A lower bound on the monotone switching complexity of the threshold function Tnn−1$T_n^{n-1}$

Abstract We prove that the complexity of computation of the threshold symmetric function <m:math xmlns:m="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <m:msubsup> <m:mi>T</m:mi> <m:mi>n</m:mi> <m:mrow> <m:mi>n</m:mi> <m:mo>−</m:mo> <m:mn>1</m:mn> </m:mrow> </m:msubsup> </m:math> $T_n^{n-1}$ by monotone switching networks is Ω ( n log log n ).

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Discrete Mathematics and Applications
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2025-10-01
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https://doi.org/10.1515/dma-2025-0026
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Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs
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A lower bound on the monotone switching complexity of the threshold function Tnn−1$T_n^{n-1}$

Igor S. Sergeev
Discrete Mathematics and Applications
Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs
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A lower bound on the monotone switching complexity of the threshold function Tnn−1$T_n^{n-1}$

Igor S. Sergeev
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Abstract We prove that the complexity of computation of the threshold symmetric function <m:math xmlns:m="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <m:msubsup> <m:mi>T</m:mi> <m:mi>n</m:mi> <m:mrow> <m:mi>n</m:mi> <m:mo>−</m:mo> <m:mn>1</m:mn> </m:mrow> </m:msubsup> </m:math> $T_n^{n-1}$ by monotone switching networks is Ω ( n log log n ).

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