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Norm of solution of quadratic program

In a quadratic program (QP), do linear equality constraints always reduce the norm of the minimizer? Specifically, let $P \succ 0$, $A \in \mathsf{M}_{m\times n}$ and $q\in\mathbb{R}^n$. Define $$x^* ...
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Tighest Gap $\|x\|_1/\|x\|_2$ between $\ell^1$ and $\ell^2$ norms

I'm looking specifically at the optimization problem $$ \begin{align*} \text{maximize: }& n - \frac{\|\lambda\|_1^2}{\|\lambda\|_2^2}\\ \text{subj. to: }& \lambda \succeq \epsilon\mathbf{1} \...
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Best Approximation in Operator/non-Frobenius Norm

Since the Frobenius norm on matrices is generated by an inner product, solving the optimization/approximation problem of approximating an operator $X$ with a scalar multiple of another operator $Y$ $$\...
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Solving Matrix/Operator Equation $H P X + X P H + HQ = 0$

This problem arises when minimizing the operator equation $X P X^* + X Q + R$ over positive $X$ with respect to the positive cone on a Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}$. The (reduced) task: Given $P$ and $...
3 votes
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Is there some quantitative version of interlacing of eigenvalues of a matrix under rank-1 update?

Given a real symmetric matrix $A$ and a vector $v$ of the same dimension we know that the eigenvalues of $A + vv^T$ are left interlaced by the eigenvalues of $A$. But do we have any quantitative ...
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Lower bound for spectral radius on $\operatorname{GL}(n,\mathbb{Z})$

Consider the group of matrices $G =\operatorname{GL}(n,\mathbb{Z})$ with integer entries and determinant $\pm 1$. For each matrix $D \in G$, the product of the eigenvalues of $D$ is equal to $\det D =\...
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The set of matrices with same spectral radius

I am working on an optimization problem over the set of positive matrices (that is, matrices where all entries are positive numbers) that have the same spectral radius. My main problem is how to ...
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lipschitz constant of a multivariate function

I have a function $f:\mathbb{R}^{50} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ and I need to compute the Lipschitz constant of $f$ to solve an optimization problem using a specific algorithm. Does any one have ...