# Extension complexity of (convex) polygons

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 Subject: Geometry » Polytopes
 Keywords: polytope, projection, extension complexity, convex polygon
 Posted by: DOT on: August 13th, 2011

The extension complexity of a polytope $P$ is the minimum number $q$ for which there exists a polytope $Q$ with $q$ facets and an affine mapping $\pi$ with $\pi(Q) = P$.

\begin{question} Does there exists, for infinitely many integers $n$, a convex polygon on $n$ vertices whose extension complexity is $\Omega(n)$? \end{question}

The extension complexity of a polytope is bounded from above by its number of vertices. Thus, a convex polygon with $n$ vertices has extension complexity $O(n)$.

Some regular convex polygons have extension complexity $O(\log n)$ [BTN].

A convex polygon whose points are drawn randomly on a circle has extension complexity $\Omega(\sqrt n)$ with probability one (follows from [FRT]).

The question asks for the maximal extension complexity of a convex polygon.

A strongly related question is the following.

\begin{question} What is the extension complexity of an $n$-vertex convex polygon whose vertices are drawn randomly on a circle? \end{question}

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## Bibliography

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*[BTN] Ben-Tal, A and Nemirovski, A. On polyhedral approximations of the second-order cone. Math. Oper. Res. 26:2 193-205 (2001)

[FRT] Fiorini, S. and Rothvoss, T. and Tiwary, H.R. Extended formulations of polygons. arXiv:1107.0371

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