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Remark: 111-01. One Sample Suffices for Matroid Prophet Inequalities against an Almighty Adversary

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Authors: OpenAI. Family 111.

Title: One Sample Suffices for Matroid Prophet Inequalities against an Almighty Adversary.

Abstract: We prove that one independent sample per element suffices for a constant-competitive prophet inequality on every finite matroid. The guarantee holds even when the arrival-order adversary observes all samples, all online values, and the algorithm's entire random seed. The rule needs no description of the value distributions and achieves the absolute competitive ratio $2{}{-310}$.

This abstract is a catalogue record. It is not a verification and not a premise. It does not close O.1. O.1 stays NOT_CLOSED. No quantum coefficient is admitted. No compilation is asserted.

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