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The Axiotis-Sviridenko Condition-Number Conjecture

Axiotis and Sviridenko conjectured that the linear dependence on the restricted condition number in sparse convex optimization cannot be improved by a polynomial-time algorithm. Their conjectured lower bound is established for least-squares objectives, conditional on the randomized exact-volume Small-Set Expansion Hypothesis in the weighted regular-graph formulation of Raghavendra, Steurer and Tulsiani.

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algorithms-optimizationAug 3, 2026Significance 15/100Registry: unreviewed

The Axiotis-Sviridenko Condition-Number Conjecture

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Conditional on the randomized exact-volume Small-Set Expansion Hypothesis, and stated for least-squares objectives rather than sparse convex optimization in general.

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Axiotis and Sviridenko conjectured that the linear dependence on the restricted condition number in sparse convex optimization cannot be improved by a polynomial-time algorithm. Their conjectured lower bound is established for least-squares objectives, conditional on the randomized exact-volume Small-Set Expansion Hypothesis in the weighted regular-graph formulation of Raghavendra, Steurer and Tulsiani.

Conditional on the randomized exact-volume Small-Set Expansion Hypothesis, and stated for least-squares objectives rather than sparse convex optimization in general.

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