An Overview of Convergence Rates for Sum of Squares Hierarchies in Polynomial Optimization

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Hauptverfasser: Laurent, Monique, Slot, Lucas
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author Laurent, Monique
Slot, Lucas
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Slot, Lucas
contents In this survey we consider polynomial optimization problems, asking to minimize a polynomial function over a compact semialgebraic set, defined by polynomial inequalities. This models a great variety of (in general, nonlinear nonconvex) optimization problems. Various hierarchies of (lower and upper) bounds have been introduced, having the remarkable property that they converge asymptotically to the global minimum. These bounds exploit algebraic representations of positive polynomials in terms of sums of squares and can be computed using semidefinite optimization. Our focus lies in the performance analysis of these hierarchies of bounds, namely, in how far the bounds are from the global minimum as the degrees of the sums of squares they involve tend to infinity. We present the main state-of-the-art results and offer a gentle introductory overview over the various techniques that have been recently developed to establish them, stemming from the theory of orthogonal polynomials, approximation theory, Fourier analysis, and more.
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spellingShingle An Overview of Convergence Rates for Sum of Squares Hierarchies in Polynomial Optimization
Laurent, Monique
Slot, Lucas
Optimization and Control
90C22, 90C23
In this survey we consider polynomial optimization problems, asking to minimize a polynomial function over a compact semialgebraic set, defined by polynomial inequalities. This models a great variety of (in general, nonlinear nonconvex) optimization problems. Various hierarchies of (lower and upper) bounds have been introduced, having the remarkable property that they converge asymptotically to the global minimum. These bounds exploit algebraic representations of positive polynomials in terms of sums of squares and can be computed using semidefinite optimization. Our focus lies in the performance analysis of these hierarchies of bounds, namely, in how far the bounds are from the global minimum as the degrees of the sums of squares they involve tend to infinity. We present the main state-of-the-art results and offer a gentle introductory overview over the various techniques that have been recently developed to establish them, stemming from the theory of orthogonal polynomials, approximation theory, Fourier analysis, and more.
title An Overview of Convergence Rates for Sum of Squares Hierarchies in Polynomial Optimization
topic Optimization and Control
90C22, 90C23
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.04417