Theory of Computing ------------------- Title : Tight Bounds on the Average Sensitivity of k-CNF Authors : Kazuyuki Amano Volume : 7 Number : 4 Pages : 45-48 URL : https://theoryofcomputing.org/articles/v007a004 Abstract -------- The average sensitivity of a Boolean function is the expectation, given a uniformly random input, of the number of input bits which when flipped change the output of the function. Answering a question by O'Donnell, we show that every Boolean function represented by a k-CNF (or a k-DNF) has average sensitivity at most k. This bound is tight since the parity function on k variables has average sensitivity k.