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Self-concordance is NP-hard

Optimization and Control 2013-04-01 v1 Computational Complexity

Abstract

We give an elementary proof of a somewhat curious result, namely, that deciding whether a convex function is self-concordant is in general an intractable problem.

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@article{arxiv.1303.7455,
  title  = {Self-concordance is NP-hard},
  author = {Lek-Heng Lim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.7455},
  year   = {2013}
}
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