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TR16-164 | 25th October 2016 12:09

Relating two width measures for resolution proofs

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TR16-164
Authors: Andreas Krebs, Meena Mahajan, Anil Shukla
Publication: 29th October 2016 12:33
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Abstract:

In this short note, we revisit two hardness measures for resolution proofs: width and asymmetric width. It is known that for every unsatisfiable CNF F,

width(F \derives \Box) \le awidth(F \derives \Box) + max{ awidth(F \derives \Box), width(F)}.

We give a simple direct proof of the upper bound, also shaving off a +1.



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