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2-Xor revisited: satisfiability and probabilities of functions

Combinatorics 2015-11-25 v1 Probability

Abstract

The problem 2-Xor-Sat asks for the probability that a random expression, built as a conjunction of clauses xyx \oplus y, is satisfiable. We revisit this classical problem by giving an alternative, explicit expression of this probability. We then consider a refinement of it, namely the probability that a random expression computes a specific Boolean function. The answers to both problems involve a description of 2-Xor expressions as multigraphs and use classical methods of analytic combinatorics by expressing probabilities through coefficients of generating functions.

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@article{arxiv.1511.07813,
  title  = {2-Xor revisited: satisfiability and probabilities of functions},
  author = {Élie de Panafieu and Danièle Gardy and Bernhard Gittenberger and Markus Kuba},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.07813},
  year   = {2015}
}

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31 pages, 2 figures