Given a set of m linear inequalities on n variables x 1, x 2, . . .

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Given a set of m linear inequalities on n variables x1, x2, . . . ,xn, the linearin equality feasibility problem asks whether there is a setting of the variables that simultaneously satisfies each of the inequalities.

a. Show that if we have an algorithm for linear programming, we can use it to solve a linear-inequality feasibility problem. The number of variables and constraints that you use in the linear-programming problem should be polynomial in n and m.

b. Show that if we have an algorithm for the linear-inequality feasibility problem, we can use it to solve a linear-programming problem. The number of variables and linear inequalities that you use in the linear-inequality feasibility problem should be polynomial in n and m, the number of variables and constraints in the linear program.

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Introduction to Algorithms

ISBN: 978-0262033848

3rd edition

Authors: Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest

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