## On oblivious branching programs of linear length.(English)Zbl 0727.68038

Summary: Input oblivious decision graphs of linear length are considered. Among other concerns the computational complexity of three graph accessibility problems and the word problem of the free group are investigated. Several exponential lower bounds are proved.

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 68Q15 Complexity classes (hierarchies, relations among complexity classes, etc.) 68Q05 Models of computation (Turing machines, etc.) (MSC2010) 68R10 Graph theory (including graph drawing) in computer science
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