The superharmonic-function conjecture for the NAND 2D regular grid

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Let Y=kN{0}Yk\mathcal{Y}^*=\bigcup_{k\in\mathbb{N}\setminus\{0\}}\mathcal{Y}^k be the set of nonempty finite strings over Y\mathcal{Y}, let {Yk:kN}\{Y_k:k\in\mathbb{N}\} be the Markov chain associated with the NAND 2D regular grid, and let {Fk:kN}\{\mathcal{F}_k:k\in\mathbb{N}\} be the filtration generated by the chain and the binary symmetric channels before level kk. Superharmonic-function conjecture. For every δ(0,12)\delta\in\big(0,\frac{1}{2}\big), there exists a Borel-measurable superharmonic function fδ:YRf_\delta:\mathcal{Y}^*\to\mathbb{R} such that {fδ(Yk):kN}\{f_\delta(Y_k):k\in\mathbb{N}\} is an {Fk}\{\mathcal{F}_k\}-adapted supermartingale and, for some constant C=C(δ)>0C=C(\delta)>0,

E ⁣[fδ(Yk+1)|Fk]=E ⁣[fδ(Yk+1)|Yk]fδ(Yk),\mathbb{E}\!\left[f_\delta(Y_{k+1})\middle|\mathcal{F}_k\right]=\mathbb{E}\!\left[f_\delta(Y_{k+1})\middle|Y_k\right]\leq f_\delta(Y_k),

with fδ(Yk)CNkf_\delta(Y_k)\geq C N_k almost surely for every kNk\in\mathbb{N}. Such a family would provide the supermartingale needed for the proposed impossibility proof, but existence is conjectural in the supplied text.

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Anuran Makur, Elchanan Mossel and Yury Polyanskiy, “Broadcasting on Two-Dimensional Regular Grids”, arXiv:2010.01390 (2022).

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