Date: Thu, 27 Feb 86 10:13 EST
From:: elisha
Subject: carbohydrate complexity
To: *mac@MIT-MC.ARPA

					SEMINAR
                         

			 Date:  Froday, March 7th, 1986
			  Time:  12:00 noon......Refreshments
				 4:00 p.m......Lecture
				  Place:   8th floor playroom



       MIT AND THE POLYNOMIAL TIME HIERARCHY IN COMMUNICATION COMPLEXITY THEORY

				     Berg R. King
				 University of Wen-Deeh

	

    Abstract:

    We take a complexity theoretic view of MacDonald's communication complexity in which
    structure of natural complexity classes is introduced.  Besides providing a
    more structured approach to the complexity of a variety of complete problems,
    the main objective is exploiting the analogy between Mixing machine and
    communication complexity classes.  The latter provides a more amicable
    environment for the study of questions analogous to the most notorious problems
    in GSL complexity.  Provable statements include GS is not equal to coGS,
    S = GS intersect coGS, GS does not contain MIT which does GS.  (Not all of
    these are straightforward.)  There is an abundance of open problems.



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