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Total dual integrality of the linear complementarity problem

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In this paper, we introduce total dual integrality of the linear complementarity problem (LCP) by analogy with the linear programming problem. The main idea of defining the notion is to propose the LCP with orientation, a variant of the LCP whose feasible complementary cones are specified by an additional input vector. Then we naturally define the dual problem of the LCP with orientation and total dual integrality of the LCP. We show that if the LCP is totally dual integral, then all basic solutions are integral. If the input matrix is sufficient or rank-symmetric, and the LCP is totally dual integral, then our result implies that the LCP always has an integral solution whenever it has a solution. We also introduce a class of matrices such that any LCP instance having the matrix as a coefficient matrix is totally dual integral. We investigate relationships between matrix classes in the LCP literature such as principally unimodular matrices. Principally unimodular matrices are known that all basic solutions to the LCP are integral for any integral input vector. In addition, we show that it is coNP-hard to decide whether a given LCP instance is totally dual integral.

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  1. A decision problem P is said to be coNP-complete if P is in class coNP and P is coNP-hard. The class coNP is the set of decision problems for which there exists a polynomial-time algorithm that verifies “no” instances when given a certificate. A decision problem P is called coNP-hard if for each problem \(P'\) in coNP, there exists a polynomial-time algorithm that transforms any instance \(L'\) of \(P'\) into some instance L of P such that the answer of \(L'\) is “no” if and only if the answer of L is “no.” See also the book of Garey and Johnson (1990) for precise definitions.

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The authors thank the referees for their valuable comments on this manuscript. The first author is supported by JST ERATO Grant Number JPMJER1201, Japan, and JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers JP14J10346 and JP17K12646. The second author is supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers JP25730001, JP24106002, and JP17K00028. The third author is supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers JP24106002, JP25280004, JP26280001, and JST CREST Grant Number JPMJCR1402, Japan.

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  1. Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan

    Hanna Sumita

  2. Department of Mathematics, Keio University, Yokohama, 223-8522, Japan

    Naonori Kakimura

  3. Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan

    Kazuhisa Makino

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Sumita, H., Kakimura, N. & Makino, K. Total dual integrality of the linear complementarity problem. Ann Oper Res 274, 531–553 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-018-2926-8

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