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In sparse optimization, enforcing hard constraints using the $\ell_0$ pseudo-norm offers advantages like controlled sparsity compared to convex relaxations. However, many real-world applications demand not only sparsity constraints but also…

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We consider the general nonlinear optimization problem where the objective function has an additional term defined by the $ \ell_0 $-quasi-norm in order to promote sparsity of a solution. This problem is highly difficult due to its…

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