5 Search Results for "Fournier, Hervé"

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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2023.28
Towards Optimal Depth-Reductions for Algebraic Formulas

Authors: Hervé Fournier, Nutan Limaye, Guillaume Malod, Srikanth Srinivasan, and Sébastien Tavenas

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 264, 38th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2023)

Abstract
Classical results of Brent, Kuck and Maruyama (IEEE Trans. Computers 1973) and Brent (JACM 1974) show that any algebraic formula of size s can be converted to one of depth O(log s) with only a polynomial blow-up in size. In this paper, we consider a fine-grained version of this result depending on the degree of the polynomial computed by the algebraic formula. Given a homogeneous algebraic formula of size s computing a polynomial P of degree d, we show that P can also be computed by an (unbounded fan-in) algebraic formula of depth O(log d) and size poly(s). Our proof shows that this result also holds in the highly restricted setting of monotone, non-commutative algebraic formulas. This improves on previous results in the regime when d is small (i.e., d = s^o(1)). In particular, for the setting of d = O(log s), along with a result of Raz (STOC 2010, JACM 2013), our result implies the same depth reduction even for inhomogeneous formulas. This is particularly interesting in light of recent algebraic formula lower bounds, which work precisely in this "low-degree" and "low-depth" setting. We also show that these results cannot be improved in the monotone setting, even for commutative formulas.
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Hervé Fournier, Nutan Limaye, Guillaume Malod, Srikanth Srinivasan, and Sébastien Tavenas. Towards Optimal Depth-Reductions for Algebraic Formulas. In 38th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2023). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 264, pp. 28:1-28:19, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2023)

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@InProceedings{fournier_et_al:LIPIcs.CCC.2023.28,
  author =	{Fournier, Herv\'{e} and Limaye, Nutan and Malod, Guillaume and Srinivasan, Srikanth and Tavenas, S\'{e}bastien},
  title =	{{Towards Optimal Depth-Reductions for Algebraic Formulas}},
  booktitle =	{38th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2023)},
  pages =	{28:1--28:19},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-282-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2023},
  volume =	{264},
  editor =	{Ta-Shma, Amnon},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2023.28},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-182986},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2023.28},
  annote =	{Keywords: Algebraic formulas, depth-reduction}
}
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Track A: Algorithms, Complexity and Games
DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2023.12
Low-Depth Arithmetic Circuit Lower Bounds: Bypassing Set-Multilinearization

Authors: Prashanth Amireddy, Ankit Garg, Neeraj Kayal, Chandan Saha, and Bhargav Thankey

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 261, 50th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2023)

Abstract
A recent breakthrough work of Limaye, Srinivasan and Tavenas [Nutan Limaye et al., 2021] proved superpolynomial lower bounds for low-depth arithmetic circuits via a "hardness escalation" approach: they proved lower bounds for low-depth set-multilinear circuits and then lifted the bounds to low-depth general circuits. In this work, we prove superpolynomial lower bounds for low-depth circuits by bypassing the hardness escalation, i.e., the set-multilinearization, step. As set-multilinearization comes with an exponential blow-up in circuit size, our direct proof opens up the possibility of proving an exponential lower bound for low-depth homogeneous circuits by evading a crucial bottleneck. Our bounds hold for the iterated matrix multiplication and the Nisan-Wigderson design polynomials. We also define a subclass of unrestricted depth homogeneous formulas which we call unique parse tree (UPT) formulas, and prove superpolynomial lower bounds for these. This significantly generalizes the superpolynomial lower bounds for regular formulas [Neeraj Kayal et al., 2014; Hervé Fournier et al., 2015].
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Prashanth Amireddy, Ankit Garg, Neeraj Kayal, Chandan Saha, and Bhargav Thankey. Low-Depth Arithmetic Circuit Lower Bounds: Bypassing Set-Multilinearization. In 50th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2023). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 261, pp. 12:1-12:20, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2023)

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@InProceedings{amireddy_et_al:LIPIcs.ICALP.2023.12,
  author =	{Amireddy, Prashanth and Garg, Ankit and Kayal, Neeraj and Saha, Chandan and Thankey, Bhargav},
  title =	{{Low-Depth Arithmetic Circuit Lower Bounds: Bypassing Set-Multilinearization}},
  booktitle =	{50th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2023)},
  pages =	{12:1--12:20},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-278-5},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2023},
  volume =	{261},
  editor =	{Etessami, Kousha and Feige, Uriel and Puppis, Gabriele},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2023.12},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-180642},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2023.12},
  annote =	{Keywords: arithmetic circuits, low-depth circuits, lower bounds, shifted partials}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2022.119
Polynomial Identity Testing via Evaluation of Rational Functions

