Abstract
Constructions of k-wise almost independent permutations have been receiving a growing amount of attention in recent years. However, unlike the case of k-wise independent functions, the size of previously constructed families of such permutations is far from optimal. This paper gives a new method for reducing the size of families given by previous constructions. Our method relies on pseudorandom generators for space-bounded computations. In fact, all we need is a generator, that produces "pseudorandom walks" on undirected graphs with a consistent labelling. One such generator is implied by Reingold's log-space algorithm for undirected connectivity [21, 22]. We obtain families of k-wise almost independent permutations, with an optimal description length, up to a constant factor. More precisely, if the distance from uniform for any k tuple should be at most δ, then the size of the description of a permutation in the family is O(kn + log 1/δ).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 354-365 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
Volume | 3624 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2005 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 8th International Workshop on Approximation Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization Problems, APPROX 2005 and 9th International Workshop on Randomization and Computation, RANDOM 2005 - Berkeley, CA, United States Duration: 22 Aug 2005 → 24 Aug 2005 |