This paper considers a generalization of the ``max-cut-polytope'' $\conv\{\ xx^T\mid x\in\real^n, \ \ |x_k| = 1 \ \hbox{for} \ 1\le k\le n\}$ in the space of real symmetric $n\times n$-matrices with all-ones-diagonal to a complex ``unit modulus lifting'' $\conv\{xx\HH\mid x\in\complex^n, \ \ |x_k| = 1 \ \hbox{for} \ 1\le k\le n\}$ in the space of complex Hermitian $n\times n$-matrices with all-ones-diagonal. The unit modulus lifting arises in applications such as digital communication and shares similar symmetry properties as the max-cut-polytope. Set-completely positive representations of both sets are derived and the relation of the complex unit modulus lifting to its semidefinite relaxation is investigated in dimensions 3 and 4. It is shown that the unit modulus lifting coincides with its semidefinite relaxation in dimension 3 but not in dimension 4. In dimension 4 a family of deep valid cuts for the unit modulus lifting is derived that strengthen the semidefinite relaxation, and also an extension to sharper convex quadratic cuts is derived which yields an optimal approximation to the boundary of the unit modulus lifting.
Citation
Journal of Global Optimization, (2019) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10898-019-00813-x