How Good is the Goemans--Williamson MAX CUT Algorithm?

  • Authors:
  • Howard Karloff

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • SIAM Journal on Computing
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

The celebrated semidefinite programming algorithm for MAX CUT introduced by Goemans and Williamson was known to have a performance ratio of at least $\alpha=\frac 2 {\pi} \min_{0