POLYNOMIAL DATA STRUCTURE LOWER BOUNDS IN THE GROUP MODEL

Alexander Golovnev, Gleb Posobin, Oded Regev, Omri Weinstein

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Abstract

Proving superlogarithmic data structure lower bounds in the static group model has been a fundamental challenge in computational geometry since the early '80s. We prove a polynomial (nΩ(1)) lower bound for an explicit range counting problem of n3 convex polygons in R2 (each with nÕ(1) facets/semialgebraic complexity), against linear storage arithmetic data structures in the group model. Our construction and analysis are based on a combination of techniques in Diophantine approximation, pseudorandomness, and compressed sensing-in particular, on the existence and partial derandomization of optimal binary compressed sensing matrices in the polynomial sparsity regime (k = n1-δ). As a byproduct, this establishes a (logarithmic) separation between compressed sensing matrices and the stronger RIP property.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)FOCS20-74-FOCS20-101
JournalSIAM Journal on Computing
Volume53
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • compressed sensing
  • computational geometry
  • data structures
  • pseudorandomness

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