The Subspace Flatness Conjecture and Faster Integer Programming
Presenter
March 30, 2023
Abstract
In a seminal paper, Kannan and Lov\'asz (1988) considered a quantity $\mu_{KL}(\Lambda,K)$ which denotes the best volume-based lower bound on the covering radius $\mu(\Lambda,K)$ of a convex body $K$ with respect to a lattice $\Lambda$. Kannan and Lov\'asz proved that $\mu(\Lambda,K) \leq n \cdot \mu_{KL}(\Lambda,K)$ and the Subspace Flatness Conjecture by Dadush (2012) claims a $O(\log n)$ factor suffices, which would match the lower bound from the work of Kannan and Lov\'asz.
We settle this conjecture up to a constant in the exponent by proving that $\mu(\Lambda,K) \leq O(\log^{7}(n)) \cdot \mu_{KL} (\Lambda,K)$.
Our proof is
based on the Reverse Minkowski Theorem due to Regev and Stephens-Davidowitz (2017).
Following the work of Dadush (2012, 2019), we obtain a $(\log n)^{O(n)}$-time randomized algorithm to solve integer programs in $n$ variables.
Another implication of our main result is a near-optimal flatness constant of $O(n \log^{8}(n))$.
This is joint work with Victor Reis.