Title
All Classical Adversary Methods are Equivalent for Total Functions.
Abstract
We show that all known classical adversary lower bounds on randomized query complexity are equivalent for total functions, and are equal to the fractional block sensitivity fbs(f). That includes the Kolmogorov complexity bound of Laplante and Magniez and the earlier relational adversary bound of Aaronson. For partial functions, we show unbounded separations between fbs( f) and other adversary bounds, as well as between the relational and Kolmogorov complexity bounds. We also show that, for partial functions, fractional block sensitivity cannot give lower bounds larger than root n.bs(f), where n is the number of variables and bs(f) is the block sensitivity. Then we exhibit a partial function f that matches this upper bound, fbs(f) = Omega 2 (root n.bs(f)).
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2018.8
Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Randomized Query Complexity,Lower Bounds,Adversary Bounds,Fractional Block Sensitivity
Journal
96
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1868-8969
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Andris Ambainis12000183.24
Martins Kokainis2164.17
Krisjanis Prusis3133.63
Jevgenijs Vihrovs4103.92