Improved Bounds on Fourier Entropy and Min-entropy
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<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3470860" target="_blank" >10.1145/3470860</a>
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angličtina
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Improved Bounds on Fourier Entropy and Min-entropy
Original language description
Given a Boolean function f : {-1.1}(n) {-1, 1), define the Fourier distribution to be the distribution on subsets of [n], where each S subset of [n] is sampled with probability (f) over cap (S)(2). The Fourier Entropy-influence (FEI) conjecture of Friedgut and Kalai [28] seeks to relate two fundamental measures associated with the Fourier distribution: does there exist a universal constant C > 0 such that H((f) over cap (2)) <= C . Inf(f ), where H((f) over cap (2)) is the Shannon entropy of the Fourier distribution of f and Inf(f) is the total influence of f? In this article, we present three new contributions toward the FEI conjecture: (1) Our first contribution shows that H((f) over cap (2)) <= 2 . aUC(circle plus)(f), where aUC(circle plus)(f) is the average unambiguous parity-certificate complexity off. This improves upon several bounds shown by Chakraborty et al. [20]. We further improve this bound for unambiguous DNFs. We also discuss how our work makes Mansour's conjecture for DNFs a natural next step toward resolution of the FEI conjecture. (2) We next consider the weaker Fourier Min-entropy-influence (FMEI) conjecture posed by O'Donnell and others [50, 53], which asks if H-infinity((f) over cap (2)) <= C . Inf(f ), where H-infinity((f) over cap (2)) is the min-entropy of the Fourier distribution. We show H-infinity((f) over cap (2)) <= 2 . C-min(circle plus) (f), where C-min(circle plus) (f ) is the minimum parity-certificate complexity of f. We also show that for all epsilon >= 0, we have H-infinity((f) over cap (2)) <= 2 log(parallel to(f) over cap parallel to(1,epsilon)/(1-epsilon)), where parallel to(f) over cap parallel to(1,epsilon) is the approximate spectral norm of f . As a corollary, we verify the FMEI conjecture for the class of read-k DN Fs (for constant k). (3) Our third contribution is to better understand implications of the FEI conjecture for the structure of polynomials that 1/3-approximate a Boolean function on the Boolean cube. We pose a conjecture: no flat polynomial (whose non-zero Fourier coefficients have the same magnitude) of degree d and sparsity 2(omega(d)) can 1/3-approximate a Boolean function. This conjecture is known to be true assuming FEI, and we prove the conjecture unconditionally (i.e., without assuming the FEI conjecture) for a class of polynomials. We discuss an intriguing connection between our conjecture and the constant for the Bohnenblust-Hille inequality, which has been extensively studied in functional analysis.
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GX19-27871X" target="_blank" >GX19-27871X: Efficient approximation algorithms and circuit complexity</a><br>
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P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
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Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Name of the periodical
ACM Transactions on Computation Theory
ISSN
1942-3454
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Volume of the periodical
13
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
40
Pages from-to
22
UT code for WoS article
000692902500002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85114356171