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Computer Science, Computational Complexity, Mathematics, Combinatorics
Abstract:
Semiring complexity is the version of arithmetic circuit complexity that allows only two operations: addition and multiplication. We show that semiring complexity of a Schur polynomial {s_\lambda(x_1,\dots,x_k)} labeled by a partition {\lambda=(\lambda_1\ge\lambda_2\ge\cdots)} is bounded by
{O(\log(\lambda_1))} provided the number of variables $k$ is fixed.