Plectis Atlas
Hidden-vector matroid selection with worst-order guarantee
Family 111: One-sample matroid prophet inequalities against an almighty adversary
Candidate pairing
Theorem
There is a measurable online selection rule, independent of the value distributions, with the following property. Let M=(E,\mathcal I) be any finite known labeled matroid, and let (S_e,V_e:e\in E) be mutually independent nonnegative real random variables, with S_e and V_e having the same arbitrary law D_e. Assume \Ex[\OPT_M(V)]<\infty. The rule receives exactly the sample vector S before arrivals and uses a seed R independent of S,V.
For every measurable permutation rule \pi depending on M, the laws (D_e), S, V, and R, the rule accepts an independent set A, irrevocably deciding at each arrival using only the available history, and
One Sample Suffices for Matroid Prophet Inequalities against an Almighty Adversary
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The Lean statement says
def HiddenVectorChallenge : Prop := ∀ (n : ℕ) (M : Matroid (Fin n)), M.E = Set.univ → ∃ (bits : ℕ) (ν : Measure (Seed bits)), IsProbabilityMeasure ν ∧ ∃ (A : HiddenRule n bits), (∀ (w : Weights n), (∀ e, 0 ≤ w e) → ∀ (r : Seed bits) (π : ArrivalOrder n) (t : ℕ), M.Indep (hiddenAcceptedThrough A r w π t : Set (Fin n))) ∧ ∀ (w : Weights n), (∀ e, 0 ≤ w e) → ((2 : ℝ) ^ 293)⁻¹ * optimum M w ≤ ∫ r, hiddenWorstReward A w r ∂νtheorem one_sample.{u} : MatroidProphet.OneSampleChallenge.{u} := by sorrytheorem hidden_vector : MatroidProphet.HiddenVectorChallenge := by sorrytheorem secretary.{u} : MatroidProphet.SecretaryChallenge.{u} := by sorryA Lean statement states the theorem and leaves its proof as sorry on purpose. OpenAI’s proof is in a separate solution module, and a program called Comparator checks that proof against this statement.