30th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (Cat. No.89CH2808-4)

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30th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS 1989]

Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

October 30-November 01

ISBN: 0-8186-1982-1

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30th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (Cat. No.89CH2808-4) (PDF)

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Simulating (log/sup c/n)-wise independence in NC (PDF)

B. Berger, MIT Lab. for Comput. Sci., Cambridge, MA, USA

J. Rompel, MIT Lab. for Comput. Sci., Cambridge, MA, USA

pp. 2-7

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The probabilistic method yields deterministic parallel algorithms (PDF)

R. Motwani, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

J. Naor, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

M. Naor

pp. 8-13

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Dispersers, deterministic amplification, and weak random sources (PDF)

A. Cohen, Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem, Israel

A. Wigderson, Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem, Israel

pp. 14-19

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On universal classes of fast high performance hash functions, their time-space tradeoff, and their applications (PDF)

A. Siegel, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

pp. 20-25

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The strength of weak learnability (PDF)

R.E. Schapire, MIT Lab. for Comput. Sci., Cambridge, MA, USA

pp. 28-33

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A theory of learning simple concepts under simple distributions and average case complexity for the universal distribution (PDF)

M. Li, Dept. of Comput. Sci., York Univ., North York, Ont., Canada

P.M.B. Vitanyi

pp. 34-39

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Generalizing the PAC model: sample size bounds from metric dimension-based uniform convergence results (PDF)

D. Haussler, California Univ., Santa Cruz, CA, USA

pp. 40-45

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Learning binary relations and total orders (PDF)

S.A. Goldman, MIT Lab. for Comput. Sci., Cambridge, MA, USA

R.L. Rivest, MIT Lab. for Comput. Sci., Cambridge, MA, USA

R.E. Schapire, MIT Lab. for Comput. Sci., Cambridge, MA, USA

pp. 46-51

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Efficient NC algorithms for set cover with applications to learning and geometry (PDF)

B. Berger, MIT Lab. for Comput. Sci., Cambridge, MA, USA

J. Rompel, MIT Lab. for Comput. Sci., Cambridge, MA, USA

P.W. Shor

pp. 54-59

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Fast matching algorithms for points on a polygon (PDF)

O. Marcotte, Dept. of Math.&Inf., Quebec Univ., Montral, Que., Canada

S. Suri

pp. 60-65

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Ensemble motion planning in trees (PDF)

G.N. Frederickson, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Purdue Univ., Lafayette, IN, USA

D.J. Guan, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Purdue Univ., Lafayette, IN, USA

pp. 66-71

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An upper bound on the number of planar k-sets (PDF)

J. Pach, Math. Inst., Hungarian Acad. of Sci., Budapest, Hungary

pp. 72-79

The inverse of an automorphism in polynomial time (PDF)

M. Dickerson, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA

pp. 82-87

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Testing permutation polynomials (PDF)

J. von zur Gathen, Comput. Sci. Lab., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia

pp. 88-92

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Computing irreducible representations of finite groups (PDF)

L. Babai, Eotvos Univ., Budapest, Hungary

L. Ronyai

pp. 93-98

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Galois groups and factoring polynomials over finite fields (PDF)

L. Ronyai, Hungarian Acad. of Sci., Budapest, Hungary

pp. 99-104

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Efficient algorithms for independent assignment on graphic and linear matroids (PDF)

H.N. Gabow, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA

Y. Xu, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA

pp. 106-111

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Flow in planar graphs with multiple sources and sinks (PDF)

G.L. Miller, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Carnegie-Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA

J. Naor

pp. 112-117

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A randomized maximum-flow algorithm (PDF)

J. Cheriyan, Fachbereich Inf., Saarlandes Univ., Saarbrucken, West Germany

T. Hagerup, Fachbereich Inf., Saarlandes Univ., Saarbrucken, West Germany

pp. 118-123

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Graph products and chromatic numbers (PDF)

N. Linial, IBM Res. Almaden, CA, USA

U. Vazirani

pp. 124-128

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Lower bounds for the stable marriage problem and its variants (PDF)

