Approximate homomorphism testing conjecture

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Let f:F2n→F2mf:\mathbb{F}_2^n \to \mathbb{F}_2^m be a function, and let ϵ\epsilon measure the probability that it satisfies the additive homomorphism equation on uniformly sampled x,y∈F2nx,y \in \mathbb{F}_2^n. Approximate homomorphism testing conjecture. If

Pr⁡x,y[f(x+y)=f(x)+f(y)]≥ϵ,\Pr_{x,y}[f(x+y)=f(x)+f(y)] \ge \epsilon,

then there is a linear map ℓ:F2n→F2m\ell:\mathbb{F}_2^n \to \mathbb{F}_2^m such that

Pr⁡x[f(x)=ℓ(x)]≥ϵO(1).\Pr_x[f(x)=\ell(x)] \ge \epsilon^{O(1)}.

This is an equivalent formulation of the Polynomial Freiman–Ruzsa conjecture in the source. The paper presents it as an open polynomial quantitative strengthening of approximate homomorphism testing.

References

Primary source

Shachar Lovett, “Equivalence of polynomial conjectures in additive combinatorics”, arXiv:1001.3356 (2010).

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