CMPSCI 601: Theory of Computation

David Mix Barrington

Spring 2010

Homework Assignment #2

Posted Wednesday 3 February 2010

Due in class Wednesday 17 February 2010 (original due date Tuesday 16 February 2010)

All these questions are from the textbook, Computational Complexity: A Modern Approach by Arora and Barak. There are eight questions for 50 total points.

• Exercise 1.6 (10)

• Exercise 2.1 (5)

• Exercise 2.2 (5) For the "which is in P" question, assume P ≠ NP and feel free to quote the result of Exercise 2.21.

• Exercise 2.5 (10)

• Exercise 2.10 (5)

• Exercise 2.14 (5)

• Exercise 2.16 (5)

• Exercise 2.33 (5)

Last modified 13 February 2010