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High-dimensional expansion, a generalization of graph expansion to higher-order edges, has recently garnered significant attention in the theoretical computer science community for the additional boost they give in applications like error-correction and approximate sampling. In this thesis, we explore two problems related to high-dimensional expansion, using tools from the geometry of polynomials as well as high-dimensional convex geometry.

First, we study approximate sampling from discrete distributions. The framework for sampling obtained from high-dimensional expansion provides both a natural set of random walks to use in MCMC algorithms, as well as a set of tools for their analysis. We show that the geometric properties (e.g. log-concavity) of a polynomial derived from the distribution allows us to speed up the implementations of these random walks.

Next, we study a random graph model called the "random geometric graph," with an eventual goal of understanding its modeling capabilities as well as its high-dimensional expansion properties. Along the way, we prove new results about distinguishing the random geometric graph model from the Erdos-Renyi model, and develop a new geometric toolkit for analyzing these graphs.

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Title
Geometry-Inspired Sampling Algorithms and Random Graphs
Creator
Yang, Elizabeth, Author
Published
EECS Department, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 05/10/23
Full Collection Name
Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences Technical Reports
Other Identifiers
EECS-2023-87
Type
Text
Format
technical reports
Extent
115 p
Language
eng
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