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We prove central limit theorems for the number of descents and the number of inversions after a shelf-shuffle. In particular, we bound the convergence rate for the number of inversions independently of the number of shelves. Along the way,…

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Motivated by the celebrated Beck-Fiala conjecture, we consider the random setting where there are $n$ elements and $m$ sets and each element lies in $t$ randomly chosen sets. In this setting, Ezra and Lovett showed an $O((t \log t)^{1/2})$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-10-09 Nikhil Bansal , Raghu Meka

Proof formats for SAT solvers have diversified over the last decade, enabling new features such as extended resolution-like capabilities, very general extension-free rules, inclusion of proof hints, and pseudo-boolean reasoning.…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-07-25 Adrián Rebola-Pardo

Formal reasoning about hashing-based probabilistic data structures often requires reasoning about random variables where when one variable gets larger (such as the number of elements hashed into one bucket), the others tend to be smaller…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2021-12-01 Jialu Bao , Marco Gaboardi , Justin Hsu , Joseph Tassarotti

We present combinatorial rules (one theorem and two conjectures) concerning three bases of Z[x1,x2,....]. First, we prove a "splitting" rule for the basis of key polynomials [Demazure '74], thereby establishing a new positivity theorem…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-07-30 Colleen Ross , Alexander Yong

Beck's distributive laws provide sufficient conditions under which two monads can be composed, and monads arising from distributive laws have many desirable theoretical properties. Unfortunately, finding and verifying distributive laws, or…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2018-12-14 Maaike Zwart , Dan Marsden

We establish statistical limit theorems for equilibrium states of Axiom A diffeomorphisms, derived from the spectral gap of the Ruelle transfer operator established in Part I (Thiam2026a) and transferred to smooth dynamics through the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-05-19 Abdoulaye Thiam

It was proved by Maksimova in 1977 that exactly eight varieties of Heyting algebras have the amalgamation property, and hence exactly eight axiomatic extensions of intuitionistic propositional logic have the deductive interpolation…

Logic · Mathematics 2026-03-11 Wesley Fussner , George Metcalfe , Simon Santschi

Let $B(n,p)$ denote a binomial random variable with parameters $n$ and $p$. Chv\'{a}tal's theorem says that for any fixed $n\geq 2$, as $m$ ranges over $\{0,1,\ldots,n\}$, the probability $q_m:=P(B(n,m/n)\leq m)$ is the smallest when $m$ is…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-03-21 Zheng-Yan Guo , Ze-Chun Hu , Run-Yu Wang

This paper consists of a proof of a multivariate Central Limit Theorem for "rectangular" sums of dependent complex-valued, rho-prime-mixing random variables indexed by Z^d.

Probability · Mathematics 2013-07-29 Robert J. Niichel

Let $\{T_{k}\}_{k=1}^{\infty}$ be a family of *--free identically distributed operators in a finite von Neumann algebra. In this work we prove a multiplicative version of the free central limit Theorem. More precisely, let…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2010-10-05 Gabriel H. Tucci

Selective classification enhances the reliability of predictive models by allowing them to abstain from making uncertain predictions. In this work, we revisit the design of optimal selection functions through the lens of the Neyman--Pearson…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-04 Alvin Heng , Harold Soh

Testing for regime switching when the regime switching probabilities are specified either as constants (`mixture models') or are governed by a finite-state Markov chain (`Markov switching models') are long-standing problems that have also…

Econometrics · Economics 2017-11-13 Mika Meitz , Pentti Saikkonen

We analyze the average behavior of various arithmetic functions at the values of degree $d$ binary forms ordered by height, with probability $1$. This approach yields averaged versions of the Chowla conjecture and the Bateman-Horn…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-06-24 Yijie Diao

Consider non-negative lattice paths ending at their maximum height, which will be called admissible paths. We show that the probability for a lattice path to be admissible is related to the Chebyshev polynomials of the first or second kind,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-11-16 Benjamin Hackl , Clemens Heuberger , Helmut Prodinger , Stephan Wagner

In this paper we use the Lyndon-Shirshov basis to study the shuffle type polynomials. We give a free noncommutative binomial (or multinomial) theorem in terms of the Lyndon-Shirshov basis. Another noncommutative binomial theorem given by…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-04-21 Huan Jia , Yinhuo Zhang

This paper develops upper and lower bounds for the probability of Boolean expressions by treating multiple occurrences of variables as independent and assigning them new individual probabilities. Our technique generalizes and extends the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2015-03-19 Wolfgang Gatterbauer , Dan Suciu

Many proofs in discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science are based on the probabilistic method. To prove the existence of a good object, we pick a random object and show that it is bad with low probability. This method is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-08-01 Pat Morin , Wolfgang Mulzer , Tommy Reddad

In this paper we present a study about minima among random variables, about the context of voting theory, and about paradoxes related with such topics. In the field of reliability theory, the term load-sharing model is commonly used to…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-11-16 Emilio De Santis , Fabio Spizzichino

We prove the following analogue of the classical Skitovich--Darmois theorem for complex random variables. Let $\alpha=a+ib$ be a nonzero complex number. Then the following statements hold. $1$. Let either $b\ne 0$, or $b=0$ and $a>0$. Let…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-01-23 G. M. Feldman