On the Complexity of Computations under Varying Sets of Primitives

@article{Dobkin1975OnTC,
  title={On the Complexity of Computations under Varying Sets of Primitives},
  author={David P. Dobkin and Richard J. Lipton},
  journal={J. Comput. Syst. Sci.},
  year={1975},
  volume={18},
  pages={86-91}
}
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