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A Gaussian fixed point random walk

Data Structures and Algorithms 2021-04-15 v1 Probability

Abstract

In this note, we design a discrete random walk on the real line which takes steps 0,±10, \pm 1 (and one with steps in {±1,2}\{\pm 1, 2\}) where at least 96%96\% of the signs are ±1\pm 1 in expectation, and which has N(0,1)\mathcal{N}(0,1) as a stationary distribution. As an immediate corollary, we obtain an online version of Banaszczyk's discrepancy result for partial colorings and ±1,2\pm 1, 2 signings. Additionally, we recover linear time algorithms for logarithmic bounds for the Koml\'{o}s conjecture in an oblivious online setting.

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@article{arxiv.2104.07009,
  title  = {A Gaussian fixed point random walk},
  author = {Yang P. Liu and Ashwin Sah and Mehtaab Sawhney},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.07009},
  year   = {2021}
}

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8 pages

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