C. Ng, Dept. of Inf.&Comput. Sci., California Univ., Irvine, CA, USA

pp. 129-133

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Approximation schemes for constrained scheduling problems (PDF)

L.A. Hall, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

D.B. Shmoys

pp. 134-139

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Datalog vs. first-order logic (PDF)

M. Ajtai, IBM Almaden Res. Center, San Jose, CA, USA

Y. Gurevich

pp. 142-147

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Decidability and expressiveness for first-order logics of probability (PDF)

M. Abadi, Digital Equipment Corp., Maynard, MA, USA

J.Y. Halpern

pp. 148-153

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Characterizations of the basic feasible functionals of finite type (PDF)

S.A. Cook, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada

B.M. Kapron, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada

pp. 154-159

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The 0-1 law fails for the class of existential second order Godel sentences with equality (PDF)

L. Pacholski, Inst. of Math., Polish Acad. of Sci., Wroclaw, Poland

W. Szwast

pp. 160-163

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A really temporal logic (PDF)

R. Alur, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

T.A. Henzinger, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

pp. 164-169

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Full abstraction for nondeterministic dataflow networks (PDF)

J.R. Russell, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA

pp. 170-175

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Efficient tree pattern matching (PDF)

S.R. Kosaraju, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA

pp. 178-183

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Pipelining computations in a tree of processors (PDF)

S.R. Kosaraju, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA

pp. 184-189

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Sorting on a parallel pointer machine with applications to set expression evaluation (PDF)

M.T. Goodrich, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA

S.R. Kosaraju, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA

pp. 190-195

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Recursive *-tree parallel data-structure (PDF)

O. Berkman, Tel Aviv Univ., Israel

U. Vishkin, Tel Aviv Univ., Israel

pp. 196-202

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Computational complexity of roots of real functions (PDF)

K.-I. Ko, Dept. of Comput. Sci., State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA

pp. 204-209

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On the complexity of fixed parameter problems (PDF)

K.R. Abrahamson, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA, USA

pp. 210-215

Structure in locally optimal solutions (PDF)

M.W. Krentel, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA

pp. 216-221

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Decision versus search problems in super-polynomial time (PDF)

R. Impagliazzo, California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA

G. Tardos

pp. 222-227

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One-way functions are essential for complexity based cryptography (PDF)

R. Impagliazzo, Dept. of Math., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA

M. Luby

pp. 230-235

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Efficient cryptographic schemes provably as secure as subset sum (PDF)

R. Impagliazzo, California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA

M. Naor, California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA

pp. 236-241

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Lower bounds for pseudorandom number generators (PDF)

M. Kharitonov, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

A.V. Goldberg, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

M. Yung

pp. 242-247

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How to recycle random bits (PDF)

R. Impagliazzo, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada

D. Zuckerman

pp. 248-253

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The weighted majority algorithm (PDF)

N. Littlestone, Aiken Comput. Lab., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA

M.K. Warmuth

pp. 256-261

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On the complexity of learning from counterexamples (PDF)

W. Maass, Dept. of Math., Stat.,&Comput. Sci., Illinois Univ., Chicago, IL, USA

G. Turan, Dept. of Math., Stat.,&Comput. Sci., Illinois Univ., Chicago, IL, USA

pp. 262-267

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The equivalence and learning of probabilistic automata (PDF)

W.-G. Tseng, Dept. of Comput. Sci., State Univ. of New York, STony Brook, NY, USA

pp. 268-273

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Planning and learning in permutation groups (PDF)

A. Fiat, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Tel-Aviv Univ., Israel

pp. 274-279

An optimal parallel algorithm for graph planarity (PDF)

V. Ramachandran, Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA

J. Reif

pp. 282-287

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Efficient parallel algorithms for testing connectivity and finding disjoint s-t paths in graphs (PDF)

S. Khuller, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA

B. Schieber

pp. 288-293

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The parallel complexity of the subgraph connectivity problem (PDF)

L. Kirousis, Comput. Technol. Inst., Patras Univ., Greece

pp. 294-299

Processor efficient parallel algorithms for the two disjoint paths problem, and for finding a Kuratowski homeomorph (PDF)

