Combining arithmetic gate lower bounds #
Arithmetic Fusion arguments often expose independent certificates for addition and multiplication gates. This module supplies the small reusable cost algebra needed to combine such certificates into one lower bound for the total number of nonconstant arithmetic gates.
The underlying statement is signature-generic: cost is additive in the
operation-cost function. The arithmetic specialization then observes that
gateCost is the pointwise sum of additionCost and multiplicationCost.
Program cost is additive in the operation-cost function.
Circuit cost is additive in the operation-cost function.
Pointwise domination of operation costs implies domination of program costs.
Pointwise domination of operation costs implies domination of circuit costs.
Standard arithmetic gate cost is the pointwise sum of the addition-only and multiplication-only costs.
The total nonconstant arithmetic-gate cost is exactly additive complexity plus multiplicative complexity.
Addition-only cost is bounded by total arithmetic-gate cost.
Multiplication-only cost is bounded by total arithmetic-gate cost.
Total nonconstant arithmetic-gate cost is bounded by circuit size; constant gates account for the possible gap.
Independent lower bounds for additions and multiplications add to a lower bound for all nonconstant arithmetic gates.