Narrow proofs may be maximally long

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We prove that there are 3-CNF formulas over n variables that can be refuted in resolution in width w but require resolution proofs of size nω(w). This shows that the simple counting argument that any formula refutable in width w must have a proof in size nO(ω) is essentially tight. Moreover, our lower bounds can be generalized to polynomial calculus resolution (PCR) and Sherali-Adams, implying that the corresponding size upper bounds in terms of degree and rank are tight as well. Our results do not extend all the way to Lasserre, however-the formulas we study have Lasserre proofs of constant rank and size polynomial in both n and w.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelProceedings - IEEE 29th Conference on Computational Complexity, CCC 2014
Antal sider12
ForlagIEEE Computer Society Press
Publikationsdato2014
Sider286-297
Artikelnummer6875497
ISBN (Trykt)9781479936267
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2014
Eksternt udgivetJa
Begivenhed29th Annual IEEE Conference on Computational Complexity, CCC 2014 - Vancouver, BC, Canada
Varighed: 11 jun. 201413 jun. 2014

Konference

Konference29th Annual IEEE Conference on Computational Complexity, CCC 2014
LandCanada
ByVancouver, BC
Periode11/06/201413/06/2014
SponsorCommittee on Mathematical, Foundations of Computing, IEEE Computer Society Technical
NavnProceedings of the Annual IEEE Conference on Computational Complexity
ISSN1093-0159

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