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A Semidefinite Representation for some Minimum Cardinality Problems

Optimization and Control 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

Using techniques developed in [Lasserre02], we show that some minimum cardinality problems subject to linear inequalities can be represented as finite sequences of semidefinite programs. In particular, we provide a semidefinite representation of the minimum rank problem on positive semidefinite matrices. We also use this technique to cast the problem of finding convex lower bounds on the objective as a semidefinite program.

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@article{arxiv.math/0302092,
  title  = {A Semidefinite Representation for some Minimum Cardinality Problems},
  author = {Alexandre d'Aspremont},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0302092},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

No figures, this version removes typos, improves notation and corrects two minor errors in section 3 and 4