\item [Sqrt-sum problem] is known to be solvable in PSPACE but it has been a major open problem ([GareyGrahamJohnson’76]) whether it is solvable even in NP. \item [Allender et. al.,’06] Showed that Sqrt-Sum reduces to a more general problem, which they showed lies in the 4th level of the Counting Hierarchy ().
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Quotation from Etessami and Yannakakis, 2007:
\item [Sqrt-sum problem] is known to be solvable in PSPACE but it has been a major open problem ([GareyGrahamJohnson’76]) whether it is solvable even in NP. \item [Allender et. al.,’06] Showed that Sqrt-Sum reduces to a more general problem, which they showed lies in the 4th level of the Counting Hierarchy ().