Characterizations of some complexity classes between [theta sub 2 super p] and [delta sub 2 super p]

We give some characterizations of the classes P super NP [0(log super k n)]. First, we show that these classes are equal to classes AC super k-1 (N P). Second, we prove that they are also equivalent to some classes defined in the Extended Boolean hierarchy. Finally, we show that there exists a stron...

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Autores: Castro Rabal, Jorge|||0000-0002-1390-1313, Seara Ojea, Carlos|||0000-0002-0095-1725
Tipo de recurso: informe técnico
Fecha de publicación:1990
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/328115
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/328115
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Turing machines
Extended Boolean hierarchy
Turing, Màquines de
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Sumario:We give some characterizations of the classes P super NP [0(log super k n)]. First, we show that these classes are equal to classes AC super k-1 (N P). Second, we prove that they are also equivalent to some classes defined in the Extended Boolean hierarchy. Finally, we show that there exists a strong connection between classes defined by polynomial time Turing machines with few queries to an N P oracle and classes defined by small size circuits with N P oracle gates. With these results we solve open questions arosed by K. W. Wagner and by E. Allender and C.B. Wilson.