A (log n)Ω(1) integrality gap for the sparsest cut SDP

Jeff Cheeger; Bruce Kleiner; Assaf Naor

doi:10.1109/FOCS.2009.47

A (log n)^Ω(1) integrality gap for the sparsest cut SDP

Jeff Cheeger, Bruce Kleiner, Assaf Naor

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Abstract

We show that the Goemans-Linial semidefinite relaxation of the Sparsest Cut problem with general demands has integrality gap (log n)^Ω(1). This is achieved by exhibiting n-point metric spaces of negative type whose L₁ distortion is (log n)^Ω(1). Our result is based on quantitative bounds on the rate of degeneration of Lipschitz maps from the Heisenberg group to L₁ when restricted to cosets of the center.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 50th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, FOCS 2009
Pages	555-564
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/FOCS.2009.47
State	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes
Event	50th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, FOCS 2009 - Atlanta, GA, United States Duration: Oct 25 2009 → Oct 27 2009

Publication series

Name	Proceedings - Annual IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, FOCS
ISSN (Print)	0272-5428

Other

Other	50th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, FOCS 2009
Country/Territory	United States
City	Atlanta, GA
Period	10/25/09 → 10/27/09

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

General Computer Science

Keywords

Heisenberg group
Integrality gap
Metric embeddings
Semidefinite programming
Sparsest cut problem

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10.1109/FOCS.2009.47

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Cheeger, J, Kleiner, B & Naor, A 2009, A (log n)^Ω(1) integrality gap for the sparsest cut SDP. in Proceedings - 50th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, FOCS 2009., 5438599, Proceedings - Annual IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, FOCS, pp. 555-564, 50th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, FOCS 2009, Atlanta, GA, United States, 10/25/09. https://doi.org/10.1109/FOCS.2009.47

A (log n)^Ω(1) integrality gap for the sparsest cut SDP. / Cheeger, Jeff; Kleiner, Bruce; Naor, Assaf.
Proceedings - 50th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, FOCS 2009. 2009. p. 555-564 5438599 (Proceedings - Annual IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, FOCS).

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