--- res: bibo_abstract: - 'We study the complexity of renaming, a fundamental problem in distributed computing in which a set of processes need to pick distinct names from a given namespace. We prove an individual lower bound of Ω(k) process steps for deterministic renaming into any namespace of size sub-exponential in k, where k is the number of participants. This bound is tight: it draws an exponential separation between deterministic and randomized solutions, and implies new tight bounds for deterministic fetch-and-increment registers, queues and stacks. The proof of the bound is interesting in its own right, for it relies on the first reduction from renaming to another fundamental problem in distributed computing: mutual exclusion. We complement our individual bound with a global lower bound of Ω(k log (k/c)) on the total step complexity of renaming into a namespace of size ck, for any c ≥ 1. This applies to randomized algorithms against a strong adversary, and helps derive new global lower bounds for randomized approximate counter and fetch-and-increment implementations, all tight within logarithmic factors.@eng' bibo_authorlist: - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Dan-Adrian foaf_name: Alistarh, Dan-Adrian foaf_surname: Alistarh foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=4A899BFC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 orcid: 0000-0003-3650-940X - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: James foaf_name: Aspnes, James foaf_surname: Aspnes - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Seth foaf_name: Gilbert, Seth foaf_surname: Gilbert - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Rachid foaf_name: Guerraoui, Rachid foaf_surname: Guerraoui bibo_doi: 10.1109/FOCS.2011.66 dct_date: 2011^xs_gYear dct_language: eng dct_publisher: IEEE@ dct_title: The complexity of renaming@ ...