Abstract:

In this paper, we consider a cone problem of matrix optimization induced by spectral norm (MOSN). By Schur complement, MOSN can be reformulated as a nonlinear semidefinite programming (NLSDP) problem. Then we discuss the constraint nondegeneracy conditions and strong second-order sufficient conditions of MOSN and its SDP reformulation, and obtain that the constraint nondegeneracy condition of MOSN is not always equivalent to that of NLSDP. However, the strong second-order sufficient conditions of these two problems are equivalent without any assumption. Finally, a sufficient condition is given to ensure the nonsingularity of the Clarke’s generalized Jacobian of the KKT system for MOSN.

Key words: Spectral norm ·, Negative semidefinite cone ·, Strong second-order sufficient condition ·, Constraint nondegeneracy condition