In 1994, Y. Mansour conjectured that for every DNF formula on $n$ variables with $t$ terms there exists a polynomial $p$ with $t^{O(\log (1/\epsilon))}$ non-zero coefficients such that $\E_{x \in \{0,1\}}[(p(x)-f(x))^2] \leq \epsilon$. We make the first progress on this conjecture and show that it is true for several natural ... more >>>

Let $X$ be randomly chosen from $\{-1,1\}^n$, and let $Y$ be randomly chosen from the standard spherical Gaussian on $\R^n$. For any (possibly unbounded) polytope $P$ formed by the intersection of $k$ halfspaces, we prove that $$\left|\Pr\left[X \in P\right] - \Pr\left[Y \in P\right]\right| \leq \log^{8/5}k \cdot \Delta,$$ where $\Delta$ is ... more >>>

We give the first representation-independent hardness results for PAC learning intersections of halfspaces, a central concept class in computational learning theory. Our hardness results are derived from two public-key cryptosystems due to Regev, which are based on the worst-case hardness of well-studied lattice problems. Specifically, we prove that a polynomial-time ... more >>>

We show that RL is contained in L/O(n), i.e., any language computable in randomized logarithmic space can be computed in deterministic logarithmic space with a linear amount of non-uniform advice. To prove our result we show how to take an ultra-low space walk on the Gabber-Galil expander graph. more >>>

We prove a new equivalence between the non-uniform and uniform complexity of exponential time. We show that EXP in NP/log if and only if EXP = P^NP|| (polynomial time with non-adaptive queries to SAT). Our equivalence makes use of a recent result due to Shaltiel and Umans showing EXP in ... more >>>

We establish hardness versus randomness trade-offs for a broad class of randomized procedures. In particular, we create efficient nondeterministic simulations of bounded round Arthur-Merlin games using a language in exponential time that cannot be decided by polynomial size oracle circuits with access to satisfiability. We show that every language with ... more >>>