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A polynomial optimization problem (POP) asks for minimizing a polynomial function given a finite set of polynomial constraints (equations and inequalities). This problem is well-known to be hard in general, as it encodes many hard…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-24 Luis Felipe Vargas

The problem of minimizing a polynomial over a set of polynomial inequalities is an NP-hard non-convex problem. Thanks to powerful results from real algebraic geometry, one can convert this problem into a nested sequence of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-26 Victor Magron , Jie Wang

This paper considers polynomial optimization with unbounded sets. We give a homogenization formulation and propose a hierarchy of Moment-SOS relaxations to solve it. Under the assumptions that the feasible set is closed at infinity and the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Lei Huang , Jiawang Nie , Ya-Xiang Yuan

This paper studies the hierarchy of local minimums of a polynomial in the space. For this purpose, we first compute H-minimums, for which the first and second order optimality conditions are satisfied. To compute each H-minimum, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-11-26 Jiawang Nie

We consider the unconstrained optimization of multivariate trigonometric polynomials by the sum-of-squares hierarchy of lower bounds. We first show a convergence rate of $O(1/s^2)$ for the relaxation with degree $s$ without any assumption…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-04-19 Francis Bach , Alessandro Rudi

In this survey we consider polynomial optimization problems, asking to minimize a polynomial function over a compact semialgebraic set, defined by polynomial inequalities. This models a great variety of (in general, nonlinear nonconvex)…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-01-16 Monique Laurent , Lucas Slot

In this paper, we describe a new method to compute the minimum of a real polynomial function and the ideal defining the points which minimize this polynomial function, assuming that the minimizer ideal is zero-dimensional. Our method is a…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2013-03-22 Marta Abril Bucero , Bernard Mourrain , Philippe Trebuchet

We construct a convergent family of outer approximations for the problem of optimizing polynomial functions over convex bodies subject to polynomial constraints. This is achieved by generalizing the polarization hierarchy, which has…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-17 Martin Plávala , Laurens T. Ligthart , David Gross

Consider the problem of minimizing a polynomial $f$ over a compact semialgebraic set ${\mathbf{X} \subseteq \mathbb{R}^n}$. Lasserre introduces hierarchies of semidefinite programs to approximate this hard optimization problem, based on…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-09 Lucas Slot

Given polynomials f(x), g_i(x), h_j(x), we study how to minimize f on the semialgebraic set S = { x \in R^n: h_1(x)=...=h_{m_1}(x) =0, g_1(x) >= 0, ..., g_{m_2}(x) >= 0}. Let f_{min} be the minimum of f on S. Suppose S is nonsingular and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-06-15 Jiawang Nie

We consider a new hierarchy of semidefinite relaxations for the general polynomial optimization problem $(P):\:f^{\ast}=\min \{\,f(x):x\in K\,\}$ on a compact basic semi-algebraic set $K\subset\R^n$. This hierarchy combines some advantages…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-06-29 Jean-Bernard Lasserre , Toh Kim-Chuan , Yang Shouguang

This work focuses on minimizing the eigenvalue of a noncommutative polynomial subject to a finite number of noncommutative polynomial inequality constraints. Based on the Helton-McCullough Positivstellensatz, the noncommutative analog of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-10 Igor Klep , Victor Magron , Gaël Massé , Jurij Volčič

There has been much recent interest in hierarchies of progressively stronger convexifications of polynomial optimisation problems (POP). These often converge to the global optimum of the POP, asymptotically, but prove challenging to solve…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-24 Wann-Jiun Ma , Jakub Marecek , Martin Mevissen

This paper proposes a real moment-HSOS hierarchy for complex polynomial optimization problems with real coefficients. We show that this hierarchy provides the same sequence of lower bounds as the complex analogue, yet is much cheaper to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-27 Jie Wang , Victor Magron

The Lasserre or moment-sum-of-square hierarchy of linear matrix inequality relaxations is used to compute inner approximations of the maximal positively invariant set for continuous-time dynamical systems with polynomial vector fields.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-05-23 Antoine Oustry , Matteo Tacchi , Didier Henrion

A basic closed semialgebraic subset of $\mathbb{R}^{n}$ is defined by simultaneous polynomial inequalities $p_{1}\geq 0,\ldots,p_{m}\geq 0$. We consider Lasserre's relaxation hierarchy to solve the problem of minimizing a polynomial over…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-04-10 María López Quijorna

One considers polynomial optimization problems with compact feasible set $\mathbf{\Omega}$ defined by SOS-concave polynomials $g_j$, and with a globally non-convex polynomial objective $f$. We show that if $f$ is strongly convex on…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-03 Srećko Ðurašinović , Jean B. Lasserre

We consider the problem of computing the minimum value $f_{\min,K}$ of a polynomial $f$ over a compact set $K \subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$, which can be reformulated as finding a probability measure $\nu$ on $K$ minimizing $\int_K f d\nu$.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-01-31 Lucas Slot , Monique Laurent

This thesis explores algorithmic applications and limitations of convex relaxation hierarchies for approximating some discrete and continuous optimization problems. - We show a dichotomy of approximability of constraint satisfaction…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-09-01 Mrinalkanti Ghosh

Let $\mathbf{X} \subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$ be a closed set, and consider the problem of computing the minimum $f_{\min}$ of a polynomial $f$ on $\mathbf{X}$. Given a measure $\mu$ supported on $\mathbf{X}$, Lasserre (SIAM J. Optim. 21(3),…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-08-19 Lucas Slot , Manuel Wiedmer