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We present practical conditions under which the existence and uniqueness of a finite solution to a given equality quadratic program may be examined. Different sets of conditions allow this examination to take place when null-space, range-space or Lagrangian methods are used to find stationary points for the quadratic program.
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This research supported in part by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada.
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Gould, N.I.M. On practical conditions for the existence and uniqueness of solutions to the general equality quadratic programming problem. Mathematical Programming 32, 90–99 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01585660
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