Academic paper
Weak-Type Bounds for Convolution on the Boolean Hypercube
Abstract
Let $G$ be the Boolean hypercube which carries uniform measure $\lambda$, and let $T_\mu$ denote convolution by a finite positive measure $\mu$ on $G$. For $\psi_\mu(u)=\sup\{u\lambda(\{T_\mu f\geq u\}):f\geq 0,\|f\|_1=1\},$ we prove Talagrand's convolution conjecture (Talagrand, 1989): if $\mu_a=((1+a)\delta_1/2+(1-a)\delta_{-1}/2)^{\otimes n}$ and $0<a<1$, then $\psi_{\mu_a}(u)\leq C_a/\sqrt{\log u}$ for every $u > 1$ and $n\geq1$, where $C_a$ depends only on $a$. The proof utilizes the reverse-heat and Boolean-bridge framework of Chen (2025) and the localized terminal-discrepancy method of Xiang and Zhang (2026). We introduce a new power coupling: each reverse edge ratio is split into two geometric powers. This choice produces a switched exponential weight which restores the exact reverse jump rate of the perturbed coordinate. The resulting endpoint comparison yields an anti-concentration profile estimate without the iterated-logarithmic factor. The proof was discovered by the Odin Automatic AI Research Agent.
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