Coarse scrambling for Sobol' and Niederreiter sequences

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contents We introduce \emph{coarse scrambling}, a novel randomization for digital sequences that permutes blocks of digits in a mixed-radix representation. This construction is designed to preserve the powerful $(0,\boldsymbol{e},d)$-sequence property of the underlying points. For sufficiently smooth integrands, we prove that this method achieves the canonical $O(n^{-3+ε})$ variance decay rate, matching that of standard Owen's scrambling. Crucially, we show that its maximal gain coefficient grows only logarithmically with dimension, $O(\log d)$, thus providing theoretical robustness against the curse of dimensionality affecting scrambled Sobol' sequences. Numerical experiments validate these findings and illustrate a practical trade-off: while Owen's scrambling is superior for integrands sensitive to low-dimensional projections, coarse scrambling is competitive for functions with low effective truncation dimension.
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spellingShingle Coarse scrambling for Sobol' and Niederreiter sequences
Suzuki, Kosuke
Numerical Analysis
65C05, 65D30
We introduce \emph{coarse scrambling}, a novel randomization for digital sequences that permutes blocks of digits in a mixed-radix representation. This construction is designed to preserve the powerful $(0,\boldsymbol{e},d)$-sequence property of the underlying points. For sufficiently smooth integrands, we prove that this method achieves the canonical $O(n^{-3+ε})$ variance decay rate, matching that of standard Owen's scrambling. Crucially, we show that its maximal gain coefficient grows only logarithmically with dimension, $O(\log d)$, thus providing theoretical robustness against the curse of dimensionality affecting scrambled Sobol' sequences. Numerical experiments validate these findings and illustrate a practical trade-off: while Owen's scrambling is superior for integrands sensitive to low-dimensional projections, coarse scrambling is competitive for functions with low effective truncation dimension.
title Coarse scrambling for Sobol' and Niederreiter sequences
topic Numerical Analysis
65C05, 65D30
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.02111