On uniform definability of types over finite sets for NIP formulas

Shlomo Eshel, Itay Kaplan*

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Abstract

Combining two results from machine learning theory we prove that a formula is NIP if and only if it satisfies uniform definability of types over finite sets (UDTFS). This settles a conjecture of Laskowski.

Original languageAmerican English
Article number2150015
Pages (from-to)2150015:1-2150015:13
Number of pages13
JournalJournal of Mathematical Logic
Volume21
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2021

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
I. Kaplan would like to thank the Israel Science Foundation for partial support of this research (Grants Nos. 1533/14 and 1254/18). We thank the anonymous referee for their remarks, and specifically for suggesting to add Remark 12 which certainly helps the presentation.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 World Scientific Publishing Company.

Keywords

  • Local UDTFS
  • local NIP
  • recursive teaching dimension
  • sample compression schemes

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