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Revision #1 to TR26-208 | 11th October 2026 15:47

Exponential Correlation Bounds for Polynomials

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Authors: Eshan Chattopadhyay, Pooya Hatami, Chin Ho Lee, Shachar Lovett, Avishay Tal, Emanuele Viola
Accepted on: 11th October 2026 15:47
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Abstract:

We prove that the XOR of $k$ majorities on disjoint blocks of $\ell$ bits has correlation at most $(4d/\sqrt{\ell})^k$ with every Boolean-valued degree-$d$ polynomial over an arbitrary field. By known techniques, we obtain explicit pseudorandom generators that fool such polynomials on $n$ Boolean inputs with seed length $d^2\cdot\polylog(n/\varepsilon)$. The correlation and the generator extend to small $\mathsf{AC}^0[q]$ circuits, for every fixed prime power $q$. These results resolve several long-standing questions in circuit complexity and pseudorandomness.



Changes to previous version:

Generalized the main results to all fields, added new applications and improved some existing ones, and expanded the exposition.


Paper:

TR26-208 | 24th September 2026 00:33

Exponential Correlation Bounds for Polynomials





TR26-208
Authors: Eshan Chattopadhyay, Pooya Hatami, Chin Ho Lee, Shachar Lovett, Avishay Tal, Emanuele Viola
Publication: 24th September 2026 01:29
Downloads: 2098
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Abstract:

We prove that the XOR of $k$ majorities on disjoint blocks of \(\ell\) bits has correlation at most \((2d/\sqrt{\ell})^k\) with every degree-\(d\) polynomial over \(\mathbb F_2\). By known techniques, this implies pseudorandom generators with polylogarithmic seed length for low-degree polynomials over $\mathbb F_2$ and for alternating circuits with parity gates.



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