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The lower-bounds arguments we presented in this book work well for different restricted circuit classes but, so far, have not led to a non-linear lower bound for unrestricted circuits. In this concluding chapter we sketch several general results explaining this failure (the phenomenon of “natural proofs”) as well as showing a possible line of further attacks (the “fusion method”, indirect arguments).
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Jukna, S. (2012). Epilogue. In: Boolean Function Complexity. Algorithms and Combinatorics, vol 27. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24508-4_20
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