2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/155007We study the approximability of predicates on $k$ variables from a domain $[q]$, and give a new sufficient condition for such predicates to be approximation resistant under the Unique Games Conjecture. Specifically, we show that a predicate $P$ is approximation resistant if there exists a balanced pairwise independent distribution over $[q]^k$ whose support is contained in the set of satisfying assignments to $P$.Computational Complexitytext