Abstract
We prove that pseudorandom sets in Grassmann graph have near-perfect expansion. This completes the proof of the 2-to-2 Games Conjecture (albeit with imperfect completeness). Some implications of this new result are improved hardness results for Minimum Vertex Cover, improving on the work of Dinur and Safra [Ann. of Math. 162 (2005), 439-485], and new hardness gaps for Unique-Games. The Grassmann graph Grglobal contains induced subgraphs Grlocal that are themselves isomorphic to Grassmann graphs of lower orders. A set is called pseudorandom if its density is o(1) inside all subgraphs Grlocal whose order is O(1) lower than that of Grglobal. We prove that pseudorandom sets have expansion 1 - o(1), greatly extending the results and techniques of a previous work of the authors with Dinur and Kindler.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-92 |
Number of pages | 92 |
Journal | Annals of Mathematics |
Volume | 198 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2023 |
Keywords
- hypercontractivity
- probabilistically checkable proofs
- small-set expansion
- unique-games conjecture
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Mathematics (miscellaneous)