OpenAI reports unbounded violations of the square-root degree bound

For every C>0, some nonconstant Boolean function on a finite sign cube has the sum of its linear Fourier coefficients greater than C√deg(f), where degree is that of its real multilinear representation.

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For every C>0, some nonconstant Boolean function on a finite sign cube has the sum of its linear Fourier coefficients greater than C√deg(f), where degree is that of its real multilinear representation.

Why it matters

If correct, disproves even a constant-factor form of the proposed square-root degree bound.

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Can the signed linear Fourier-coefficient sum be bounded by a constant times square-root degree?

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