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Proof Complexity of Propositional Model Counting

Authors Olaf Beyersdorff , Tim Hoffmann , Luc Nicolas Spachmann

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  • Theory of computation → Proof complexity
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  • model counting
  • #SAT
  • proof complexity
  • proof systems
  • lower bounds

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Abstract

Recently, the proof system MICE for the model counting problem #SAT was introduced by Fichte, Hecher and Roland (SAT'22). As demonstrated by Fichte et al., the system MICE can be used for proof logging for state-of-the-art #SAT solvers.
We perform a proof-complexity study of MICE. For this we first simplify the rules of MICE and obtain a calculus MICE' that is polynomially equivalent to MICE. Our main result establishes an exponential lower bound for the number of proof steps in MICE' (and hence also in MICE) for a specific family of CNFs.

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Olaf Beyersdorff, Tim Hoffmann, and Luc Nicolas Spachmann. Proof Complexity of Propositional Model Counting. In 26th International Conference on Theory and Applications of Satisfiability Testing (SAT 2023). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 271, pp. 2:1-2:18, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2023) https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.SAT.2023.2

Author Details

Olaf Beyersdorff
  • Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
Tim Hoffmann
  • Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
Luc Nicolas Spachmann
  • Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany

Funding

  • Beyersdorff, Olaf: Carl-Zeiss Foundation and DFG grant BE 4209/3-1.
  • Hoffmann, Tim: Carl-Zeiss Foundation.

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