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When m = 2, this gives the fifirst generator of seed length O(log n) which fools all weight-based tests, meaning that the distribution of the weight of any subset is &#8220;-close to the appropriate binomial distribution in statistical distance. Along the way, we give a generator for combinatorial rectangles with seed length O(log<sup>1.5<\/sup> n) and error 1\/poly(n), matching Lu&#8217;s bound [ICALP 1998]. For our proof we give a simple lemma which allows us to convert closeness in Kolmogorov (cdf) distance to closeness in statistical distance. As a corollary of our technique, we give an alternative proof of a powerful variant of the classical central limit theorem showing convergence in statistical distance, instead of the usual Kolmogorov distance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We construct pseudorandom generators for combinatorial shapes, which substantially generalize combinatorial rectangles, -biased spaces, 0\/1 halfspaces, and 0\/1 modular sums. 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