Abstract
We prove a quantitative bi-Lipschitz non-embedding theorem for the Heisenberg group with its Carnot-Carathéodory metric and apply it to give a lower bound on the integrality gap of the Goemans-Linial semidefinite relaxation of the sparsest cut problem.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 291-373 |
Number of pages | 83 |
Journal | Acta Mathematica |
Volume | 207 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Mathematics