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On the Fourier spectrum of monotone functions
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The average sensitivity of bounded-depth circuits
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The influence of variables on Boolean functions
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Improved Bounds for Testing Juntas
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The Total Influence (Average Sensitivity) of a discrete function is one of its fundamental measures. We study the problem of approximating the total influence of a monotone Boolean function, which we denote by I[f]. We present a randomized algorithm that approximates the influence of such functions to within a multiplicative factor of (1 ± ε) by performing O(√n I[f] poly(1/ε)) queries. We also prove a lower bound of Ω(√n logn·I[f]) on the query complexity of any constant factor approximation algorithm for this problem (which holds for I[f]=Ω(1)), hence showing that our algorithm is almost optimal in terms of its dependence on n. For general functions, we give a lower bound of Ω(n I[f]), which matches the complexity of a simple sampling algorithm.