LIPIcs, Volume 182
FSTTCS 2020, December 14-18, 2020, BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus, Goa, India (Virtual Conference)
Editors: Nitin Saxena and Sunil Simon
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 364, 43rd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2026)
Nikolai Chukhin, Alexander S. Kulikov, Ivan Mihajlin, and Arina Smirnova. Conditional Complexity Hardness: Monotone Circuit Size, Matrix Rigidity, and Tensor Rank. In 43rd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 364, pp. 28:1-28:21, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{chukhin_et_al:LIPIcs.STACS.2026.28,
author = {Chukhin, Nikolai and Kulikov, Alexander S. and Mihajlin, Ivan and Smirnova, Arina},
title = {{Conditional Complexity Hardness: Monotone Circuit Size, Matrix Rigidity, and Tensor Rank}},
booktitle = {43rd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2026)},
pages = {28:1--28:21},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-412-3},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2026},
volume = {364},
editor = {Mahajan, Meena and Manea, Florin and McIver, Annabelle and Thắng, Nguy\~{ê}n Kim},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2026.28},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-255177},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2026.28},
annote = {Keywords: computational complexity, circuit complexity, lower bounds, conditional lower bounds, monotone circuits, matrix rigidity, tensor rank, arithmetic circuits, fine-grained complexity}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Anakin Dey and Zeyu Guo. Debordering Closure Results in Determinantal and Pfaffian Ideals. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 49:1-49:24, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{dey_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.49,
author = {Dey, Anakin and Guo, Zeyu},
title = {{Debordering Closure Results in Determinantal and Pfaffian Ideals}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {49:1--49:24},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-410-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2026},
volume = {362},
editor = {Saraf, Shubhangi},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.49},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253363},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.49},
annote = {Keywords: Algebraic circuit complexity, Isolation lemma, Debordering}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Jiaqi Lu, Rahul Santhanam, and Iddo Tzameret. AC⁰[p]-Frege Cannot Efficiently Prove That Constant-Depth Algebraic Circuit Lower Bounds Are Hard. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 99:1-99:25, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{lu_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.99,
author = {Lu, Jiaqi and Santhanam, Rahul and Tzameret, Iddo},
title = {{AC⁰\lbrackp\rbrack-Frege Cannot Efficiently Prove That Constant-Depth Algebraic Circuit Lower Bounds Are Hard}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {99:1--99:25},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-410-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2026},
volume = {362},
editor = {Saraf, Shubhangi},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.99},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253865},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.99},
annote = {Keywords: Complexity, Lower bounds, Proof complexity, AC⁰\lbrackp\rbrack-Frege, Diagonalisation, Algebraic complexity}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Robert Andrews, Jules Armand, Prateek Dwivedi, Magnus Rahbek Dalgaard Hansen, Nutan Limaye, Srikanth Srinivasan, and Sébastien Tavenas. On Closure Properties of Read-Once Oblivious Algebraic Branching Programs. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 9:1-9:21, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{andrews_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.9,
author = {Andrews, Robert and Armand, Jules and Dwivedi, Prateek and Hansen, Magnus Rahbek Dalgaard and Limaye, Nutan and Srinivasan, Srikanth and Tavenas, S\'{e}bastien},
title = {{On Closure Properties of Read-Once Oblivious Algebraic Branching Programs}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {9:1--9:21},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-410-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2026},
volume = {362},
editor = {Saraf, Shubhangi},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.9},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-252964},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.9},
annote = {Keywords: Factoring, Closure Properties, Sparsity Bounds, Symmetric Polynomials, roABP, Expander Graphs}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Noah Fleming, Stefan Grosser, Siddhartha Jain, Jiawei Li, Hanlin Ren, Morgan Shirley, and Weiqiang Yuan. Total Search Problems in ZPP. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 60:1-60:26, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{fleming_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.60,
author = {Fleming, Noah and Grosser, Stefan and Jain, Siddhartha and Li, Jiawei and Ren, Hanlin and Shirley, Morgan and Yuan, Weiqiang},
title = {{Total Search Problems in ZPP}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {60:1--60:26},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-410-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2026},
volume = {362},
editor = {Saraf, Shubhangi},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.60},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253473},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.60},
annote = {Keywords: TFNP, lossy code, randomized proof systems, query complexity}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Benjamin Rossman and Davidson Zhu. Multi-Quadratic Sum-Of-Squares Lower Bounds Imply VNC ¹ ≠ VNP. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 113:1-113:22, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{rossman_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.113,
author = {Rossman, Benjamin and Zhu, Davidson},
title = {{Multi-Quadratic Sum-Of-Squares Lower Bounds Imply VNC ¹ ≠ VNP}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {113:1--113:22},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-410-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2026},
volume = {362},
editor = {Saraf, Shubhangi},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.113},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-254006},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.113},
annote = {Keywords: sum-of-squares, arithmetic formulas}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 362, 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)
Jiatu Li and Mengdi Wu. Identity Testing for Circuits with Exponentiation Gates. In 17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 362, pp. 95:1-95:22, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)
@InProceedings{li_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.95,
author = {Li, Jiatu and Wu, Mengdi},
title = {{Identity Testing for Circuits with Exponentiation Gates}},
booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2026)},
pages = {95:1--95:22},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-410-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2026},
volume = {362},
editor = {Saraf, Shubhangi},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.95},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-253821},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.95},
annote = {Keywords: Polynomial Identity Testing, Exponential Polynomials}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 360, 45th IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2025)
