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Linear Programming Lecture Notes - Penn State Personal Web Server

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A1·<br />

Half-space<br />

cy > 0<br />

A2·<br />

c<br />

Am·<br />

Positive Cone of Rows of A<br />

Figure 8.1. System 2 has a solution if (and only if) the vector c is contained inside<br />

the positive cone constructed from the rows of A.<br />

non-empty. This set is the cone of vectors perpendicular to the rows of A. This is illustrated<br />

in Figure 8.2<br />

A2·<br />

Half-space<br />

cy > 0<br />

A1·<br />

Am·<br />

c<br />

Non-empty intersection<br />

Cone of perpendicular<br />

vectors to Rows of A<br />

Figure 8.2. System 1 has a solution if (and only if) the vector c is not contained<br />

inside the positive cone constructed from the rows of A.<br />

Example 8.4. Consider the matrix:<br />

<br />

1 0<br />

A =<br />

0 1<br />

and the vector c = 1 2 . Then clearly, we can see that the vector w = 1 2 will satisfy<br />

System 2 of Farkas’ Lemma, since w ≥ 0 and wA = c.<br />

Contrast this with c ′ = 1 −1 . In this case, we can choose x = 0 1 T . Then<br />

Ax = 0 1 T ≥ 0 and c ′ x = −1. Thus x satisfies System 1 of Farkas’ Lemma.<br />

These two facts are illustrated in Figure 8.3. Here, we see that c is inside the positive<br />

cone formed by the rows of A, while c ′ is not.<br />

Exercise 60. Consider the following matrix:<br />

<br />

1 0<br />

A =<br />

1 1<br />

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