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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2007 ib Paper 4 20C iii Solution by
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Write the amended primal as with , . A convenient linear programming duality convention uses and gives subject to . Explicitly the dual isThe optimal dual vector is the negative of the three payoff-row slack coefficients:Indeed substitution gives , so all dual inequalities hold. To certify optimality directly by weak duality, for any feasible primal and dual vectors,where the second inequality uses and . Our feasible primal and dual vectors have equal values , so neither can be improved. This is a linear programming optimality certificate.
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