Tight Lower Bound for Multicolor Discrepancy

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Autores principales: Manurangsi, Pasin, Meka, Raghu
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author Manurangsi, Pasin
Meka, Raghu
author_facet Manurangsi, Pasin
Meka, Raghu
contents We prove the following asymptotically tight lower bound for $k$-color discrepancy: For any $k \geq 2$, there exists a hypergraph with $n$ hyperedges such that its $k$-color discrepancy is at least $Ω(\sqrt{n})$. This improves on the previously known lower bound of $Ω(\sqrt{n/\log k})$ due to Caragiannis et al. (arXiv:2502.10516). As an application, we show that our result implies improved lower bounds for group fair division.
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spellingShingle Tight Lower Bound for Multicolor Discrepancy
Manurangsi, Pasin
Meka, Raghu
Discrete Mathematics
Computer Science and Game Theory
We prove the following asymptotically tight lower bound for $k$-color discrepancy: For any $k \geq 2$, there exists a hypergraph with $n$ hyperedges such that its $k$-color discrepancy is at least $Ω(\sqrt{n})$. This improves on the previously known lower bound of $Ω(\sqrt{n/\log k})$ due to Caragiannis et al. (arXiv:2502.10516). As an application, we show that our result implies improved lower bounds for group fair division.
title Tight Lower Bound for Multicolor Discrepancy
topic Discrete Mathematics
Computer Science and Game Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.18489