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For any feasible assignment, the unit row and column sums give

i, j \sum \overset{c}{ˉ}_{ij} x_{ij} = i, j \sum c_{ij} x_{ij} - i \sum u_{i} j \sum x_{ij} - j \sum v_{j} i \sum x_{ij} = i, j \sum c_{ij} x_{ij} - i \sum u_{i} - j \sum v_{j} .

(1)

Thus the transformed objective differs by the fixed constant

- i \sum u_{i} - j \sum v_{j} .

(2)

Every feasible assignment shifts by that same amount, so all objective comparisons and all optimal assignments remain unchanged. The calculation also holds for fractional feasible points of the assignment LP relaxation. The numbers

u_{i}, v_{j}

are assignment dual potentials.

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