Title
Weights of exact threshold functions
Abstract
We consider Boolean exact threshold functions defined by linear equations, and in general degree d polynomials. We give upper and lower bounds on the maximum magnitude (absolute value) of the coefficients required to represent such functions. These bounds are very close and in the linear case in particular they are almost matching. The quantity is the same as the maximum magnitude of integer coefficients of linear equations required to express every possible intersection of a hyperplane in Rn and the Boolean cube {0, 1}n, or in the general case intersections of hypersurfaces of degree d in Rn and the Boolean cube {0, 1}n. In the process we construct new families of ill-conditioned matrices. We further stratify the problem (in the linear case) in terms of the dimension k of the affine subspace spanned by the solutions, and give upper and lower bounds in this case as well. Our bounds here in terms of k leave a substantial gap, a challenge for future work.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1007/978-3-642-15155-2_8
MFCS
Keywords
Field
DocType
maximum magnitude,boolean cube,linear case,dimension k,linear equation,affine subspace,general degree,exact threshold function,absolute value,lower bound,general case intersection,linear equations,upper and lower bounds
Boolean function,Linear equation,Discrete mathematics,Combinatorics,Affine space,Polynomial,Symmetric Boolean function,Upper and lower bounds,Matrix (mathematics),Hyperplane,Mathematics
Conference
Volume
ISSN
ISBN
6281
0302-9743
3-642-15154-X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.50
17
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Laszlo Babai13537573.58
Kristoffer Arnsfelt Hansen217621.40
Vladimir V. Podolskii313816.60
Xiaoming Sun428041.19