G. V. Sumukha Bharadwaj and S. Raja. Randomized Black-Box PIT for Small Depth +-Regular Non-Commutative Circuits. In 45th IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 360, pp. 51:1-51:16, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{sumukhabharadwaj_et_al:LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2025.51,
author = {Sumukha Bharadwaj, G. V. and Raja, S.},
title = {{Randomized Black-Box PIT for Small Depth +-Regular Non-Commutative Circuits}},
booktitle = {45th IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2025)},
pages = {51:1--51:16},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-406-2},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {360},
editor = {Aiswarya, C. and Mehta, Ruta and Roy, Subhajit},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2025.51},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-250949},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2025.51},
annote = {Keywords: Polynomial Identity Testing, Non-commutative Circuits, Algebraic Circuits, +-Regular Circuits, Black-Box}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 353, Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2025)
Partha Mukhopadhyay, C. Ramya, and Pratik Shastri. Efficient Polynomial Identity Testing over Nonassociative Algebras. In Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 353, pp. 56:1-56:22, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{mukhopadhyay_et_al:LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2025.56,
author = {Mukhopadhyay, Partha and C. Ramya and Shastri, Pratik},
title = {{Efficient Polynomial Identity Testing over Nonassociative Algebras}},
booktitle = {Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2025)},
pages = {56:1--56:22},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-397-3},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {353},
editor = {Ene, Alina and Chattopadhyay, Eshan},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2025.56},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-244224},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2025.56},
annote = {Keywords: Polynomial identity testing, nonassociative algebra, arithmetic circuits, black-box algorithms, white-box algorithms}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 345, 50th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2025)
Eike Neumann. Deciding Robust Instances of an Escape Problem for Dynamical Systems in Euclidean Space. In 50th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 345, pp. 79:1-79:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{neumann:LIPIcs.MFCS.2025.79,
author = {Neumann, Eike},
title = {{Deciding Robust Instances of an Escape Problem for Dynamical Systems in Euclidean Space}},
booktitle = {50th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2025)},
pages = {79:1--79:20},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-388-1},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {345},
editor = {Gawrychowski, Pawe{\l} and Mazowiecki, Filip and Skrzypczak, Micha{\l}},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2025.79},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-241866},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2025.79},
annote = {Keywords: Dynamical Systems, Computability in Analysis, Non-Linear Functions}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 345, 50th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2025)
C.S. Bhargav, Shiteng Chen, Radu Curticapean, and Prateek Dwivedi. Monotone Bounded-Depth Complexity of Homomorphism Polynomials. In 50th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 345, pp. 19:1-19:18, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{bhargav_et_al:LIPIcs.MFCS.2025.19,
author = {Bhargav, C.S. and Chen, Shiteng and Curticapean, Radu and Dwivedi, Prateek},
title = {{Monotone Bounded-Depth Complexity of Homomorphism Polynomials}},
booktitle = {50th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2025)},
pages = {19:1--19:18},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-388-1},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {345},
editor = {Gawrychowski, Pawe{\l} and Mazowiecki, Filip and Skrzypczak, Micha{\l}},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2025.19},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-241269},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2025.19},
annote = {Keywords: algebraic complexity, homomorphisms, monotone circuit complexity, bounded-depth circuits, treewidth, pathwidth}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 339, 40th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2025)
Shubhangi Saraf and Devansh Shringi. Reconstruction of Depth 3 Arithmetic Circuits with Top Fan-In 3. In 40th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 339, pp. 21:1-21:22, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{saraf_et_al:LIPIcs.CCC.2025.21,
author = {Saraf, Shubhangi and Shringi, Devansh},
title = {{Reconstruction of Depth 3 Arithmetic Circuits with Top Fan-In 3}},
booktitle = {40th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2025)},
pages = {21:1--21:22},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-379-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {339},
editor = {Srinivasan, Srikanth},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2025.21},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-237151},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2025.21},
annote = {Keywords: arithmetic circuits, learning, reconstruction}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 339, 40th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2025)
Robert Andrews. Algebraic Pseudorandomness in VNC⁰. In 40th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 339, pp. 15:1-15:15, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{andrews:LIPIcs.CCC.2025.15,
author = {Andrews, Robert},
title = {{Algebraic Pseudorandomness in VNC⁰}},
booktitle = {40th Computational Complexity Conference (CCC 2025)},
pages = {15:1--15:15},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-379-9},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {339},
editor = {Srinivasan, Srikanth},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2025.15},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-237092},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.CCC.2025.15},
annote = {Keywords: Polynomial identity testing, Algebraic circuits, Ideal Proof System}
}
Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 334, 52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025)
Amik Raj Behera, Nutan Limaye, Varun Ramanathan, and Srikanth Srinivasan. New Bounds for the Ideal Proof System in Positive Characteristic. In 52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 334, pp. 22:1-22:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)
@InProceedings{behera_et_al:LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.22,
author = {Behera, Amik Raj and Limaye, Nutan and Ramanathan, Varun and Srinivasan, Srikanth},
title = {{New Bounds for the Ideal Proof System in Positive Characteristic}},
booktitle = {52nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2025)},
pages = {22:1--22:20},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-372-0},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2025},
volume = {334},
editor = {Censor-Hillel, Keren and Grandoni, Fabrizio and Ouaknine, Jo\"{e}l 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.2025.22},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-233992},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2025.22},
annote = {Keywords: Ideal Proof Systems, Algebraic Complexity, Positive Characteristic}
}