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A Newton-bracketing method for a simple conic optimization problem
For the Lagrangian-DNN relaxation of quadratic optimization problems (QOPs),
we propose a Newton-bracketing method to improve the performance of the
bisection-projection method implemented in BBCPOP [to appear in ACM Tran.
Softw., 2019]. The relaxation problem is converted into the problem of finding
the largest zero of a continuously differentiable (except at )
convex function such that if
and otherwise. In theory, the method generates lower
and upper bounds of both converging to . Their convergence is
quadratic if the right derivative of at is positive. Accurate
computation of is necessary for the robustness of the method, but it is
difficult to achieve in practice. As an alternative, we present a
secant-bracketing method. We demonstrate that the method improves the quality
of the lower bounds obtained by BBCPOP and SDPNAL+ for binary QOP instances
from BIQMAC. Moreover, new lower bounds for the unknown optimal values of large
scale QAP instances from QAPLIB are reported.Comment: 19 pages, 2 figure
Strong duality of a conic optimization problem with a single hyperplane and two cone constraints
Strong (Lagrangian) duality of general conic optimization problems (COPs) has
long been studied and its profound and complicated results appear in different
forms in a wide range of literatures. As a result, characterizing the known and
unknown results can sometimes be difficult. The aim of this article is to
provide a unified and geometric view of strong duality of COPs for the known
results. For our framework, we employ a COP minimizing a linear function in a
vector variable subject to a single hyperplane constraint and two
cone constraints , . It can be identically reformulated
as a simpler COP with the single hyperplane constraint and the single
cone constraint . This simple COP and its dual as well as
their duality relation can be represented geometrically, and they have no
duality gap without any constraint qualification. The dual of the original
target COP is equivalent to the dual of the reformulated COP if the Minkowski
sum of the duals of the two cones and is closed or if the dual of
the reformulated COP satisfies a certain Slater condition. Thus, these two
conditions make it possible to transfer all duality results, including the
existence and/or boundedness of optimal solutions, on the reformulated COP to
the ones on the original target COP, and further to the ones on a standard
primal-dual pair of COPs with symmetry
Bis(μ2-4,7-dimethyl-4,7-diazadecane-1,10-dithiolato)trinickel(II) bis(perchlorate)
In the title compound, [Ni3(C10H22N2S2)2](ClO4)2, the complex cation consists of a nickel(II) ion and two [Ni(C10H22N2S2)] units with an N2S2 tetradentate ligand, 3,3′-[1,2-ethanediylbis(methylimino)]bis(1-propanethiolate). The central NiII ion is located on a crystallographic inversion centre and is bound to the four S atoms of the two [Ni(C10H22N2S2)] units to form a linear sulfur-bridged trimetallic moiety. The dihedral angle between the central NiS4 plane and the terminal NiN2S2 plane is 145.71 (5)°. In the [Ni(C10H22N2S2)] unit, the two methyl groups on the chelating N atoms are cis to each other, and the two six-membered N,S-chelate rings adopt a chair conformation. The Ni—S bond lengths and the S—Ni—S bite angles in the central NiS4 group are similar to those in the [Ni(C10H22N2S2)] unit
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