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How to Convexify the Intersection of a Second Order Cone and a Nonconvex Quadratic

Optimization and Control 2016-05-25 v3

Abstract

A recent series of papers has examined the extension of disjunctive-programming techniques to mixed-integer second-order-cone programming. For example, it has been shown---by several authors using different techniques---that the convex hull of the intersection of an ellipsoid, EE, and a split disjunction, (lxj)(xju)0(l - x_j)(x_j - u) \le 0 with l<ul < u, equals the intersection of EE with an additional second-order-cone representable (SOCr) set. In this paper, we study more general intersections of the form KQK \cap Q and KQHK \cap Q \cap H, where KK is a SOCr cone, QQ is a nonconvex cone defined by a single homogeneous quadratic, and HH is an affine hyperplane. Under several easy-to-verify conditions, we derive simple, computable convex relaxations KSK \cap S and KSHK \cap S \cap H, where SS is a SOCr cone. Under further conditions, we prove that these two sets capture precisely the corresponding conic/convex hulls. Our approach unifies and extends previous results, and we illustrate its applicability and generality with many examples.

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@article{arxiv.1406.1031,
  title  = {How to Convexify the Intersection of a Second Order Cone and a Nonconvex Quadratic},
  author = {Sam Burer and Fatma Kilinc-Karzan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.1031},
  year   = {2016}
}