S. Khuller, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA

S.G. Mitchell, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA

V.V. Vazirani, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA

pp. 300-305

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Lower bounds for algebraic computation trees with integer inputs (PDF)

A.C.-C. Yao, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA

pp. 308-313

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Simplification of nested radicals (PDF)

S. Landau, Dept. of Math. Dept., Wesleyan Univ., Middletown, CT, USA

pp. 314-319

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Generalizing the continued fraction algorithm to arbitrary dimensions (PDF)

B. Just, FB Math., Frankfurt Univ., West Germany

pp. 320-324

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The complexity of approximating the square root (PDF)

Y. Mansour, Lab. for Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

pp. 325-330

Speeding-up linear programming using fast matrix multiplication (PDF)

P.M. Vaidya, AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA

pp. 332-337

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A new algorithm for minimizing convex functions over convex sets (PDF)

P.M. Vaidya, AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA

pp. 338-343

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Asymptotically fast algorithms for spherical and related transforms (PDF)

J.R. Driscoll, Dept. of Math.&Comput. Sci., Dartmouth Coll., Hanover, NH, USA

D.M. Healy, Dept. of Math.&Comput. Sci., Dartmouth Coll., Hanover, NH, USA

pp. 344-349

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Interior-point methods in parallel computation (PDF)

A.V. Goldberg, Stanford Univ, CA, USA

pp. 350-355

Polynomial end-to-end communication (PDF)

B. Awerbuch, Dept. of Math., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

pp. 358-363

Network decomposition and locality in distributed computation (PDF)

B. Awerbuch, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

M. Luby

pp. 364-369

Upper and lower bounds for routing schemes in dynamic networks (PDF)

Y. Afek, AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA

pp. 370-375

The synchronization of nonuniform networks of finite automata (PDF)

T. Jiang, Dept. of Comput. Sci.&Syst., McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ont., Canada

pp. 376-381

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Expanders might be practical: fast algorithms for routing around faults on multibutterflies (PDF)

T. Leighton, Dept. of Math., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

B. Maggs

pp. 384-389

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Efficient simulations of small shared memories on bounded degree networks (PDF)

K.T. Herley, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA

pp. 390-395

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On the network complexity of selection (PDF)

C.G. Plaxton, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

pp. 396-401

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Power of fast VLSI models is insensitive to wires' thinness (PDF)

G. Itkis, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Boston Univ., MA, USA

L.A. Levin, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Boston Univ., MA, USA

pp. 402-407

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Towards optimal distributed consensus (PDF)

P. Berman, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Chicago Univ., IL, USA

pp. 410-415

Privacy and communication complexity (PDF)

E. Kushilevitz, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Technion, Haifa, Israel

pp. 416-421

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Solvability in asynchronous environments (PDF)

B. Chor, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Technion, Haifa, Israel

L. Moscovici, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Technion, Haifa, Israel

pp. 422-427

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Multiparty communication complexity (PDF)

D. Dolev, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem, Israel

T. Feder

pp. 428-433

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Incremental planarity testing (PDF)

G. Di Battista, Dipartimento di Inf. e Sistemistica, Rome Univ., Italy

R. Tamassia

pp. 436-441

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Generating random spanning trees (PDF)

A. Broder, Digital Equipment Corp., Palo Alto, CA, USA

pp. 442-447

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Using cellular graph embeddings in solving all pairs shortest paths problems (PDF)

G.N. Frederickson, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Purdue Univ., Lafayette, IN, USA

pp. 448-453

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An efficient parallel algorithm for the minimal elimination ordering (MEO) of an arbitrary graph (PDF)

E. Dahlhaus, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Bonn Univ., West Germany

M. Karpinski

pp. 454-459

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On the complexity of space bounded interactive proofs (PDF)

A. Condon, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI, USA

R.J. Lipton

pp. 462-467

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Multiparty computation with faulty majority (PDF)

D. Beaver, Aiken Comput. Lab., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA

S. Goldwasser

pp. 468-473

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Minimum resource zero knowledge proofs (PDF)

