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The paper gives a new proof of the well-known lower bound Ω(n logn) for the algebraic complexity of the functionx n1 x n2 +...+x n n (if the characteristic of the ground field does not dividen). As a tool, the proof uses a computational model that counts only duplicators.
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Smolensky, R. Easy lower bound for a strange computational model. Comput Complexity 6, 213–216 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01294255
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01294255