For a constraint satisfaction problem (CSP), a robust satisfaction algorithm is one that outputs an assignment satisfying most of the constraints on instances that are near-satisfiable. It is known that the CSPs that admit efficient robust satisfaction algorithms are precisely those of bounded width, i.e., CSPs whose satisfiability can be ... more >>>

We prove a time hierarchy theorem for the promise-BPTIME. This is considered to be a folklore problem and was thought to follow from the existence of complete problems or through direct diagonalization. We observe that neither argument carries through in some immediate way in the promise version. However, the hierarchy ... more >>>

For any constant $\alpha > 0$, we construct an explicit pseudorandom generator (PRG) that fools $n$-variate decision trees of size $m$ with error $\epsilon$ and seed length $(1 + \alpha) \cdot \log_2 m + O(\log(1/\epsilon) + \log \log n)$. For context, one can achieve seed length $(2 + o(1)) \cdot ... more >>>