Space proof complexity for random 3-CNFs

DOI10.1016/J.IC.2017.06.003zbMATH Open1423.03242OpenAlexW2963843567WikidataQ61732560 ScholiaQ61732560MaRDI QIDQ2013560FDOQ2013560

Authors Patrick Bennett, Ilario Bonacina, Nicola Galesi, Tony Huynh, Mike Molloy, Paul Wollan 

Publication date 8 August 2017

Published in Information and Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.01613

zbMATH Keywords

resolutionproof complexityrandom CNFspolynomial calculustotal spacemonomial space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Edge subsets with special properties (factorization, matching, partitioning, covering and packing, etc.) (05C70) Complexity of proofs (03F20)

Abstract: We investigate the space complexity of refuting $3$-CNFs in Resolution and algebraic systems. We prove that every Polynomial Calculus with Resolution refutation of a random $3$-CNF $phi$ in $n$ variables requires, with high probability, $Omega(n)$ distinct monomials to be kept simultaneously in memory. The same construction also proves that every Resolution refutation $phi$ requires, with high probability, $Omega(n)$ clauses each of width $Omega(n)$ to be kept at the same time in memory. This gives a $Omega(n^2)$ lower bound for the total space needed in Resolution to refute $phi$. These results are best possible (up to a constant factor). The main technical innovation is a variant of Hall's Lemma. We show that in bipartite graphs $G$ with bipartition $(L,R)$ and left-degree at most 3, $L$ can be covered by certain families of disjoint paths, called VW-matchings, provided that $L$ expands in $R$ by a factor of $(2-epsilon)$, for $epsilon<1/23$.

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