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Does $\mathsf{NC_1\subsetneq NC}$ imply $\mathsf{NP\neq coNP}$?

Any $\mathsf{NC}$ circuit could be presented in SAT form via Tseytin transform. This applies in the reverse too: an arbitrary SAT instance could encode any $\mathsf{NC}$ circuit. Now, Frege proof ...
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Class of languages recognizable by n-bit formulas of size at most $T(n)$

A Boolean (combinatoiral) circuit is a labeled (with the labels: AND, OR, NOT, IN, OUT), directed, acyclic graph, that satisfies: fan-in=2 for the AND and OR nodes fan-n=1 for the NOT nodes fan-...
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Satisfiability Toward A Sequential Circuit

Define a sequential circuit model be a directed graph with each vertices being a boolean gate. The difference is that we allow cycles in the boolean circuit. Each cycle will determine a boolean ...
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Circuit satisfiability problem : SAT-C to SAT-2C

I have the following language : $L=\{\langle C_1,C_2\rangle \text{ | } C_1 \text{ and } C_2 \text{ are two circuits that calculate different function}\}$. We can call this language SAT-2C. Prove that ...
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Proof of Circuit-Sat to Nand-Sat polynomial time many–one reducibility

Given a gate called Nand with the following truth table: A | B | A Nand B ------------------ 0 | 0 | 1 0 | 1 | 1 1 | 0 | 1 1 | 1 | 0 We can define ...
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What complexity class is this ciruit problem?

I'm exploring an algorithm that solves k-SAT. It uses a ton of preprocessing, so I'm thinking that this will be a circuit bounds. Without knowing the runtime, I speculate on how quickly it will ...
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Simple proof that circuit satisfiability problem is NP-Hard

$\newcommand{\np}{\mathsf{NP}}\newcommand{\cc}{\textrm{Circuit-SAT}}$I am having difficulty understanding the $\np$-hardness proof for $\cc$ in CLRS. $\cc = \{\langle C \rangle : C \text{ is a ...
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