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== Properties ==
 
== Properties ==
 
* The partition size is (trivially) always smaller than the [[decision tree]] size, <math>P(f) \leq DT(f) </math>.
 
* The partition size is (trivially) always smaller than the [[decision tree]] size, <math>P(f) \leq DT(f) </math>.
* The sum of the singleton [[fourier representation | Fourier coefficients]] is always smaller than the square root of of the partition size: <math>\sum_{i\in [n]} \widehat{f}(\{i\}) \leq \sqrt{P(f)}</math>. In particular, if <math>f</math> is [[monotone function | monotone]], then <math>\mathrm{Inf}(f) \leq \sqrt{P(f)}</math> <ref>Ryan O'Donnell, Rocco Servedio, [https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~odonnell/papers/learn-monotone.pdf Learning Monotone Functions from Random Examples in Polynomial Time]</ref>.
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* The sum of the singleton [[fourier representation | Fourier coefficients]] is always smaller than the square root of of the partition size: <math>\sum_{i\in [n]} \widehat{f}(\{i\}) \leq \sqrt{\log(P(f))}</math>. In particular, if <math>f</math> is [[monotone function | monotone]], then <math>\mathrm{Inf}(f) \leq \sqrt{\log(P(f))}</math> <ref>Ryan O'Donnell, Rocco Servedio, [https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~odonnell/papers/learn-monotone.pdf Learning Monotone Functions from Random Examples in Polynomial Time]</ref>.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 18:18, 2 March 2020

Definition

Let [math]f: \{-1,1\}^n \to \{-1,1\}[/math] be a Boolean function. The partition size of [math]f[/math], often denoted [math]P(f)[/math], is the minimum size of a partition of the Boolean cube [math]\{-1,1\}^n[/math] into disjoint subcubes such that [math]f[/math] is constant on each subcube.


Properties

  • The partition size is (trivially) always smaller than the decision tree size, [math]P(f) \leq DT(f) [/math].
  • The sum of the singleton Fourier coefficients is always smaller than the square root of of the partition size: [math]\sum_{i\in [n]} \widehat{f}(\{i\}) \leq \sqrt{\log(P(f))}[/math]. In particular, if [math]f[/math] is monotone, then [math]\mathrm{Inf}(f) \leq \sqrt{\log(P(f))}[/math] [1].

References