Circuits, Pebbling and Expressibility

Vinay, V and Venkateswaran, H and Madhavan, Veni CE (1990) Circuits, Pebbling and Expressibility. In: Fifth Annual Structure in Complexity Theory Conference, 1990, 8-11 July, Barcelona, pp. 223-230.

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Abstract

We give characterizations of nondeterministic complexity classes such as NP and PSPACE and the classes in the polynomial time hierarchy in the two person pebble game model [VT89]. These characterizations motivate the definitions of these classes using first order sentences extending the results in [Im82]. It is shown that the role-switches resource in the pebble games closely model the levels of the polynomial hierarchy. These characterizations are made possible by explicitly considering circuit-size in the pebbling characterizations and the size of the underlying universe in the first-order characterizations.

Item Type:	Conference Paper
Publisher:	IEEE
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Department/Centre:	Division of Electrical Sciences > Computer Science & Automation
Date Deposited:	30 May 2006
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:27
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/7072

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