Pseudorandom Generators from Polarizing Random Walks
Pseudorandom Generators from Polarizing Random Walks
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极化随机游走的伪随机生成器
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2018
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通讯作者:
Shachar Lovett
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作者:
Eshan Chattopadhyay;Pooya Hatami;Kaave Hosseini;Shachar Lovett
We propose a new framework for constructing pseudorandom generators for n-variate Boolean functions. It is based on two new notions. First, we introduce fractional pseudorandom generators, which are pseudorandom distributions taking values in [-1, 1]n. Next, we use a fractional pseudorandom generator as steps of a random walk in [-1, 1]n that converges to {-1, 1}n. We prove that this random walk converges fast (in time logarithmic in n) due to polarization. As an application, we construct pseudorandom generators for Boolean functions with bounded Fourier tails. We use this to obtain a pseudorandom generator for functions with sensitivity s, whose seed length is polynomial in s. Other examples include functions computed by branching programs of various sorts or by bounded depth circuits.