Authors: Dieter van Melkebeek and Andrew Morgan

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 215, 13th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2022)

Abstract
We introduce a hitting set generator for Polynomial Identity Testing based on evaluations of low-degree univariate rational functions at abscissas associated with the variables. In spite of the univariate nature, we establish an equivalence up to rescaling with a generator introduced by Shpilka and Volkovich, which has a similar structure but uses multivariate polynomials in the abscissas. We study the power of the generator by characterizing its vanishing ideal, i.e., the set of polynomials that it fails to hit. Capitalizing on the univariate nature, we develop a small collection of polynomials that jointly produce the vanishing ideal. As corollaries, we obtain tight bounds on the minimum degree, sparseness, and partition size of set-multi-linearity in the vanishing ideal. Inspired by an alternating algebra representation, we develop a structured deterministic membership test for the vanishing ideal. As a proof of concept we rederive known derandomization results based on the generator by Shpilka and Volkovich, and present a new application for read-once oblivious arithmetic branching programs that provably transcends the usual combinatorial techniques.
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Dieter van Melkebeek and Andrew Morgan. Polynomial Identity Testing via Evaluation of Rational Functions. In 13th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2022). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 215, pp. 119:1-119:24, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2022)

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@InProceedings{vanmelkebeek_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2022.119,
  author =	{van Melkebeek, Dieter and Morgan, Andrew},
  title =	{{Polynomial Identity Testing via Evaluation of Rational Functions}},
  booktitle =	{13th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2022)},
  pages =	{119:1--119:24},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-217-4},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2022},
  volume =	{215},
  editor =	{Braverman, Mark},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2022.119},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-157158},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2022.119},
  annote =	{Keywords: Derandomization, Gr\"{o}bner Basis, Lower Bounds, Polynomial Identity Testing}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2019.15
Nonnegative Rank Measures and Monotone Algebraic Branching Programs

Authors: Hervé Fournier, Guillaume Malod, Maud Szusterman, and Sébastien Tavenas

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 150, 39th IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2019)

Abstract
Inspired by Nisan’s characterization of noncommutative complexity (Nisan 1991), we study different notions of nonnegative rank, associated complexity measures and their link with monotone computations. In particular we answer negatively an open question of Nisan asking whether nonnegative rank characterizes monotone noncommutative complexity for algebraic branching programs. We also prove a rather tight lower bound for the computation of elementary symmetric polynomials by algebraic branching programs in the monotone setting or, equivalently, in the homogeneous syntactically multilinear setting.
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Hervé Fournier, Guillaume Malod, Maud Szusterman, and Sébastien Tavenas. Nonnegative Rank Measures and Monotone Algebraic Branching Programs. In 39th IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2019). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 150, pp. 15:1-15:14, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2019)

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@InProceedings{fournier_et_al:LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2019.15,
  author =	{Fournier, Herv\'{e} and Malod, Guillaume and Szusterman, Maud and Tavenas, S\'{e}bastien},
  title =	{{Nonnegative Rank Measures and Monotone Algebraic Branching Programs}},
  booktitle =	{39th IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2019)},
  pages =	{15:1--15:14},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-131-3},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2019},
  volume =	{150},
  editor =	{Chattopadhyay, Arkadev and Gastin, Paul},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2019.15},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-115774},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2019.15},
  annote =	{Keywords: Elementary symmetric polynomials, lower bounds}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2012.362
Monomials in arithmetic circuits: Complete problems in the counting hierarchy

Authors: Hervé Fournier, Guillaume Malod, and Stefan Mengel

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 14, 29th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2012)

Abstract
We consider the complexity of two questions on polynomials given by arithmetic circuits: testing whether a monomial is present and counting the number of monomials. We show that these problems are complete for subclasses of the counting hierarchy which had few or no known natural complete problems before. We also study these questions for circuits computing multilinear polynomials.
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Hervé Fournier, Guillaume Malod, and Stefan Mengel. Monomials in arithmetic circuits: Complete problems in the counting hierarchy. In 29th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2012). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 14, pp. 362-373, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2012)

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@InProceedings{fournier_et_al:LIPIcs.STACS.2012.362,
  author =	{Fournier, Herv\'{e} and Malod, Guillaume and Mengel, Stefan},
  title =	{{Monomials in arithmetic circuits: Complete problems in the counting hierarchy}},
  booktitle =	{29th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2012)},
  pages =	{362--373},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-35-4},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2012},
  volume =	{14},
  editor =	{D\"{u}rr, Christoph and Wilke, Thomas},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2012.362},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-34240},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2012.362},
  annote =	{Keywords: arithmetic circuits, counting problems, polynomials}
}
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