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Coset decision trees and the Fourier algebra

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2019-11-11 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

We show that if G is a finite group and f is a {0,1}-valued function on G with Fourier algebra norm at most M then f may be computed by a coset decision tree (that is a decision tree in which at each vertex we query membership of a given coset) having at most \exp(\exp(\exp(O(M^2)))) leaves. A short calculation shows that any {0,1}-valued function which may be computed by a coset decision tree with m leaves has Fourier algebra norm at most \exp(O(m)).

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@article{arxiv.1805.02168,
  title  = {Coset decision trees and the Fourier algebra},
  author = {Tom Sanders},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.02168},
  year   = {2019}
}

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28pp; corrections and typos