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Number of random bits necessary to approximate an arbitrary distribution

Given a discrete distribution $X$ and $\varepsilon\in(0,1)$, consider the minimal $m\in\mathbb{N}$ such that $\mathbf{SD}(f(U^m),X)\leq\varepsilon$, for some (the best, possibly inefficient) ...
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definition of P-samplable distribution that allows non-binary fractions

Arora and Barak (in chapter 18, on average-case complexity) define a polynomial-time samplable (or P-samplable) distribution $D$ (actually a family $\{D_n\}$, for each output length $n$) as having an ...
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What is really the difference between membership queries and "querying in i.i.d?

I'm struggling at finding the difference between algorithms that use i.i.d random queries then request their labels and algorithms that use membership queries. Membership queries allow the learner to ...
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Approximately sampling from a discrete unimodal distribution with large support

I have an algorithmic problem and I am curious if a solution is known in the literature, because I cannot find it. I came up with an algorithm of my own, but would be curious if something is known. I ...
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Inverse of leftover hash lemma

Leftover hash lemma: Let $X$ be a random variable over $X \in {\mathcal {X}}$ and let $m>0$. Let $h: {\mathcal S} \times {\mathcal X} \rightarrow \{0,1\}^m$ be a 2-universal hash function. If $m \...
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Consistent Sampling a Random Walk

Assume there's a random walk $S_k = X_1 + \dots + X_k$ where $X_i \in \{1, -1\}$ are uniformly iid. I want Alice and Bob to share a function $S(k) = S_k$. A straightforward approach would be to let ...
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Complexity of sampling a clique uniformly at random

Let $G$ be an undirected graph, and let $C_1, ..., C_M$ denote all possible cliques in $G$. What is known on the complexity of sampling a clique uniformly at random. That is, returning clique $C_i$ ...
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Boltzmann sampling for knapsack constraints?

Is there an efficient algorithm to sample from the Boltzmann distribution defined by a knapsack constraint? More concretely, I have $n$ items with weights $w_1,...,w_n$ and values $v_1,...,v_n$. I ...
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Solving sampling problems with circuits?

If I allow a circuit family (say, poly size, polylog depth) poly($n$) bits of randomized advice, then I can ask if its output samples from certain distributions or not. However I don't know what the ...
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Finding uniformly random perfect matching of a graph

Problem: Suppose that we have a graph $ G $ which admits at least one perfect matching. I would like to know if there is an algorithm that allows to find any perfect matching of this graph uniformly ...
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Boltzmann sampling for containers/dependent polynomials?

I’d like to randomly sample from dependently-typed data structures. Has anyone looked at extending Boltzmann sampling to containers or dependent polynomials?
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Efficient sampling of primes

Using rejection sampling, it is trivial to construct a Las Vegas algorithm for sampling a uniformly random prime number less than a given $N$. What is known about sampling algorithms that run in worst-...
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