Fulek defined the $0$-$1$ matrix \[ L_3=\begin{pmatrix} 1&0&0&1&0\\ 0&0&0&0&1\\ 0&1&1&0&0 \end{pmatrix} \] and asked whether $\text{ex}(n,L_3) = O(n)$. We prove that every $r\times s$ $0$-$1$ matrix avoiding $L_3$ has at most $27r+2s$ $1$ entries. Fulek's general lower bound construction has $6n-8$ $1$ entries, so \[ 6n-8\leq \text{ex}(n,L_3)\leq29n \] for $n\geq5$. The same argument applies to an infinite family. If $Q_{a,b,k,\ell}$ is the light three-row matrix with column word $1^a3^k1^b2^\ell$, where $a,b,\ell\geq1$ and $k\geq2$, then \[ \text{ex}(r,s,Q_{a,b,k,\ell}) \leq\bigl(5(k-1)(4b+1)+a+b+\ell-1\bigr)r+2s. \] This verifies a conjecture of Pettie and Tardos on linear light patterns for an infinite family that includes the previously unresolved weight-five pattern $L_3$. The proof assigns matrix entries to edges of a bar $1$-visibility hypergraph, cuts gaps to control the multiplicity of these edges, and charges the cuts to a noncrossing graph on the rows.
Let $\Omega_n$ denote the set of $n\times n$ doubly stochastic matrices. Kim and Roush conjectured in 1981 that, for $n=2k+1>1$, $ \max_{A\in\Omega_{2k+1}}\operatorname{per}(I-A)=3\cdot 2^{k-2}$. They proposed the block construction $A_\star=\frac12(J_3-I_3)\oplus P_2^{\oplus(k-1)}$, where $P_2=\begin{pmatrix}0&1\\1&0\...
Given an $n\times n$ symmetric matrix $M$ with largest eigenvalue $\lambda_1\geq 0$, it is easy to show that the solution of the optimisation problem $\max_{v\in [-1,1]^n}v^TMv$ is at most $\lambda_1 n$. We prove the following converse: if every $n'\times n'$ principal submatrix of $M$ has maximal eigenvalue at least $...
Oliver Janzer, István Tomon, Fredy Yip· 1 citation
The Matrix Spencer conjecture asserts that for all symmetric matrices $A_1,\ldots,A_n\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ with $\|A_i\|\le1$ there are signs $\varepsilon_1,\ldots,\varepsilon_n\in\{-1,1\}$ with $\|\sum_{i=1}^n\varepsilon_iA_i\|=O(\sqrt n)$. We prove it: a signing of discrepancy below $8\sqrt n$ always exists. We...
For every $2<p<\infty$ and every integer $r\ge2$, we construct a finite set $T\subseteq S_{L^p[0,1]}$ such that $|T|\le2^{Cr^2}$, $\gamma_2(T)\le Cr$, and $\gamma_2(\conv T)\ge c r^{3/2-1/p}$. Consequently, for every fixed $p>2$, both estimates in Talagrand's Research Problem~2.11.3 fail in each of the spaces $L^p[0,1]...
We give a random-bit-efficient construction for the inverse star discrepancy. For every fixed $u\in(0,1)$, $k$-wise independent uniform points $\boldsymbol{X}_1,\ldots,\boldsymbol{X}_N$ with $k=O(d(1+\log(1+N/d)))$ satisfy the Monte Carlo bound $D_N^*(\boldsymbol{X}_1,\ldots,\boldsymbol{X}_N) =O(\sqrt{d/N})$ with proba...
We resolve the Rademacher singularity conjecture: an $n\times n$ matrix with independent uniform $\{-1,1\}$ entries is singular with probability $(2+o(1))n^22^{-n}$. More generally, for an $n\times n$ matrix $M_n$ with independent entries uniform on a fixed set $S\subset\mathbb{R}$ of cardinality $q\ge2$, we prove $\ma...
