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The Friedgut-Kalai sharp-threshold conjecture: threshold width O(1/log^2 n) for monotone graph properties

Theorem 1.1: for every n≥2n\ge2, nontrivial increasing vertex-symmetric graph property and 0<ε<1/20<\varepsilon<1/2, p1−ε−pε≤219log⁡(1/(2ε))/(log⁡n)2p_{1-\varepsilon}-p_\varepsilon\le2^{19}\log(1/(2\varepsilon))/(\log n)^2. It follows from Theorem 1.2, Varp(f)≤217Ip(f)/(log⁡n)2\mathrm{Var}_p(f)\le2^{17}I_p(f)/(\log n)^2 for every vertex-symmetric Boolean ff and every 0<p<10<p<1, without monotonicity, which removes the (log⁡log⁡n)2(\log\log n)^2 loss of Kelman-Kindler-Lifshitz-Minzer-Safra at p=1/2p=1/2. The order is optimal for fixed ε\varepsilon (clique example). Not shown: the best constant, or where thresholds lie (a different question).

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The Friedgut-Kalai sharp-threshold conjecture: threshold width O(1/log^2 n) for monotone graph properties

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Theorem 1.1: for every n≥2n\ge2, nontrivial increasing vertex-symmetric graph property and 0<ε<1/20<\varepsilon<1/2, p1−ε−pε≤219log⁡(1/(2ε))/(log⁡n)2p_{1-\varepsilon}-p_\varepsilon\le2^{19}\log(1/(2\varepsilon))/(\log n)^2. It follows from Theorem 1.2, Varp(f)≤217Ip(f)/(log⁡n)2\mathrm{Var}_p(f)\le2^{17}I_p(f)/(\log n)^2 for every vertex-symmetric Boolean ff and every 0<p<10<p<1, without monotonicity, which removes the (log⁡log⁡n)2(\log\log n)^2 loss of Kelman-Kindler-Lifshitz-Minzer-Sa…

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Theorem 1.1: for every n≥2n\ge2, nontrivial increasing vertex-symmetric graph property and 0<ε<1/20<\varepsilon<1/2, p1−ε−pε≤219log⁡(1/(2ε))/(log⁡n)2p_{1-\varepsilon}-p_\varepsilon\le2^{19}\log(1/(2\varepsilon))/(\log n)^2. It follows from Theorem 1.2, Varp(f)≤217Ip(f)/(log⁡n)2\mathrm{Var}_p(f)\le2^{17}I_p(f)/(\log n)^2 for every vertex-symmetric Boolean ff and every 0<p<10<p<1, without monotonicity, which removes the (log⁡log⁡n)2(\log\log n)^2 loss of Kelman-Kindler-Lifshitz-Minzer-Safra at p=1/2p=1/2. The order is optimal for fixed ε\varepsilon (clique example). Not shown: the best constant, or where thresholds lie (a different question).

Theorem 1.1: for every n≥2n\ge2, nontrivial increasing vertex-symmetric graph property and 0<ε<1/20<\varepsilon<1/2, p1−ε−pε≤219log⁡(1/(2ε))/(log⁡n)2p_{1-\varepsilon}-p_\varepsilon\le2^{19}\log(1/(2\varepsilon))/(\log n)^2. It follows from Theorem 1.2, Varp(f)≤217Ip(f)/(log⁡n)2\mathrm{Var}_p(f)\le2^{17}I_p(f)/(\log n)^2 for every vertex-symmetric Boolean ff and every 0<p<10<p<1, without monotonicity, which removes the (log⁡log⁡n)2(\log\log n)^2 loss of Kelman-Kindler-Lifshitz-Minzer-Safra at p=1/2p=1/2. The order is optimal for fixed ε\varepsilon (clique example). Not shown: the best constant, or where thresholds lie (a different question).

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