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Finding the Hardest Formulas for Resolution (Extended Abstract)

Tomáš Peitl, Stefan Szeider

Abstract

A CNF formula is harder than another CNF formula with the same number of clauses if it requires a longer resolution proof. We introduce resolution hardness numbers; they give for m=1,2,... the length of a shortest proof of a hardest formula on m clauses. We compute the first ten resolution hardness numbers, along with the corresponding hardest formulas. To achieve this, we devise a candidate filtering and symmetry breaking search scheme for limiting the number of potential candidates for hardest formulas, and an efficient SAT encoding for computing a shortest resolution proof of a given candidate formula.

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BibTeX
@inproceedings{ijcai2021p657,
  title     = {Finding the Hardest Formulas for Resolution (Extended Abstract)},
  author    = {Peitl, Tomáš and Szeider, Stefan},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Thirtieth International Joint Conference on
               Artificial Intelligence, {IJCAI-21}},
  publisher = {International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Organization},
  editor    = {Zhi-Hua Zhou},
  pages     = {4814--4818},
  year      = {2021},
  month     = {8},
  note      = {Sister Conferences Best Papers},
  doi       = {10.24963/ijcai.2021/657},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2021/657},
}
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