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In many high-dimensional problems,polynomial-time algorithms fall short of achieving the statistical limits attainable without computational constraints. A powerful approach to probe the limits of polynomial-time algorithms is to study the…

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Until recently, techniques for obtaining lower bounds for kernelization were one of the most sought after tools in the field of parameterized complexity. Now, after a strong influx of techniques, we are in the fortunate situation of having…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-03-19 Stefan Kratsch

One of the cornerstones of the distributed complexity theory is the derandomization result by Chang, Kopelowitz, and Pettie [FOCS 2016]: any randomized LOCAL algorithm that solves a locally checkable labeling problem (LCL) can be…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-05-16 Sameep Dahal , Francesco d'Amore , Henrik Lievonen , Timothé Picavet , Jukka Suomela

For a polynomial $f$ from a class $\mathcal{C}$ of polynomials, we show that the problem to compute all the constant degree irreducible factors of $f$ reduces in polynomial time to polynomial identity tests (PIT) for class $\mathcal{C}$ and…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Pranjal Dutta , Amit Sinhababu , Thomas Thierauf

We consider the problem of two-sample testing under a local differential privacy constraint where a permutation procedure is used to calibrate the tests. We develop testing procedures which are optimal up to logarithmic factors, for general…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-25 Alexander Kent , Thomas B. Berrett , Yi Yu

We consider the problem of testing distribution identity. Given a sequence of independent samples from an unknown distribution on a domain of size n, the goal is to check if the unknown distribution approximately equals a known distribution…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2009-10-20 Krzysztof Onak

The problem of distributed testing against independence with variable-length coding is considered when the \emph{average} and not the \emph{maximum} communication load is constrained as in previous works. The paper characterizes the optimum…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-05-19 Sadaf Salehkalaibar , Michele Wigger

Separating codes have their applications in collusion-secure fingerprinting for generic digital data, while they are also related to the other structures including hash family, intersection code and group testing. In this paper we study…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-11-25 Ryul Kim , Myong-Son Sin , Ok-Hyon Song

This paper analyzes the eigenvalue distribution of neutral differential systems and the corresponding difference systems, and establishes the relationship between the eigenvalue distribution and delay-independent stability of neutral…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Ping Wei , Qiang Guan , Wensheng Yu , Long Wang

Fingerprinting codes are a crucial tool for proving lower bounds in differential privacy. They have been used to prove tight lower bounds for several fundamental questions, especially in the ``low accuracy'' regime. Unlike…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-12-20 Xin Lyu , Kunal Talwar

Recent advances in large language models (LLMs) have yielded impressive performance on various tasks, yet they often depend on high-quality feedback that can be costly. Self-refinement methods attempt to leverage LLMs' internal evaluation…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Hikaru Asano , Tadashi Kozuno , Yukino Baba

We examine an error-correcting coding framework in which each coded symbol is constrained to be a function of a fixed subset of the message symbols. With an eye toward distributed storage applications, we seek to design systematic codes…

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The deautonomisation of birational maps that have the singularity confinement property, i.e. the construction of nonautonomous versions of such maps that preserve the singularity properties of the original, has proven crucial in our…

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We study the question of testing structured properties (classes) of discrete distributions. Specifically, given sample access to an arbitrary distribution $D$ over $[n]$ and a property $\mathcal{P}$, the goal is to distinguish between…

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Finding anonymization mechanisms to protect personal data is at the heart of recent machine learning research. Here, we consider the consequences of local differential privacy constraints on goodness-of-fit testing, i.e. the statistical…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2021-04-16 Joseph Lam-Weil , Béatrice Laurent , Jean-Michel Loubes

The paper is concerned with a class of nonlinear free boundary problems, which are usually solved by variational methods based on primal (or primal-dual) variational settings. We deduce and investigate special relations (error identities).…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-03-01 Sergey Repin , Jan Valdman

Insdel errors occur in communication systems caused by the loss of positional information of the message. Since the work by Guruswami and Wang, there have been some further investigations on the list decoding of insertion codes, deletion…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-09-30 Shu Liu , Ivan Tjuawinata , Chaoping Xing

This paper develops a novel unified framework for testing mutual independence among random objects residing in possibly different metric spaces. The framework generalizes existing methodologies and introduces new measures of mutual…

Methodology · Statistics 2025-10-22 Yaqing Chen , Paromita Dubey

Determining whether an unknown distribution matches a known reference is a cornerstone problem in distributional analysis. While classical results establish a rigorous framework in the case of distributions over finite domains, real-world…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2025-08-07 Smayan Agarwal , Shobhit Singh , Aalok Thakkar