词条 | Boolean hierarchy |
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The boolean hierarchy is the hierarchy of boolean combinations (intersection, union and complementation) of NP sets. Equivalently, the boolean hierarchy can be described as the class of boolean circuits over NP predicates. A collapse of the boolean hierarchy would imply a collapse of the polynomial hierarchy.[1] Formal definitionBH is defined as follows:[2]
Derived classes
Equivalent definitionsDefining the conjunction and the disjunction of classes as follows allows for more compact definitions. The conjunction of two classes contains the languages that are the intersection of a language of the first class and a language of the second class. Disjunction is defined in a similar way with the union in place of the intersection.
According to this definition, DP = NP ∧ coNP. The other classes of the Boolean hierarchy can be defined as follows. The following equalities can be used as alternative definitions of the classes of the Boolean hierarchy:[4] Alternatively,[5] for every k ≥ 3: HardnessHardness for classes of the Boolean hierarchy can be proved by showing a reduction from a number of instances of an arbitrary NP-complete problem A. In particular, given a sequence {x1, ... xm} of instances of A such that xi ∈ A implies xi-1 ∈ A, a reduction is required that produces an instance y such that y ∈ B if and only if the number of xi ∈ A is odd or even:[4]
Such reductions work for every fixed {{mvar|k}}. If such reductions exist for arbitrary {{mvar|k}}, the problem is hard for PNP[O(log n)]. References1. ^{{cite journal| title = The Boolean Hierarchy and the Polynomial Hierarchy: A Closer Connection| author = Chang, R.| author2 = Kadin, J.| doi = 10.1137/S0097539790178069| journal = SIAM J. Comput.| year = 1996| volume = 25| pages = 340–354| issue = 25| citeseerx = 10.1.1.77.4186}} {{ComplexityClasses}}{{computer science stub}}2. ^{{ComplexityZoo|Class BH|B#bh}} 3. ^{{ComplexityZoo|Class DP|D#dp}} 4. ^1 {{cite journal| title = More Complicated Questions About Maxima and Minima, and Some Closures of NP| author = Wagner, K.| doi = 10.1016/0304-3975(87)90049-1| journal = Theoret. Comput. Sci.| year = 1987| volume = 51| pages = 53–80}} 5. ^{{cite journal| title = Completeness in the Boolean Hierarchy: Exact-Four-Colorability, Minimal Graph Uncolorability, and Exact Domatic Number Problems - a Survey| author = Riege, T.| author2 = Rothe, J.| journal = J. Univers. Comput. Sci.| year = 2006| volume = 12| pages = 551–578| issue = 5}} 1 : Hierarchy |
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