Abstract:
We show that the complexity of a Zhegalkin polynomial of degree
$k$, $2\le k\le n$, does not exceed
$$
\sum_{i=0}^{k}\binom ni/\log_2\sum_{i=0}^{k}\binom ni(1+o(1)),
$$
(as $n\to\infty$) and asymptotically coincides with this number
for almost all such polynomials.
We also show that the complexity of any homogeneous Zhegalkin polynomial
of degree $k$ (for most values of $k$) does not exceed
$$
\binom nk/\log_2 \binom nk(1+o(1)),
$$
(as $n\to\infty$) and asymptotically coincides with this number
for almost all such polynomials.