Semidefinite Programming(SDP) is one of the strongest algorithmic techniques used in the design of approximation algorithms. In recent years, Unique Games Conjecture(UGC) has proved to be intimately connected to the limitations of Semidefinite Programming. Making this connection precise, we show the following result: If UGC is true, then for every constraint satisfaction problem(CSP) the best approximation ratio is given by a certain simple SDP. Specifically, we show a generic conversion from SDP integrality gaps to UGC hardness results for every CSP. This result holds both for maximization and minimization problems over arbitrary finite domains. Using this connection between integrality gaps and hardness results we obtain a generic polynomial-time algorithm for all CSPs. Assuming the Unique Games Conjecture, this algorithm achieves the optimal approximation ratio for every CSP. Unconditionally, for all 2-CSPs the algorithm achieves an approximation ratio equal to the integrality gap of a natural SDP used in literature. Further the algorithm achieves at least as good an approximation ratio as the best known algorithms for several problems like MaxCut, Max2Sat, MaxDiCut

We present a generalization of Lindeberg’s method of proving the central limit theorem to encompass general smooth functions (instead of just sums) and dependent random variables. The technique is then used to obtain an invariance result for smooth functions of exchangeable random variables. As an illustrative application of this theorem, we then establish “convergence to Wigner’s law ” for eigenspectra of matrices with exchangeable random entries. 1 Introduction and

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