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Optimality certificates for convex minimization and Helly numbers

Optimization and Control 2016-10-28 v1

Abstract

We consider the problem of minimizing a convex function over a subset of R^n that is not necessarily convex (minimization of a convex function over the integer points in a polytope is a special case). We define a family of duals for this problem and show that, under some natural conditions, strong duality holds for a dual problem in this family that is more restrictive than previously considered duals.

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@article{arxiv.1610.08648,
  title  = {Optimality certificates for convex minimization and Helly numbers},
  author = {Amitabh Basu and Michele Conforti and Gérard Cornuéjols and Robert Weismantel and Stefan Weltge},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.08648},
  year   = {2016}
}

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5 pages

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