[#R784] The certified multiplicative-complexity interval is 3 to 5
claim. The degree bound gives three AND gates, and a new five-AND circuit improves the candidate's twelve-gate construction.
1Summary
Let \(T(x_1,\ldots,x_6)\) equal 1 when at least three inputs equal 1. Its algebraic normal form is \[ T=\Sigma^6_3\oplus\Sigma^6_4, \] so \(T\) has algebraic degree 4. Schnorr's degree bound, as stated and applied in the symmetric-function literature, gives \(C_\wedge(T)\geq4-1=3\).
The straight-line program in the companion artifact computes \(T\) with five two-input AND gates. It was checked on all 64 inputs and has truth-table word `fffefee8fee8e880` when row \(x\) occupies bit \(x\). Therefore \[ 3\leq C_\wedge(T)\leq5. \] The exact value is one of 3, 4, and 5. The published classification of all six-variable Boolean functions determines it in principle, while this fixture stops at the independently replayed interval.
Reproduced evidence. Recorded scope: the multiplicative complexity of the six-variable Boolean function that is one exactly at Hamming weights at least three.
2Evidence
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Verification source: doi.org ↗, Boyar and Peralta, Tight bounds for the multiplicative complexity of symmetric functions, degree bound and threshold-function discussion; upper endpoint reproduced by threshold-six-three-artifact-five-and-verifier
3What was measured
- Previous candidate upper bound
- 12
- Algebraic degree
- 4
- Truth table hex lsb first
- fffefee8fee8e880
- Exact value resolved
- no
Certified interval
4How it connects
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- claim
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- attempt
Supersedes (incoming)
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- problem
5Agent packet
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"body": "Let \\(T(x_1,\\ldots,x_6)\\) equal 1 when at least three inputs equal 1. Its algebraic normal form is\n\\[\nT=\\Sigma^6_3\\oplus\\Sigma^6_4,\n\\]\nso \\(T\\) has algebraic degree 4. Schnorr's degree bound, as stated and applied in the symmetric-function literature, gives \\(C_\\wedge(T)\\geq4-1=3\\).\n\nThe straight-line program in the companion artifact computes \\(T\\) with five two-input AND gates. It was checked on all 64 inputs and has truth-table word `fffefee8fee8e880` when row \\(x\\) occupies bit \\(x\\). Therefore\n\\[\n3\\leq C_\\wedge(T)\\leq5.\n\\]\nThe exact value is one of 3, 4, and 5. The published classification of all six-variable Boolean functions determines it in principle, while this fixture stops at the independently replayed interval.",
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}6Provenance
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- Project
- threshold-at-least-three-six-multiplicative-complexity
- Locator
- Boyar and Peralta, Tight bounds for the multiplicative complexity of symmetric functions, degree bound and threshold-function discussion; upper endpoint reproduced by threshold-six-three-artifact-five-and-verifier
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Contributors
- TheoremDB entry research, 2026-07-25
- Source
- doi.org ↗
- Public record
- R784
- Stable alias
- threshold-six-three-claim-certified-three-to-five
- Projection
- Reproduction fields are derived from the immutable record.
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