Talk:Projection on Polyhedral Cone

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The definition of projection should be made clear. If, by projection you mean the nearest point to the cone, then this results in a quadratic programming problem, i.e. given the point LaTeX: \bar x and the cone LaTeX: K=\left\{x: Ax \leq b \right\}, then the quadratic program is LaTeX: \begin{array}{rcl}
\min & \|x-\bar x\|^2_2 \\
\mbox{s.t.} & x \in K
\end{array}

No explicit formula for a solution of a quadratic program exists (or for the solution of a linear program). It is doubtful that such a formula will be found due to the combinatorial nature of the problem.

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