Scalar and Matrix Chernoff Bounds from ℓ∞-Independence

Tali Kaufman, Rasmus Kyng, Federico Soldá

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Abstract

We present new scalar and matrix Chernoff-style concentration bounds for a broad class of probability distributions over the binary hypercube {0, 1}n. Motivated by recent tools developed for the study of mixing times of Markov chains on discrete distributions, we say that a distribution is ℓ∞-independent when the infinity norm of its influence matrix is bounded by a constant. We show that any distribution which is ℓ∞-infinity independent satisfies a matrix Chernoff bound that matches the matrix Chernoff bound for independent random variables due to Tropp. Our matrix Chernoff bound is a broad generalization and strengthening of the matrix Chernoff bound of Kyng and Song (FOCS'18).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, SODA 2022
Pages3732-3753
Number of pages22
ISBN (Electronic)9781611977073
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event33rd Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, SODA 2022 - Alexander, United States
Duration: 9 Jan 202212 Jan 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms
Volume2022-January

Conference

Conference33rd Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, SODA 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAlexander
Period9/01/2212/01/22

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Software
  • General Mathematics

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