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In this paper we provide a generalization of the Douglas-Rachford splitting (DRS) and the primal-dual algorithm (Vu 2013, Condat 2013) for solving monotone inclusions in a real Hilbert space involving a general linear operator. The proposed…
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Semidefinite programs (SDPs) are a framework for exact or approximate optimization that have widespread application in quantum information theory. We introduce a new method for using reductions to construct integrality gaps for SDPs. These…
Semidefinite programs (SDPs) are a particular class of convex optimization problems with applications in combinatorial optimization, operational research, and quantum information science. Seminal work by Brand\~{a}o and Svore shows that a…
We express the optimization of entanglement witnesses for arbitrary bipartite states in terms of a class of convex optimization problems known as Robust Semidefinite Programs (RSDP). We propose, using well known properties of RSDP, several…
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