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We give a sharp lower bound on the capacity of a real stable polynomial, depending only on the value of its gradient at $x = 1$. This result implies a sharp improvement to a similar inequality proved by Linial-Samorodnitsky-Wigderson in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-09-23 Leonid Gurvits , Jonathan Leake

In this work, we propose a new bounded arithmetic theory, denoted $APX_1$, designed to formalize a broad class of probabilistic arguments commonly used in theoretical computer science. Under plausible assumptions, $APX_1$ is strictly weaker…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-02-11 Lijie Chen , Jiatu Li , Igor C. Oliveira , Ryan Williams

In the modern Bayesian view classical probability theory is simply an extension of conventional logic, i.e., a quantitative tool that allows for consistent reasoning in the presence of uncertainty. Classical theory presupposes, however,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-06-20 Jochen Rau

We develop a new technique for proving distribution testing lower bounds for properties defined by inequalities involving the bin probabilities of the distribution in question. Using this technique we obtain new lower bounds for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-08-02 Yuqian Cheng , Daniel M. Kane , Zhicheng Zheng

Quantifier elimination theorems show that each formula in a certain theory is equivalent to a formula of a specific form -- usually a quantifier-free one, sometimes in an extended language. Model theoretic embedding tests are a frequently…

Logic · Mathematics 2023-07-10 Henry Towsner

Given two measurable spaces $H$ and $D$ with countably generated $\sigma$-algebras, a perfect prior probability measure $P_H$ on $H$ and a sampling distribution $S: H \rightarrow D$, there is a corresponding inference map $I: D \rightarrow…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2018-08-16 Jared Culbertson , Kirk Sturtz

A modal logic that is strong enough to fully characterize the behavior of a system is called expressive. Recently, with the growing diversity of systems to be reasoned about (probabilistic, cyber-physical, etc.), the focus shifted to…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2021-05-24 Yuichi Komorida , Shin-ya Katsumata , Clemens Kupke , Jurriaan Rot , Ichiro Hasuo

In this article we introduce a dual of the uniform boundedness principle which does not require completeness and gives an indirect means for testing the boundedness of a set. The dual principle, although known to the analyst and despite its…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2020-11-30 Ehssan Khanmohammadi , Omid Khanmohamadi

Increasing amounts of available data have led to a heightened need for representing large-scale probabilistic knowledge bases. One approach is to use a probabilistic database, a model with strong assumptions that allow for efficiently…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-04-04 Tal Friedman , Guy Van den Broeck

Turing's famous 'machine' framework provides an intuitively clear conception of 'computing with real numbers'. A recursive counterexample to a theorem shows that the theorem does not hold when restricted to computable objects. These…

Logic · Mathematics 2020-06-23 Sam Sanders

We establish a generic upper bound ExpTime for reasoning with global assumptions (also known as TBoxes) in coalgebraic modal logics. Unlike earlier results of this kind, our bound does not require a tractable set of tableau rules for the…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2021-11-30 Clemens Kupke , Dirk Pattinson , Lutz Schröder

This paper is on developing stochastic analysis simultaneously under a general family of probability measures that are not dominated by a single probability measure. The interest in this question originates from the probabilistic…

Probability · Mathematics 2012-02-29 H. Mete Soner , Nizar Touzi , Jianfeng Zhang

We lay out novel foundations for the computer-aided verification of guaranteed bounds on expected outcomes of imperative probabilistic programs featuring (i) general loops, (ii) continuous distributions, and (iii) conditioning. To handle…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-02-27 Kevin Batz , Joost-Pieter Katoen , Francesca Randone , Tobias Winkler

Probabilities of Causation play a fundamental role in decision making in law, health care and public policy. Nevertheless, their point identification is challenging, requiring strong assumptions such as monotonicity. In the absence of such…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2023-04-06 Numair Sani , Atalanti A. Mastakouri , Dominik Janzing

Understanding the core content of quantum mechanics requires us to disentangle the hidden logical relationships between the postulates of this theory. Here we show that the mathematical structure of quantum measurements, the formula for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-02 Lluís Masanes , Thomas D. Galley , Markus P. Müller

We introduce a sound and complete coinductive proof system for reachability properties in transition systems generated by logically constrained term rewriting rules over an order-sorted signature modulo builtins. A key feature of the…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-04-24 Ştefan Ciobâcă , Dorel Lucanu

We provide a convergence result for sequences of random variables taking values in a metric space that satisfy a stochastic quasi-Fej\'er monotonicity condition, in the context of a (local) compactness assumption. Our result is quantitative…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-27 Morenikeji Neri , Nicholas Pischke , Thomas Powell

Sum-based global tests are highly popular in multiple hypothesis testing. In this paper we propose a general closed testing procedure for sum tests, which provides lower confidence bounds for the proportion of true discoveries (TDP),…

Methodology · Statistics 2023-04-21 Anna Vesely , Livio Finos , Jelle J. Goeman

We analyze entropic uncertainty relations in a finite dimensional Hilbert space and derive several strong bounds for the sum of two entropies obtained in projective measurements with respect to any two orthogonal bases. We improve the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-30 Łukasz Rudnicki , Zbigniew Puchała , Karol Życzkowski

The Born probability measure describes the statistics of measurements in which observers self-locate themselves in some region of reality. In $\psi$-ontic quantum theories, reality is directly represented by the wavefunction. We show that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-27 Michael Ridley