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The Parity Function Again

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The lower bound theory for circuits received an additional boost through algebraic techniques (in combination with probabilistic techniques) that go back to Razborov and Smolensky.

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Schöning, U., Pruim, R. (1998). The Parity Function Again. In: Gems of Theoretical Computer Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60322-8_13

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