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Pseudodeterministic Communication Complexity

Published: November 6, 2025 | arXiv ID: 2511.04794v1

By: Mika Göös , Nathaniel Harms , Artur Riazanov and more

Potential Business Impact:

Makes computers solve problems much faster.

Business Areas:
Optical Communication Hardware

We exhibit an $n$-bit partial function with randomized communication complexity $O(\log n)$ but such that any completion of this function into a total one requires randomized communication complexity $n^{\Omega(1)}$. In particular, this shows an exponential separation between randomized and \emph{pseudodeterministic} communication protocols. Previously, Gavinsky (2025) showed an analogous separation in the weaker model of parity decision trees. We use lifting techniques to extend his proof idea to communication complexity.

Page Count
34 pages

Category
Computer Science:
Computational Complexity