{"title":"On the Existence and Properties of Convex Extensions of Boolean Functions","authors":"D. N. Barotov","doi":"10.1134/s0001434624030210","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Abstract</h3><p> We study the problem of the existence of a convex extension of any Boolean function <span>\\(f(x_1,x_2,\\dots,x_n)\\)</span> to the set <span>\\([0,1]^n\\)</span>. A convex extension <span>\\(f_C(x_1,x_2,\\dots,x_n)\\)</span> of an arbitrary Boolean function <span>\\(f(x_1,x_2,\\dots,x_n)\\)</span> to the set <span>\\([0,1]^n\\)</span> is constructed. On the basis of the constructed convex extension <span>\\(f_C(x_1,x_2,\\dots,x_n)\\)</span>, it is proved that any Boolean function <span>\\(f(x_1,x_2,\\dots,x_n)\\)</span> has infinitely many convex extensions to <span>\\([0,1]^n\\)</span>. Moreover, it is proved constructively that, for any Boolean function <span>\\(f(x_1,x_2,\\dots,x_n)\\)</span>, there exists a unique function <span>\\(f_{DM}(x_1,x_2,\\dots,x_n)\\)</span> being its maximal convex extensions to <span>\\([0,1]^n\\)</span>. </p>","PeriodicalId":0,"journal":{"name":"","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"","FirstCategoryId":"100","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s0001434624030210","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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We study the problem of the existence of a convex extension of any Boolean function \(f(x_1,x_2,\dots,x_n)\) to the set \([0,1]^n\). A convex extension \(f_C(x_1,x_2,\dots,x_n)\) of an arbitrary Boolean function \(f(x_1,x_2,\dots,x_n)\) to the set \([0,1]^n\) is constructed. On the basis of the constructed convex extension \(f_C(x_1,x_2,\dots,x_n)\), it is proved that any Boolean function \(f(x_1,x_2,\dots,x_n)\) has infinitely many convex extensions to \([0,1]^n\). Moreover, it is proved constructively that, for any Boolean function \(f(x_1,x_2,\dots,x_n)\), there exists a unique function \(f_{DM}(x_1,x_2,\dots,x_n)\) being its maximal convex extensions to \([0,1]^n\).