03:19

Autoreducibility of NP-Complete Sets

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TR16-012
Authors: John Hitchcock, Hadi Shafei
Publication: 1st February 2016 21:00
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Abstract:

We study the polynomial-time autoreducibility of NP-complete sets and obtain separations under strong hypotheses for NP. Assuming there is a p-generic set in NP, we show the following:

- For every $k \geq 2$, there is a $k$-T-complete set for NP that is $k$-T autoreducible, but is not $k$-tt autoreducible or $(k-1)$-T autoreducible.

- For every $k \geq 3$, there is a $k$-tt-complete set for NP that is $k$-tt autoreducible, but is not $(k-1)$-tt autoreducible or $(k-2)$-T autoreducible.

- There is a tt-complete set for NP that is tt-autoreducible, but is not btt-autoreducible.

Under the stronger assumption that there is a p-generic set in NP $\cap$ coNP, we show:

- For every $k \geq 2$, there is a $k$-tt-complete set for NP that is $k$-tt autoreducible, but is not $(k-1)$-T autoreducible.

Our proofs are based on constructions from separating NP-completeness notions. For example, the construction of a 2-T-complete set for NP that is not 2-tt-complete also separates 2-T-autoreducibility from 2-tt-autoreducibility.



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