The ordering principle in a fragment of approximate counting

The ordering principle states that every finite linear order has a least element. We show that, in the relativized setting, the surjective weak pigeonhole principle for polynomial time functions does not prove a Herbrandized version of the ordering principle over T-2(1). This answers an open questio...

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Autores: Atserias, Albert|||0000-0002-3732-1989, Thapen, Neil
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
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:2117/28288
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/28288
https://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2629555
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Computational complexity
Theory
Algorithms
Bounded arithmetic
Propositional proof complexity
Polynomial local search
Weak Pigeonhole Principle
Complexitat computacional
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Informàtica teòrica::Algorísmica i teoria de la complexitat
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Sumario:The ordering principle states that every finite linear order has a least element. We show that, in the relativized setting, the surjective weak pigeonhole principle for polynomial time functions does not prove a Herbrandized version of the ordering principle over T-2(1). This answers an open question raised in Buss et al. [2012] and completes their program to compare the strength of Jerabek's bounded arithmetic theory for approximate counting with weakened versions of it.