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An Algorithm for Koml\'os Conjecture Matching Banaszczyk's bound

Data Structures and Algorithms 2016-09-13 v3 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

We consider the problem of finding a low discrepancy coloring for sparse set systems where each element lies in at most t sets. We give an efficient algorithm that finds a coloring with discrepancy O((t log n)^{1/2}), matching the best known non-constructive bound for the problem due to Banaszczyk. The previous algorithms only achieved an O(t^{1/2} log n) bound. The result also extends to the more general Koml\'{o}s setting and gives an algorithmic O(log^{1/2} n) bound.

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@article{arxiv.1605.02882,
  title  = {An Algorithm for Koml\'os Conjecture Matching Banaszczyk's bound},
  author = {Nikhil Bansal and Daniel Dadush and Shashwat Garg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.02882},
  year   = {2016}
}
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