On the distribution of sensitivities of symmetric Boolean functions
Abstract
A Boolean function is sensitive to bit if there is at least one input vector and one bit in , such that changing changes . A function has sensitivity if among all input vectors, the largest number of bits to which is sensitive is . We count the -variable symmetric Boolean functions that have maximum sensitivity. We show that most such functions have the largest possible sensitivity, . This suggests sensitivity is limited as a complexity measure for symmetric Boolean functions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2306.14401,
title = {On the distribution of sensitivities of symmetric Boolean functions},
author = {Jon T. Butler and Tsutomu Sasao and Shinobu Nagayama},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.14401},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
5 pages, 0 figures The submitted paper is a journal version of "Enumeration of Symmetric Boolean Functions By Sensitivity" by J. Butler, T. Sasao, and S. Nagayama presented at the Reed-Muller Workshop, Matsue, Japan on May 24, 2023. Paper was presented, but not distributed. Authors retained copyright