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# An efficient algorithm for convex quadratic semi-definite optimization

• We present a full-step interior-point algorithm for convex quadratic semi-definite optimization based on a simple univariate function. The algorithm uses the simple function to determine the search direction and define the neighborhood of central path. The full-step used in the algorithm has local quadratic convergence property according to the proximity function which is also constructed by the simple function. We derive the iteration complexity for the algorithm and obtain the best-known iteration bounds for convex quadratic semi-definite optimization.
Mathematics Subject Classification: 65K05; 90C51.

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