Approximate nonnegative rank is equivalent to the smooth rectangle bound

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Abstract

We consider two known lower bounds on randomized communication complexity: The smooth rectangle bound and the logarithm of the approximate nonnegative rank. Our main result is that they are the same up to a multiplicative constant and a small additive term. The logarithm of the nonnegative rank is known to be a nearly tight lower bound on the deterministic communication complexity. Our result indicates that proving the analogue for the randomized case, namely that the log approximate nonnegative rank is a nearly tight bound on randomized communication complexity, would imply the tightness of the information cost bound. Another corollary of our result is the existence of a boolean function with a quasipolynomial gap between its approximate rank and approximate nonnegative rank.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAutomata, Languages, and Programming - 41st International Colloquium, ICALP 2014, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages701-712
Number of pages12
EditionPART 1
ISBN (Print)9783662439470
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Event41st International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming, ICALP 2014 - Copenhagen, Denmark
Duration: 8 Jul 201411 Jul 2014

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 1
Volume8572 LNCS

Conference

Conference41st International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming, ICALP 2014
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityCopenhagen
Period8/07/1411/07/14

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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