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The Discrepancy Method Bernard Chazelle (Princeton University, New Jersey)

The Discrepancy Method By Bernard Chazelle (Princeton University, New Jersey)

The Discrepancy Method by Bernard Chazelle (Princeton University, New Jersey)


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The discrepancy method is the most fruitful line of attack on the pivotal question: what is the computational power of random bits? This book includes such topics as communication complexity, pseudo-randomness, rapidly mixing Markov chains, derandomization, convex hulls and Voronoi diagrams, linear programming, geometric sampling and VC-dimension theory, and multidimensional searching.

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The Discrepancy Method: Randomness and Complexity by Bernard Chazelle (Princeton University, New Jersey)

The discrepancy method is the glue that binds randomness and complexity. It is the bridge between randomized computation and discrepancy theory, the area of mathematics concerned with irregularities in distributions. The discrepancy method has played a major role in complexity theory; in particular, it has caused a mini-revolution of sorts in computational geometry. This book tells the story of the discrepancy method in a few short independent vignettes. It is a varied tale which includes such topics as communication complexity, pseudo-randomness, rapidly mixing Markov chains, points on the sphere and modular forms, derandomization, convex hulls, Voronoi diagrams, linear programming and extensions, geometric sampling, VC-dimension theory, minimum spanning trees, linear circuit complexity, and multidimensional searching. The mathematical treatment is thorough and self-contained. In particular, background material in discrepancy theory is supplied as needed. Thus the book should appeal to students and researchers in computer science, operations research, pure and applied mathematics, and engineering.

The Discrepancy Method Reviews

'Bernard Chazelle's book The Discrepancy Method is a technical tour de force ... this is an eminently readable book.' Prabhakar Raghavan, SIAM Review
' ... the main point is that by presenting the discrepancy method in such an impressive way as this book does, the author helps us to imagine the fantastic possibilities that randomization opens up to everybody, and he shows that current research in theoretical computer science has an astonishing impact on common fundamentals of all sciences. I believe that any reader interested in principal questions will enjoy this book.' The Computer Journal

Table of Contents

1. Combinatorial discrepancy; 2. Upper bounds in geometric discrepancy; 3. Lower bounds in geometric discrepancy; 4. Sampling; 5. Geometric searching; 6. Complexity lower bounds; 7. Convex hulls and Voronoi diagrams; 8. Linear programming and extensions; 9. Pseudo-randomness; 10. Communication complexity; 11. Minimum spanning trees; A. Probability theory; B. Harmonic analysis; C. Convex geometry.

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NPB9780521770934
9780521770934
0521770939
The Discrepancy Method: Randomness and Complexity by Bernard Chazelle (Princeton University, New Jersey)
New
Hardback
Cambridge University Press
2000-07-24
494
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