Computational complexity

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P versus NC

Can every decision problem with a polynomial-time sequential algorithm also be solved with polynomial-size parallel circuits of polylogarithmic depth?

#BIS approximability

Can we efficiently estimate how many independent vertex sets an arbitrary bipartite graph has, with a guaranteed small relative error?

Distributed six-cycle detection

Each computer knows only its own place in a network and can send short messages to neighbors. How many communication rounds are needed to discover whether the network contains a cycle through six different computers?

Integer multiplication complexity

Long multiplication can be improved to O(n log n) bit operations. Is that logarithmic overhead unavoidable, or could multiplying arbitrary n-bit integers get closer to linear time?