A periodic isoperimetric problem related to the unique games conjecture

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DOI10.1002/RSA.20877zbMATH Open1455.60029arXiv1708.00917OpenAlexW2963275678WikidataQ123129936 ScholiaQ123129936MaRDI QIDQ5113936FDOQ5113936


Authors: Steven Heilman Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 19 June 2020

Published in: Random Structures \& Algorithms (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove the endpoint case of a conjecture of Khot and Moshkovitz related to the Unique Games Conjecture, less a small error. Let ngeq2. Suppose a subset Omega of n-dimensional Euclidean space mathbbRn satisfies Omega=Omegac and Omega+v=Omegac (up to measure zero sets) for every standard basis vector vinmathbbRn. For any x=(x1,ldots,xn)inmathbbRn and for any qgeq1, let |x|qq=|x1|q+cdots+|xn|q and let gamman(x)=(2pi)n/2e|x|22/2 . For any xinpartialOmega, let N(x) denote the exterior normal vector at x such that |N(x)|2=1. Let B=xinmathbbRncolonsin(pi(x1+cdots+xn))geq0. Our main result shows that B has the smallest Gaussian surface area among all such subsets Omega, less a small error: int_{partialOmega}gamma_{n}(x)dxgeq(1-6cdot 10^{-9})int_{partial B}gamma_{n}(x)dx+int_{partialOmega}Big(1-frac{|N(x)|_{1}}{sqrt{n}}Big)gamma_{n}(x)dx. In particular, int_{partialOmega}gamma_{n}(x)dxgeq(1-6cdot 10^{-9})int_{partial B}gamma_{n}(x)dx. Standard arguments extend these results to a corresponding weak inequality for noise stability. Removing the factor 6cdot109 would prove the endpoint case of the Khot-Moshkovitz conjecture. Lastly, we prove a Euclidean analogue of the Khot and Moshkovitz conjecture. The full conjecture of Khot and Moshkovitz provides strong evidence for the truth of the Unique Games Conjecture, a central conjecture in theoretical computer science that is closely related to the P versus NP problem. So, our results also provide evidence for the truth of the Unique Games Conjecture. Nevertheless, this paper does not prove any case of the Unique Games conjecture.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.00917




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