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TR08-055 | 19th May 2008 00:00

Some Topics in Analysis of Boolean Functions

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TR08-055
Authors: Ryan O'Donnell
Publication: 19th May 2008 05:19
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Abstract:

This article accompanies a tutorial talk given at the 40th ACM STOC conference. In it, we give a brief introduction to Fourier analysis of boolean functions and then discuss some applications: Arrow?s Theorem and other ideas from the theory of Social Choice; the Bonami-Beckner Inequality as an extension of Chernoff/Hoeffding bounds to higher-degree polynomials; and, hardness for approximation algorithms.



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