Communication Complexity vs Randomness Complexity in Interactive Proofs

Benny Applebaum*, Kaartik Bhushan*, Manoj Prabhakaran*

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Abstract

In this work, we study the interplay between the communication from a verifier in a general private-coin interactive protocol and the number of random bits it uses in the protocol. Under worst-case derandomization assumptions, we show that it is possible to transform any I-round interactive protocol that uses ρ random bits into another one for the same problem with the additional property that the verifier's communication is bounded by O(I · ρ). Importantly, this is done with a minor, logarithmic, increase in the communication from the prover to the verifier and while preserving the randomness complexity. Along the way, we introduce a new compression game between computationally-bounded compressor and computationally-unbounded decompressor and a new notion of conditioned efficient distributions that may be of independent interest. Our solutions are based on a combination of perfect hashing and pseudorandom generators.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication5th Conference on Information-Theoretic Cryptography, ITC 2024
EditorsDivesh Aggarwal
PublisherSchloss Dagstuhl- Leibniz-Zentrum fur Informatik GmbH, Dagstuhl Publishing
ISBN (Electronic)9783959773331
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2024
Event5th Conference on Information-Theoretic Cryptography, ITC 2024 - Stanford, United States
Duration: 14 Aug 202416 Aug 2024

Publication series

NameLeibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs
Volume304
ISSN (Print)1868-8969

Conference

Conference5th Conference on Information-Theoretic Cryptography, ITC 2024
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityStanford
Period14/08/2416/08/24

Keywords

  • Communication Complexity
  • Compression
  • Hash Functions
  • Interactive Proof Systems
  • Pseudo-Random Generators

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