Swapnam Bajpai

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2022 A #SAT Algorithm for Small Constant-Depth Circuits with PTF gates
Swapnam Bajpai, Vaibhav Krishan, Deepanshu Kush, Nutan Limaye, Srikanth Srinivasan 0001
Algorithmica1
2019 A #SAT Algorithm for Small Constant-Depth Circuits with PTF Gates
abstract
Proving super-polynomial size lower bounds for $\textsf{TC}^0$, the class of constant-depth, polynomial-size circuits of Majority gates, is a notorious open problem in complexity theory. A major frontier is to prove that $\textsf{NEXP}$ does not have poly-size $\textsf{THR} \circ \textsf{THR}$ circuit (depth-two circuits with linear threshold gates). In recent years, R.~Williams proposed a program to prove circuit lower bounds via improved algorithms. In this paper, following Williams' framework, we show that the above frontier question can be resolved by devising slightly faster algorithms for several fundamental problems: 1. Shaving Logs for $\textsf{$\ell_2$-Furthest-Pair}$. An $n^2 \textrm{poly}(d) / \log^{ω(1)} n$ time algorithm for $\textsf{$\ell_2$-Furthest-Pair}$ in $\mathbb{R}^d$ for polylogarithmic $d$ implies $\textsf{NEXP}$ has no polynomial size $\textsf{THR} \circ \textsf{THR}$ circuits. The same holds for Hopcroft's problem, $\textsf{Bichrom.-$\ell_2$-Closest-Pair}$ and Integer $\textsf{Max-IP}$. 2. Shaving Logs for Approximate $\textsf{Bichrom.-$\ell_2$-Closest-Pair}$. An $n^2 \textrm(d) / \log^{ω(1)} n$ time algorithm for $(1+1/\log^{ω(1)} n)$-approximation to $\textsf{Bichrom.-$\ell_2$-Closest-Pair}$ or $\textsf{Bichrom.-$\ell_1$-Closest-Pair}$ for polylogarithmic $d$ implies $\textsf{NEXP}$ has no polynomial size $\textsf{SYM}\circ\textsf{THR}$ circuits. 3. Shaving Logs for Modest Dimension Boolean $\textsf{Max-IP}$. An $n^2 / \log^{ω(1)} n$ time algorithm for Bichromatic Maximum Inner Product with vector dimension $d = n^ε$ for any small constant $ε$ would imply $\textsf{NEXP}$ has no polynomial size $\textsf{THR} \circ \textsf{THR}$ circuits. Note there is an $n^2\textrm{polylog}(n)$ time algorithm via fast rectangle matrix multiplication. Our results build on two structure lemmas for threshold circuits.
Swapnam Bajpai, Vaibhav Krishan, Deepanshu Kush, Nutan Limaye, Srikanth Srinivasan 0001
ITCS1