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Optimization with convex constraints and convex objectives; notions related to convex optimization such as sub-gradients, normal cones, separating hyperplanes

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How to project a vector on a set defined by linear inequality constraints through KKT condit...

Unlike textbook examples, most optimization problems don't have closed form solutions for the KKT conditions. I believe the inequality constraint renders this such a case. The projection you seek can …
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least square optimization under positive semidefinite constraint

This is easy to formulate and solve (presuming it's not too large or otherwise unpleasant) in CVX or YALMIP. CVX: cvx_begin variable X(length(a),length(a)) semidefinite minimize(norm(a*X-b)) cvx_end …
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Convex optimization closed-form solution

The problem is convex and is a Second Order Cone problem (SOCP) for $\beta \le 0.5$. The statement that the problem is convex for $\beta > 0.5$ is incorrect. There is no closed-form solution. If $\bet …
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Lagrange Multipliers for two constraints, degenerate case

If $\nabla g$ and $\nabla h$ are linearly independent at a given point, then the Linear Independence Constraint Qualification (LICQ) is satisfied, and presuming that $f$, $g$, and $h$ are all continuo …
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maximization of a log norm function

Adding to the answer by @Robert Israel (which I'm sure he knows, but didn't mention): Because log is strictly monotonically increasing, this problem is equivalent to $maximize \left( \|x\|_\infty \r …
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Has the following generalization of monotropic programming been studied in the literature?

The Extended Monotropic Programming problem deals with a more general extension to all n variables at a time than the two variables at a time extension you are interested in, except that the literatur …
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Convex optimization without Slater's condition

This is a partial answer, which addresses the practicalities of and workarounds for solving convex optimization problems not satisfying Slater's condition. It does not address the existence of a polyn …
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Convexity of a positive definite objective with min(x,y)-nonlinearity

$f(x)$ is not convex. Here is a counterexample to its convexity in MATLAB notation. C = [2 1;1 2] x1 = [1 2]' x2 = [2 1]' x3 = 0.5*(x1 + x2) Then f(x1) = f(x2) = 8 f(x3) = 9 > 0.5*(f(x1) + f(x2))
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Matrix Completion SDP Relaxation and Duality

The derivation of this dual is provided in example 8.8 "Sum of singular values revisited" of section 8.6 "Semidefinite duality and LMIs" of Mosek Modeling Cookbook 3.2.1.
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If $\ell_0$ regularization can be done via the proximal operator, why are people still using...

The application of proximal gradient to this exact problem is considered in (equations (2) and (35) in) the Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI) 2019 paper Fast Proximal Gradient Descent for A …
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Maximizing a pseudoconcave function in a box

You can formulate this in YALMIP (use sqrtm rather than sqrt to avoid convex modeling, which will fail, at least in this initial formulation). If as you say, any local maximum is a global maximum, …
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Is this parametrized semidefinite program convex?

Yes, this is convex because the objective function and all constraints are convex. The objective function is affine (linear), which is convex. The semidefinjite constraint on X is convex. The trace e …
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Quasi-concavity of $f(x)=\frac{1}{x+1} \int_0^x \log \left(1+\frac{1}{x+1+t} \right)~dt$

f(x) is increasing from 0 1o 1, where it reaches its global maximum, and decreasing from 1 to $\infty$. It is concave from 0 to 2.00841388..., and convex beyond that (note that the 2nd derivative of f …
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Is it possible to “solve” iterative (convex/non-convex) optimization problems via learning (...

Solve the unconstrained least squares problem in "one-shot", for example by QR or SVD (if not too big), if you consider that to be "one-shot". Then if the optimal $x$ to the unconstrained least squar …
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find a PSD matrix that that verify matrices sum of equality

The matrix variable $X$ only appears linearly (affinely), so this can be formulated and solved as a (convex) Linear Semidefinite optimization feasibility problem. Unless the solver runs into numerical …
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