Linear monochromatic submatrix conjecture for bounded randomized communication

Let MM be an n×nn\times n Boolean matrix, and let randomized communication complexity mean the public-coin randomized communication complexity of MM. A submatrix is monochromatic if all its entries are equal, so an all-zeros or all-ones submatrix is monochromatic. Linear monochromatic-submatrix conjecture. Every Boolean matrix with randomized communication complexity bounded by a constant contains an all-zeros or all-ones submatrix of linear size.

This conjecture asks for a strong structured rectangle in matrices of constant randomized communication complexity. It remains open; the source presents it as a basic structural question related to approximate γ2\gamma_2-norm and communication complexity.

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Igor Balla, Lianna Hambardzumyan and István Tomon, “Factorization norms and an inverse theorem for MaxCut”, arXiv:2506.23989 (2025).

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