Title
Symmetric functions capture general functions
Abstract
We show that the set of all functions is equivalent to the set of all symmetric functions (possibly over a larger domain) up to deterministic time complexity. In particular, for any function f, there is an equivalent symmetric function fsym such that f can be computed from fsym and vice-versa (modulo an extra deterministic linear time computation). For f over finite fields, fsym is (necessarily) over an extension field. This reduction is optimal in size of the extension field. For polynomial functions, the degree of fsym is not optimal. We present another reduction that has optimal degree "blowup" but is worse in the other parameters.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1007/978-3-642-22993-0_40
MFCS
Keywords
DocType
Volume
larger domain,finite field,extension field,extra deterministic linear time,polynomial function,optimal degree,symmetric function,time complexity,general function,equivalent symmetric function fsym
Conference
6907
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
0302-9743
0
0.34
References 
Authors
18
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Richard J. Lipton164121796.57
Kenneth W. Regan220123.15
Atri Rudra360162.87