Randomized Algorithms (Spring 2010)/The probabilistic method

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The Basic Idea

Counting argument

Theorem
If [math]\displaystyle{ {n\choose k}\cdot 2^{1-{k\choose 2}}\lt 1 }[/math] then it is possible to color the edges of [math]\displaystyle{ K_n }[/math] vertices with two colors so that there is no monochromatic [math]\displaystyle{ K_k }[/math] subgraph.


Theorem (Shannon)
There is a boolean function [math]\displaystyle{ f:\{0,1\}^n\rightarrow \{0,1\} }[/math] with circuit complexity greater than [math]\displaystyle{ \frac{2^n}{3n} }[/math].


Linearity of expectation

Theorem
Given an undirected graph [math]\displaystyle{ G }[/math] with [math]\displaystyle{ n }[/math] vertices and [math]\displaystyle{ m }[/math] edges, there is a cut of size at least [math]\displaystyle{ \frac{m}{2} }[/math].


Theorem
For any set of [math]\displaystyle{ m }[/math] clauses, there is a truth assignment that satisfies at least [math]\displaystyle{ \frac{m}{2} }[/math] clauses.

Alterations

Tools

The Lovász Local Lemma