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Contents
  1. Automatic Recognition of Numerically Unstable Quadratic Programs
  2. Definitions and mathematical statement
  3. Shared notation.
  4. Record scope and qualifications.
  5. Statement recorded in the supplied source.
  6. Source status.
  7. Short English statement
  8. Sources
  9. Preparation and review.
  10. Research attempt
  11. Literature, source context and scope
  12. A precise absolute-sensitivity diagnostic for the displayed chain
  13. Verification and remaining gaps
  14. References and source attribution
  15. Integration review.
  16. Completion Estimate
  17. Final status and attribution

Automatic Recognition of Numerically Unstable Quadratic Programs

Definitions and mathematical statement

Shared notation.
Standard number systems are $\mathbb N,\mathbb Z,\mathbb Q,\mathbb R,\mathbb C$. Specialized notation and index ranges follow the cited source and the definitions below.

A quadratically constrained quadratic program has a quadratic objective and quadratic equality or inequality constraints. Numerical conditioning measures how perturbations in the encoded problem affect its solution or residuals; repeated nonlinear operations can amplify errors.

Record scope and qualifications.
The catalogue title is retained as metadata. Named certificates, contracts, bounds or frameworks in that title are not asserted as results of the original source extract. The automatic-recognition target has no specified condition threshold, arithmetic model, or algorithmic success criterion.

Source-record limitation: The supplied assessment flags a broad automatic-recognition request without a defined ill-conditioning threshold or target.

Statement recorded in the supplied source.
Consider a quadratically constrained quadratic program with $$ (x_1-1)^2+x_2^2\geq3+s^2,\qquad a_i-a_{i-1}^2=0,\qquad a_0=s/2,$$ where a finite chain of the $a_i$ amplifies numerical error through repeated square roots. How can solvers automatically recognize such severely ill-conditioned instances? [S2]
Source status.
The supplied catalogue labels this source record open; that metadata was checked against the supplied snapshot on 2026-10-11. The label is preserved for provenance and is not an independent verification of present open status or mathematical correctness. The catalogue literature assessment is dated 2026-08-22.

Short English statement

Recognize and diagnose the stated severely ill-conditioned optimization examples.

Sources

  • S1 Ulam AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, UnsolvedMath: A Curated Collection of Open Mathematics Problems, record 30004153 (OWR-16938-001). Catalogue curation and metadata: CC BY 4.0. The source extract is retained; definitions, English summaries and qualifications are editorial additions. https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath.
  • S2 Mixed-integer Nonlinear Optimization: a hatchery for modern mathematics $2020$, Oberwolfach Reports, DOI 10.4171/owr/2019/26, pp. 1573--1637 https://doi.org/10.4171/owr/2019/26.
  • Source-specific Oberwolfach Reports licences, including CC BY-SA 4.0 where applicable, are retained; see THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md.
Preparation and review.
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Research attempt

Literature, source context and scope

The full original catalogue body and source qualifications are preserved above. The relevant primary workshop passages were read in the cached publisher report. Historical claims and subsequent attributed results are distinguished from the mathematical work below. A restricted example, standard lemma or known theorem is not counted as new progress on the entire original target. Missing assumptions and repeated or rhetorical extracts are not silently turned into different solved problems.

A precise absolute-sensitivity diagnostic for the displayed chain

The preserved extract specifies neither an objective nor a terminal-value constraint nor a universal conditioning criterion. We therefore do not invent one. Let the displayed chain have length $L\ge1$ and restrict for this calculation to $s\ge0$. Repeated substitution gives \[ a_L=(s/2)^{2^L},\qquad s=2a_L^{1/2^L}. \] The sign restriction matters: without it, the terminal value cannot even determine the sign of $s$.
Proposition: On the positive branch, the inverse map from terminal value $y=a_L$ to $s$ has derivative $2^{1-L}y^{1/2^L-1}$ and relative condition number $2^{-L}$. It has no finite absolute Lipschitz constant on any interval $[0,\eta]$ with $\eta>0$. If a terminal measurement only specifies $0\le a_L\le\tau$, then the compatible $s$ values are exactly $0\le s\le2\tau^{1/2^L}$.
Proof: The chain formula follows by induction. Differentiating its positive inverse gives the derivative. Multiplying this derivative by $y/s$ gives $2^{-L}$, proving the relative-condition assertion. For absolute Lipschitz continuity at zero, the difference quotient is $2y^{1/2^L}/y=2y^{1/2^L-1}$, which tends to infinity as $y\downarrow0$ because $L\ge1$. Finally the inverse is continuous and increasing on nonnegative values, so it maps $[0,\tau]$ onto exactly the interval stated. ∎
Thus an absolute terminal tolerance $\tau$ can conceal a much larger variation in the recovered variable. For example $s=1$ gives $a_L=2^{-2^L}$ exactly, even though every chain equality has zero residual. A diagnostic for an explicitly encoded chain can report the exponent $2^{-L}$ and propagate the interval bound without numerically taking repeated roots. Detecting this exact syntactic pattern is a limited task; it is not a complete detector of general QCQP ill-conditioning under algebraic reformulations.

Verification and remaining gaps

Exact rational forward chains for several $L$ were computed and the inverse-tolerance bounds evaluated. The attempt exposes a distinction that would invalidate a vague diagnosis: large absolute sensitivity near zero coexists with a small relative condition number away from zero. Also, the source's first inequality alone does not fix a terminal value: for every $s\ge0$, taking $x_1=1$ and $x_2=\sqrt{3+s^2}$ satisfies it, with the chain completed exactly. Our terminal-measurement interval is explicitly an auxiliary diagnostic assumption, not an added original constraint. A small residual cannot be declared a wrong optimizer without an objective, additional restrictions and a numerical success criterion. Those missing specifications prevent a full automatic-recognition theorem here.

References and source attribution

Primary workshop report: https://doi.org/10.4171/owr/2019/26. Relevant passages read: 2019/26 p. 1577, discussion item8 and its displayed QCQP chain.

All retrievals were checked on 11 October 2026. Original question attribution remains in the preserved Sources section. External theorems are attributed and not claimed as new discoveries or fully verified merely by citation.

Integration review.
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Completion Estimate

COMPLETION: 0% No substantiated new progress toward the entire original target is claimed. The worked results and failed route are delimited above; a known result, illustrative model, or auxiliary obstruction is not counted as original-target completion.

Final status and attribution

Attempt status: unresolved. This describes this research attempt, not a new ruling on the source catalogue's status or on external literature claims. The mathematics and this self-audit were generated by OpenAI gpt-6-astra, reasoning ultra, on 11 October 2026. Codex (GPT-6; exact serving revision not exposed) orchestrated the batch, reviewed the written mathematical arguments, and contributed formatting/repository review. This additional model review is not independent human verification. No human mathematical authorship, independent human proof checking, or formal verification is claimed. The historical preparation paragraphs in the reproduced catalogue body concern that body only.

Contribution prompt A was applied to the complete definition and supplied source record, followed by the adversarial checks of prompt B. Local reproduction files are batch022/checks.py, computations.json, and the per-ID audit JSON. They were not public links at preparation time. Numerical checks are finite and do not prove unrestricted results. No LaTeX engine was found locally; compilation was not performed by this research agent.