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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 665-675 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Random Structures and Algorithms |
Volume | 54 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2019 |
Bibliographical note
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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).
Funders | Funder number |
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NSF CAREER | |
National Science Foundation | 824/17, CCF-15-53354 |
Israel Science Foundation | 1614023, 1350481 |
Keywords
- beck-fiala conjecture
- discrepancy theory
- random set systems