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Remark: 133-03. Unconditional time lower bounds for Weisfeiler–Leman equivalence

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Authors: OpenAI. Family 133.

Title: Unconditional time lower bounds for Weisfeiler–Leman equivalence.

Abstract: For every sufficiently large fixed k, deciding whether two n-vertex graphs are k-Weisfeiler–Leman equivalent requires $n{}{{}Omega(k)}$ deterministic sequential time in the worst case. The bound holds at every sufficiently large graph order, even for simple connected uncolored graphs of diameter at most two, without a complexity assumption. Inputs are explicit adjacency matrices; the models are multitape Turing machines and sequential logarithmic-word RAMs with fixed polynomial-bit-time instructions. Both joint and separate replacement conventions are covered.

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