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Multiparameter Bernoulli Factories

Probability 2022-02-16 v1 Discrete Mathematics Data Structures and Algorithms

Abstract

We consider the problem of computing with many coins of unknown bias. We are given samples access to nn coins with \emph{unknown} biases p1,,pnp_1,\dots, p_n and are asked to sample from a coin with bias f(p1,,pn)f(p_1, \dots, p_n) for a given function f:[0,1]n[0,1]f:[0,1]^n \rightarrow [0,1]. We give a complete characterization of the functions ff for which this is possible. As a consequence, we show how to extend various combinatorial sampling procedures (most notably, the classic Sampford Sampling for kk-subsets) to the boundary of the hypercube.

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@article{arxiv.2202.07216,
  title  = {Multiparameter Bernoulli Factories},
  author = {Renato Paes Leme and Jon Schneider},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.07216},
  year   = {2022}
}
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