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Associative and commutative tree representations for Boolean functions

Combinatorics 2013-05-06 v1 Probability

Abstract

Since the 90's, several authors have studied a probability distribution on the set of Boolean functions on nn variables induced by some probability distributions on formulas built upon the connectors AndAnd and OrOr and the literals {x1,xˉ1,,xn,xˉn}\{x_{1}, \bar{x}_{1}, \dots, x_{n}, \bar{x}_{n}\}. These formulas rely on plane binary labelled trees, known as Catalan trees. We extend all the results, in particular the relation between the probability and the complexity of a Boolean function, to other models of formulas: non-binary or non-plane labelled trees (i.e. Polya trees). This includes the natural tree class where associativity and commutativity of the connectors AndAnd and OrOr are realised.

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@article{arxiv.1305.0651,
  title  = {Associative and commutative tree representations for Boolean functions},
  author = {Antoine Genitrini and Bernhard Gittenberger and Veronika Kraus and Cécile Mailler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.0651},
  year   = {2013}
}

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36 pages, 9 figures

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