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A Conditional Extension of the Park-Pham Theorem

Combinatorics 2024-08-16 v2 Probability

Abstract

Neglecting many motivating details for the Park-Pham theorem (previously known as the Kahn-Kalai conjecture), the result starts with a finite set XX, a non-trivial upper set F2X\mathcal{F} \subseteq 2^X, and a particular parameterized family of random variables XpX_p, then proceeds to provide an upper bound on the value pc(F)p_c(\mathcal{F}) such that P(Xpc(F)F)=1/2\mathbb{P}(X_{p_c(\mathcal{F})} \in \mathcal{F}) = 1/2. A natural question to ask is if there is an analog to the Park-Pham theorem for upper sets in finite posets other than 2X2^X and other parameterized families of random variables taking values in them. In this short note, we show that there is, with minor adjustments, in at least one circumstance. This is done by producing a conditional version of the ϵ\epsilon-dependent form of the Park-Pham theorem, which has practical implications for the study of large neural networks and may also be interesting in its own right.

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@article{arxiv.2402.17872,
  title  = {A Conditional Extension of the Park-Pham Theorem},
  author = {Bryce Alan Christopherson and Darian Colgrove},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.17872},
  year   = {2024}
}

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11 pages

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