On the complexity of resolution with bounded conjunctions

  • Authors:
  • Juan Luis Esteban;Nicola Galesi;Jochen Messner

  • Affiliations:
  • Department Llenguatges i Sistemes Informàtics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Pau Gargallo 5, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain;Department of Computer Science of the University of Toronto and Department Llenguatges i Sistemes Informàtics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Pau Gargallo 5, E-08028 Barcelona, Sp ...;Abt. Theoretische Informatik, Universität Ulm, D-89069 Ulm, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

We analyze size and space complexity of Res(k), a family of propositional proof systems introduced by Krajíček in (Fund. Math. 170 (1-3) (2001) 123) which extend Resolution by allowing disjunctions of conjunctions of up to k ≥ 1 literals. We show that the treelike Res(k) proof systems form a strict hierarchy with respect to proof size and also with respect to space. Moreover Resolution, while simulating treelike Res(k), is almost exponentially separated from treelike Res(k). To study space complexity for general Res(k) we introduce the concept of dynamical satisfiability which allows us to prove in a unified way all known space lower bounds for Resolution and to extend them to Res(k).