Computing the probability of intersection
Probability
2025-09-16 v3 Data Structures and Algorithms
Combinatorics
Abstract
Let be probability spaces, let be their product and let be events. Suppose that each event depends on coordinates of a point , , and that for each event there are of other events that depend on some of the coordinates that depends on. Let and let for . We prove that if for all , then for any , the probability of the intersection of the complements of all can be computed within relative error in polynomial time from the probabilities of -wise intersections of the events for .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2507.10329,
title = {Computing the probability of intersection},
author = {Alexander Barvinok},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.10329},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
22 pages, various improvements