J. Kilian, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

S. Micali, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

R. Ostrovsky

pp. 474-479

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On the power of 2-way probabilistic finite state automata (PDF)

C. Dwork, IBM Almaden Res. Center, San Jose, CA, USA

L. Stockmeyer, IBM Almaden Res. Center, San Jose, CA, USA

pp. 480-485

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Dynamically computing the maxima of decomposable functions, with applications (PDF)

D. Dobkin, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA

S. Suri

pp. 488-493

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Stable maintenance of point set triangulations in two dimensions (PDF)

S. Fortune, AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA

pp. 494-499

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Double precision geometry: a general technique for calculating line and segment intersections using rounded arithmetic (PDF)

V. Milenkovic, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA

pp. 500-505

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Area-optimal three-layer channel routing (PDF)

R. Kuchem, Tech. Hochschule Aachen, West Germany

pp. 506-511

On the computational power of PP and (+)P (PDF)

S. Toda, Dept. of Comput. Sci.&Inf. Math., Univ. of Electro-Commun., Tokyo, Japan

pp. 514-519

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An analogue of the Myhill-Nerode theorem and its use in computing finite-basis characterizations (PDF)

M.R. Fellows, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Idaho Univ., Moscow, ID, USA

M.A. Langston

pp. 520-525

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Conductance and convergence of Markov chains-a combinatorial treatment of expanders (PDF)

M. Mihail, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA

pp. 526-531

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Lower bounds for constant depth circuits in the presence of help bits (PDF)

J.-Y. Cai, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA

pp. 532-537

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Randomized search trees (PDF)

C.R. Aragon, Comput. Sci. Div., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA

R.G. Seidel, Comput. Sci. Div., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA

pp. 540-545

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On the complexity of a game related to the dictionary problem (PDF)

K. Mehlhorn, FB Inf., Saarlandes Univ., Saarbruecken, West Germany

S. Naher, FB Inf., Saarlandes Univ., Saarbruecken, West Germany

M. Rauch, FB Inf., Saarlandes Univ., Saarbruecken, West Germany

pp. 546-548

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Space-efficient static trees and graphs (PDF)

G. Jacobson, Sch. of Comput. Sci., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA

pp. 549-554

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Twists, turns, cascades, deque conjecture, and scanning theorem (PDF)

R. Sundar, Courant Inst., New York Univ., NY, USA

pp. 555-559

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Probabilistic communication complexity of Boolean relations (PDF)

R. Raz, Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem, Israel

A. Wigderson, Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem, Israel

pp. 562-567

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Subquadratic simulations of circuits by branching programs (PDF)

J.-Y. Cai, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA

R.J. Lipton, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA

pp. 568-573

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Constant depth circuits, Fourier transform, and learnability (PDF)

N. Linial, IBM Almaden Res. Center, San Jose, CA, USA

pp. 574-579

A note on the power of threshold circuits (PDF)

E. Allender, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ, USA

pp. 580-584

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An optimal algorithm for intersecting three-dimensional convex polyhedra (PDF)

B. Chazelle, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA

pp. 586-591

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On obstructions in relation to a fixed viewpoint (PDF)

K. Mulmuley, Chicago Univ., IL, USA

pp. 592-597

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Output-sensitive hidden surface removal (PDF)

M. Overmars, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Utrecht Univ., Netherlands

M. Sharir

pp. 598-603

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Approximation algorithms for geometric embeddings in the plane with applications to parallel processing problems (PDF)

M.D. Hansen, Dept. of Math., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

pp. 604-609

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An optimal lower bound on the number of variables for graph identification (PDF)

J.-Y. Cai, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA

pp. 612-617

On reversal complexity for alternating Turing machines (PDF)

M. Liskiewicz, Inst. of Comput. Sci., Wroclaw Univ., Poland

K. Lorys, Inst. of Comput. Sci., Wroclaw Univ., Poland

pp. 618-623

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Every polynomial-time 1-degree collapses iff P=PSPACE (PDF)

S.A. Fenner, Chicago Univ., IL, USA

S.A. Kurtz, Chicago Univ., IL, USA

J.A. Royer

pp. 624-629

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