Monotone Circuits for Matching Require Linear Depth

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We prove that monotone circuits computing the perfect matching function on n-vertex graphs require (n) depth. This implies an exponential gap between the depth of monotone and nonmonotone circuits.

Ran Raz, Avi Wigderson

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Algorithms | Exponential Gap | Monotone Circuits | Perfect Matching Function | STOC 1990 |

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Added	11 Aug 2010
Updated	11 Aug 2010
Type	Conference
Year	1990
Where	STOC
Authors	Ran Raz, Avi Wigderson

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