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An Entropic Proof of Chang's Inequality

Computational Complexity 2012-05-17 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

Chang's lemma is a useful tool in additive combinatorics and the analysis of Boolean functions. Here we give an elementary proof using entropy. The constant we obtain is tight, and we give a slight improvement in the case where the variables are highly biased.

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@article{arxiv.1205.0263,
  title  = {An Entropic Proof of Chang's Inequality},
  author = {Russell Impagliazzo and Cristopher Moore and Alexander Russell},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.0263},
  year   = {2012}
}