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A tame sequence of transitive Boolean functions

Probability 2021-01-05 v2

Abstract

Given a sequence of Boolean functions (fn)n1(f_n)_{n \geq 1}, fn ⁣:{0,1}n{0,1}f_n \colon \{ 0,1 \}^{n} \to \{ 0,1 \}, and a sequence (X(n))n1(X^{(n)})_{n\geq 1} of continuous time pnp_n -biased random walks X(n)=(Xt(n))t0 X^{(n)} = (X_t^{(n)})_{t \geq 0} on {0,1}n \{ 0,1 \}^{n}, let Cn C_n be the (random) number of times in (0,1)(0,1) at which the process (fn(Xt))t0 (f_n(X_t))_{t \geq 0} changes its value. In \cite{js2006}, the authors conjectured that if (fn)n1 (f_n)_{n \geq 1} is non-degenerate, transitive and satisfies limnE[Cn]= \lim_{n \to \infty} \mathbb{E}[C_n] = \infty, then (Cn)n1 (C_n)_{n \geq 1} is not tight. We give an explicit example of a sequence of Boolean functions which disproves this conjecture.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2006.06338,
  title  = {A tame sequence of transitive Boolean functions},
  author = {Malin Palö Forsström},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.06338},
  year   = {2021}
}

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7 pages

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