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On Block Sensitivity and Fractional Block Sensitivity

Computational Complexity 2018-10-08 v1

Abstract

We investigate the relation between the block sensitivity bs(f)\text{bs}(f) and fractional block sensitivity fbs(f)\text{fbs}(f) complexity measures of Boolean functions. While it is known that fbs(f)=O(bs(f)2)\text{fbs}(f) = O(\text{bs}(f)^2), the best known separation achieves fbs(f)=(132+o(1))bs(f)3/2\text{fbs}(f) = \left(\frac{1}{3\sqrt2} +o(1)\right) \text{bs(f)}^{3/2}. We improve the constant factor and show a family of functions that give fbs(f)=(16o(1))bs(f)3/2.\text{fbs}(f) = \left(\frac{1}{\sqrt6}-o(1)\right) \text{bs}(f)^{3/2}.

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@article{arxiv.1810.02393,
  title  = {On Block Sensitivity and Fractional Block Sensitivity},
  author = {Andris Ambainis and Krišjānis Prūsis and Jevgēnijs Vihrovs},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.02393},
  year   = {2018}
}
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