Papers for Graduate Seminar 238900-13

Papers for Graduate Seminar 238900-13

Advertizing BSS


Combinatorial problems as sets of polnomial equations


P vs NP over general structures

Between P and NP

  • MalajovichMeer-np.pdf
    On the structure of $NP_C$
    G. Malajovich and K. Meer
    SIAM J. Comput. 28(1): 27-35 (1998)

  • BenDavid-Meer-Michaux.pdf
    * A Note on Non-complete Problems in $NP_R$
    S. Ben-David, K. Meer and C. Michaux
    Journal of Complexity, 16, 324-332 (2000)

  • Meer-Ladner-InfComp-2012.pdf
    On Ladner's result for a class of real machines with restricted use of constants
    Klaus Meer
    Information and Computation 210 (2012) 13-20

Reals with addition and order


Polynomial Hierarchy in BSS and Beyond

  • Meer-TCS-2000.pdf
    * Counting Problems over the Reals
    K. Meer
    TCS 242.1-2 (2000) 41-58
    Abstract: Inroduces counting complexity over the reals.

  • BuergisserCucker-STOC-2004.pdf
    Counting Complexity Classes for Numeric Computations II: Algebraic and Semialgebraic Sets
    P. Buergisser and F. Cucker
    STOC, 2004

  • BuergisserCuckerLotz-FoCM-2005.pdf
    Counting Complexity Classes for Numeric Computations. III: Complex Projective Sets
    P. Buergisser and F. Cucker and M. Lotz
    Found. Comput. Math. 351?387 (2005)

  • BasuZell-2010.pdf
    Polynomial Hierarchy, Betti Numbers, and a Real Analogue of Toda's Theorem
    Saugata Basu and Thierry Zell
    Found Comput Math (2010) 10: 429-454

  • Basu-2012.pdf
    A Complex Analogue of Toda's Theorem
    Saugata Basu
    Found Comput Math (2012) 12:327-362

  • alc-final.pdf
    * A Computational Framework for the Study of Partition Functions and Graph Polynomials
    T. Kotek, J.A. Makowsky and E. Ravve
    to appear in the Proceedings of the 3rd Asian Logic Conference, 2011


Critique on BSS


Recursion Theory in BSS

  • MichauxTroestler-TCS-2000.pdf
    * Isomorphism Theorem for BSS Recursively Enumerable Sets over Real Closed Fields
    C. Michaux and C. Troestler
    TCS 231 (2000) 253-273

  • Zhong-TCS-1998.pdf
    * Recursively enumerable subsets of $R^q$ in two computing models Blum-Shub-Smale macine and Turing machine
    Ning Zhong
    TCS 197 (1998) 79-94


On the independence of P=NP, discrete case