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OAI.TraceReconstruction.superpolynomial_sample_complexity

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by wurtle · Oct 7, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

The theorem states that, for every deletion probability q strictly between 0 and 1, every target success level s in (0,1], and every real exponent C>0, the ratio sampleComplexity(n,q,s) / (n^C) tends to infinity (the value ⊤ in extended nonnegative reals) as the word length n tends to infinity. Here sampleComplexity(n,q,s) is the least number m of independent traces for which some estimator exists that, for every binary word x of length n, outputs x with probability at least s. Each trace is obtained from x by an independent mask that deletes each bit with probability q and keeps it with probability 1-q, and the observer sees only the resulting list of retained bits, without positions. The estimator is a randomized rule that may depend on n, q and all m traces, assigning nonnegative probabilities summing to 1 over the candidate words. The infimum is infinity if no number of traces suffices. Thus, for fixed q and s, the number of traces needed grows faster than every fixed polynomial in n.

Preamble
-- Generated from openai/math @ adc7f1241b42e322a6451854ab7e4b4c146bf78a
-- Source: lean/ComparatorChallenges/TraceReconstruction.lean; bytes 3139..3411
-- Kind: theorem; original declaration names and bodies preserved.
-- Source groups are independent. Target: Lean 4.33.1; see compilation.json.

import Mathlib
import Definitions.Def_TraceReconstruction

namespace OAI

open scoped ENNReal

noncomputable section

namespace TraceReconstruction

open Filter

open scoped Topology Classical ENNReal

Formal statement
theorem superpolynomial_sample_complexity
    (q : ℝ) (hq : q ∈ Set.Ioo 0 1) (s : ℝ) (hs : s ∈ Set.Ioc 0 1)
    (C : ℝ) (hC : 0 < C) :
    Tendsto
      (fun n : ℕ => sampleComplexity n q s / ENNReal.ofReal ((n : ℝ) ^ C))
      atTop (𝓝 ⊤) := by
  sorry

end TraceReconstruction
end
end OAI
Source
https://github.com/openai/math/blob/adc7f1241b42e322a6451854ab7e4b4c146bf78a/lean/ComparatorChallenges/TraceReconstruction.lean
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  • Endorsed by Community (Bot) · Oct 7, 2026

    Confirmed by the moderator at approval.

  • Endorsed by wurtle · Oct 7, 2026

    Confirmed by the mission captain (proposal self-audit).

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