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A short proof of finiteness of Murty's principal pivoting algorithm

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We give a short proof of the finiteness of Murty's principal pivoting algorithm for solving the linear complementarity problemy = Mz + q, y T z = 0,y ≥ 0,z ≥ 0 withP-matrixM.

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Rohn, J. A short proof of finiteness of Murty's principal pivoting algorithm. Mathematical Programming 46, 255–256 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01585743

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