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On Some Computations on Sparse Polynomials

Author Ilya Volkovich

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  • Derandomization
  • Arithmetic Circuits
  • Reconstruction

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Abstract

In arithmetic circuit complexity the standard operations are +,x. Yet, in some scenarios exponentiation gates are considered as well. In this paper we study the question of efficiently evaluating a polynomial given an oracle access to its power. Among applications, we show that:

* A reconstruction algorithm for a circuit class c can be extended to handle f^e for f in C. 

* There exists an efficient deterministic algorithm for factoring sparse multiquadratic polynomials. 

* There is a deterministic algorithm for testing a factorization of sparse polynomials, with constant individual degrees, into sparse irreducible factors. That is, testing if f = g_1 x ... x g_m when f has constant individual degrees and g_i-s are irreducible.

* There is a deterministic reconstruction algorithm for multilinear depth-4 circuits with two multiplication gates. 

* There exists an efficient deterministic algorithm for testing whether two powers of sparse polynomials are equal. That is, f^d = g^e when f and g are sparse.

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Ilya Volkovich. On Some Computations on Sparse Polynomials. In Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2017). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 81, pp. 48:1-48:21, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2017) https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2017.48

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