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  "slug": "vp-versus-vnp-claim-literature-frontier",
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  "title": "Strongest checked neighboring result",
  "summary": "Exponential lower bounds are known for restricted arithmetic models, while unrestricted explicit lower bounds remain far smaller.",
  "relevance": "For Is VP equal to VNP?, record vp-versus-vnp-claim-literature-frontier (“Strongest checked neighboring result”) records a bound, answer, status fact, or structural consequence. The record states: Exponential lower bounds are known for restricted arithmetic models, while unrestricted explicit lower bounds remain far smaller.",
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  "body": "Exponential lower bounds are known for restricted arithmetic models, while unrestricted explicit lower bounds remain far smaller.\n\nThis leaves the following boundary unresolved: No superpolynomial lower bound for an explicit VNP family in general arithmetic circuits is known. The distinction is retained here so a restricted theorem, finite computation, or neighboring case is not presented as a solution of the full target.",
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      "url": "https://doi.org/10.1145/800135.804419",
      "locator": "L. Valiant, Completeness classes in algebra, STOC 1979. VP, VNP, and permanent completeness"
    },
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  "source": {
    "url": "https://doi.org/10.1145/800135.804419",
    "locator": "L. Valiant, Completeness classes in algebra, STOC 1979. VP, VNP, and permanent completeness"
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