Farkas' lemma

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Farkas' lemma is a result used in the proof of the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) theorem from nonlinear programming.

It states that if LaTeX: \,A\, is a matrix and LaTeX: \,b a vector, then exactly one of the following two systems has a solution:

  • LaTeX: A^Ty\succeq0 for some LaTeX: y\, such that LaTeX: b^Ty<0~~

or in the alternative

  • LaTeX: Ax=b\, for some LaTeX: x\succeq0

where the notation LaTeX: x\succeq0 means that all components of the vector LaTeX: x are nonnegative.

The lemma was originally proved by Farkas in 1902. The above formulation is due to Albert W. Tucker in the 1950s.

It is an example of a theorem of the alternative; a theorem stating that of two systems, one or the other has a solution, but not both.

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Geometrical Interpretation

Farkas' lemma simply states that either vector LaTeX: \,b belongs to convex cone LaTeX: \mathcal{K}^* or it does not.

When LaTeX: b\notin\mathcal{K}^*, then there is a vector LaTeX: \,y\!\in\!\mathcal{K} normal to a hyperplane separating point LaTeX: \,b from cone LaTeX: \mathcal{K}^*.

References

  • Gyula Farkas, Über die Theorie der Einfachen Ungleichungen, Journal für die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik, volume 124, pages 1–27, 1902.

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