DocumentCode
2356928
Title
On rank vs. communication complexity
Author
Nisan, Noam ; Wigderson, Avi
Author_Institution
Inst. of Comput. Sci., Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem, Israel
fYear
1994
fDate
20-22 Nov 1994
Firstpage
831
Lastpage
836
Abstract
This paper concerns the open problem of Lovasz and Saks (1988) regarding the relationship between the communication complexity of a Boolean function and the rank of the associated matrix. We first give an example exhibiting the largest gap known. We then prove two related theorems
Keywords
Boolean functions; communication complexity; matrix algebra; Boolean function; associated function; associated matrix; communication complexity; deterministic communication complexity; matrix; rank; Boolean functions; Complexity theory; Computer science; Protocols;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Foundations of Computer Science, 1994 Proceedings., 35th Annual Symposium on
Conference_Location
Santa Fe, NM
Print_ISBN
0-8186-6580-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SFCS.1994.365711
Filename
365711
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