Low-Degree Hardness of Detection for Correlated Erdős-Rényi Graphs

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Autori principali: Ding, Jian, Du, Hang, Li, Zhangsong
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author Ding, Jian
Du, Hang
Li, Zhangsong
author_facet Ding, Jian
Du, Hang
Li, Zhangsong
contents Given two Erdős-Rényi graphs with $n$ vertices whose edges are correlated through a latent vertex correspondence, we study complexity lower bounds for the associated correlation detection problem for the class of low-degree polynomial algorithms. We provide evidence that any degree-$O(ρ^{-1})$ polynomial algorithm fails for detection, where $ρ$ is the edge correlation. Furthermore, in the sparse regime where the edge density $q=n^{-1+o(1)}$, we provide evidence that any degree-$d$ polynomial algorithm fails for detection, as long as $\log d=o\big( \frac{\log n}{\log nq} \wedge \sqrt{\log n} \big)$ and the correlation $ρ<\sqrtα$ where $α\approx 0.338$ is the Otter's constant. Our result suggests that several state-of-the-art algorithms on correlation detection and exact matching recovery may be essentially the best possible.
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spellingShingle Low-Degree Hardness of Detection for Correlated Erdős-Rényi Graphs
Ding, Jian
Du, Hang
Li, Zhangsong
Data Structures and Algorithms
Probability
Statistics Theory
68Q87, 62M20
Given two Erdős-Rényi graphs with $n$ vertices whose edges are correlated through a latent vertex correspondence, we study complexity lower bounds for the associated correlation detection problem for the class of low-degree polynomial algorithms. We provide evidence that any degree-$O(ρ^{-1})$ polynomial algorithm fails for detection, where $ρ$ is the edge correlation. Furthermore, in the sparse regime where the edge density $q=n^{-1+o(1)}$, we provide evidence that any degree-$d$ polynomial algorithm fails for detection, as long as $\log d=o\big( \frac{\log n}{\log nq} \wedge \sqrt{\log n} \big)$ and the correlation $ρ<\sqrtα$ where $α\approx 0.338$ is the Otter's constant. Our result suggests that several state-of-the-art algorithms on correlation detection and exact matching recovery may be essentially the best possible.
title Low-Degree Hardness of Detection for Correlated Erdős-Rényi Graphs
topic Data Structures and Algorithms
Probability
Statistics Theory
68Q87, 62M20
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.15931