On the Beck-Fiala conjecture for random set systems

Esther Ezra, Shachar Lovett

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Abstract

Motivated by the Beck-Fiala conjecture, we study discrepancy bounds for random sparse set systems. Concretely, these are set systems (X,Σ), where each element x ∈ X lies in t randomly selected sets of Σ, where t is an integer parameter. We provide new bounds in two regimes of parameters. We show that when |Σ| ≥ |X| the hereditary discrepancy of (X,Σ) is with high probability (Formula presented.); and when |X| ≫ |Σ|t the hereditary discrepancy of (X,Σ) is with high probability O(1). The first bound combines the Lovász Local Lemma with a new argument based on partial matchings; the second follows from an analysis of the lattice spanned by sparse vectors.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)665-675
Number of pages11
JournalRandom Structures and Algorithms
Volume54
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2019

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Funding

The authors wish to thank Aravind Srinivasan for presenting this problem during a discussion at the IMA Workshop on the Power of Randomness in Computation. Esther Ezra is supported by an NSF CAREER award CCF-15-53354 and by Grant 824/17 from the Israel Science Foundation. Shachar Lovett is supported by an NSF CAREER award 1350481, CCF award 1614023 and a Sloan fellowship. A preliminary version of this paper appeared in the 20th International Workshop on Randomization and Computation (RANDOM’2016). information: This research was supported by the NSF CAREER; CCF-15-53354, Israel Science Foundation; 824/17 The authors wish to thank Aravind Srinivasan for presenting this problem during a discussion at the IMA Workshop on the Power of Randomness in Computation. Esther Ezra is supported by an NSF CAREER award CCF-15-53354 and by Grant 824/17 from the Israel Science Foundation. Shachar Lovett is supported by an NSF CAREER award 1350481, CCF award 1614023 and a Sloan fellowship. A preliminary version of this paper appeared in the 20th International Workshop on Randomization and Computation (RANDOM'2016).

FundersFunder number
NSF CAREER
National Science Foundation824/17, CCF-15-53354
Israel Science Foundation1614023, 1350481

    Keywords

    • beck-fiala conjecture
    • discrepancy theory
    • random set systems

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