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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2016.34
Lower Bounds on Same-Set Inner Product in Correlated Spaces

Authors: Jan Hazla, Thomas Holenstein, and Elchanan Mossel

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 60, Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2016)

Abstract
Let P be a probability distribution over a finite alphabet Omega^L with all L marginals equal. Let X^(1), ..., X^(L), where X^(j) = (X_1^(j), ..., X_n^(j)) be random vectors such that for every coordinate i in [n] the tuples (X_i^(1), ..., X_i^(L)) are i.i.d. according to P. The question we address is: does there exist a function c_P independent of n such that for every f: Omega^n -> [0, 1] with E[f(X^(1))] = m > 0 we have E[f(X^(1)) * ... * f(X^(n))] > c_P(m) > 0? We settle the question for L=2 and when L>2 and P has bounded correlation smaller than 1.
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Jan Hazla, Thomas Holenstein, and Elchanan Mossel. Lower Bounds on Same-Set Inner Product in Correlated Spaces. In Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2016). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 60, pp. 34:1-34:11, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2016)

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@InProceedings{hazla_et_al:LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2016.34,
  author =	{Hazla, Jan and Holenstein, Thomas and Mossel, Elchanan},
  title =	{{Lower Bounds on Same-Set Inner Product in Correlated Spaces}},
  booktitle =	{Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2016)},
  pages =	{34:1--34:11},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-018-7},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2016},
  volume =	{60},
  editor =	{Jansen, Klaus and Mathieu, Claire and Rolim, Jos\'{e} D. P. and Umans, Chris},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2016.34},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-66571},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2016.34},
  annote =	{Keywords: same set hitting, product spaces, correlation, lower bounds}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2015.392
Upper Tail Estimates with Combinatorial Proofs

Authors: Jan Hazla and Thomas Holenstein

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 30, 32nd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2015)

Abstract
We study generalisations of a simple, combinatorial proof of a Chernoff bound similar to the one by Impagliazzo and Kabanets (RANDOM, 2010). In particular, we prove a randomized version of the hitting property of expander random walks and use it to obtain an optimal expander random walk concentration bound settling a question asked by Impagliazzo and Kabanets. Next, we obtain an upper tail bound for polynomials with input variables in [0, 1] which are not necessarily independent, but obey a certain condition inspired by Impagliazzo and Kabanets. The resulting bound is applied by Holenstein and Sinha (FOCS, 2012) in the proof of a lower bound for the number of calls in a black-box construction of a pseudorandom generator from a one-way function. We also show that the same technique yields the upper tail bound for the number of copies of a fixed graph in an Erdös–Rényi random graph, matching the one given by Janson, Oleszkiewicz, and Rucinski (Israel J. Math, 2002).
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Jan Hazla and Thomas Holenstein. Upper Tail Estimates with Combinatorial Proofs. In 32nd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2015). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 30, pp. 392-405, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2015)

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@InProceedings{hazla_et_al:LIPIcs.STACS.2015.392,
  author =	{Hazla, Jan and Holenstein, Thomas},
  title =	{{Upper Tail Estimates with Combinatorial Proofs}},
  booktitle =	{32nd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2015)},
  pages =	{392--405},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-78-1},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2015},
  volume =	{30},
  editor =	{Mayr, Ernst W. and Ollinger, Nicolas},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2015.392},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-49291},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2015.392},
  annote =	{Keywords: concentration bounds, expander random walks, polynomial concentration}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2014.643
Sampling a Uniform Solution of a Quadratic Equation Modulo a Prime Power

Authors: Chandan Dubey and Thomas Holenstein

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 28, Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2014)

Abstract
Let p be a prime and k, t be positive integers. Given a quadratic equation Q(x1,x2,...,xn)=t mod p^k in n-variables; we present a polynomial time Las-Vegas algorithm that samples a uniformly random solution of the quadratic equation.
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Chandan Dubey and Thomas Holenstein. Sampling a Uniform Solution of a Quadratic Equation Modulo a Prime Power. In Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2014). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 28, pp. 643-653, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2014)

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@InProceedings{dubey_et_al:LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2014.643,
  author =	{Dubey, Chandan and Holenstein, Thomas},
  title =	{{Sampling a Uniform Solution of a Quadratic Equation Modulo a Prime Power}},
  booktitle =	{Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2014)},
  pages =	{643--653},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-74-3},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2014},
  volume =	{28},
  editor =	{Jansen, Klaus and Rolim, Jos\'{e} and Devanur, Nikhil R. and Moore, Cristopher},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2014.643},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-47289},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2014.643},
  annote =	{Keywords: Quadratic Forms, Lattices, Modular, p-adic}
}
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