On solving hard problems by polynomial-size circuits (Q1095663)

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    On solving hard problems by polynomial-size circuits (English)
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    1987
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    This paper introduces the notions of immunity, complexity core, and Church-randomness for the nonuniform complexity class of languages accepted by polynomial-size circuit families, usually denoted as P/Poly. While it is not known whether \(DTIME(2^{poly})\) is contained in P/Poly, we show that there exist languages in EXSPACE that have the property of being immune, or having dense complexity core, or being Church-random with respect to the class P/Poly. Proofs of these results are based on techniques in generalized Kolmogorov complexity theory.
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    Boolean circuit
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    hardness
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    immunity
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    complexity core
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    Church-randomness
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    complexity class
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    languages accepted by polynomial-size circuit families
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    Kolmogorov complexity
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