Proof Complexity and Feasible Arithmetics

Book excerpt: The 16 papers reflect some of the breakthroughs over the past dozen years in understanding whether or not logical inferences can be made in certain situations and what resources are necessary to make such inferences, questions that play a large role in computer science and artificial intelligence. They discuss such aspects as lower bounds in proof complexity, witnessing theorems and proof systems for feasible arithmetic, algebraic and combinatorial proof systems, and the relationship between proof complexity and Boolean circuit complexity. No index. Member prices are $47 for institutions and $35 for individuals. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.