Convex Optimization Cheat Sheet

--- The function ***matrix*** ---
>>> from cvxopt import matrix
>>> A = matrix(1, (1, 4))
>>> print(A)
   [ 1  1  1  1]
>>> A = matrix(1.0, (1, 4))
>>> print(A)
   [ 1.00e+00  1.00e+00  1.00e+00  1.00e+00]
>>> A = matrix(1 + 1j)
>>> print(A)
   [ 1.00e+00+j1.00e+00]

--- Several ways to define integer matrix ---
>>> A = matrix([0, 1, 2, 3], (2,2))
>>> A = matrix((0, 1, 2, 3), (2,2))
>>> A = matrix(range(4), (2,2))
>>> from array import array
>>> A = matrix(array('i', [0,1,2,3]), (2,2))
>>> print(A)
   [ 0  2]
   [ 1  3]

--- ***NumPy*** arrays can be converted to matrices ---
>>> from numpy import array
>>> x = array([[1., 2., 3.], [4., 5., 6.]])
>>> print(x)
   array([[ 1.  2.  3.]
          [ 4.  5.  6.]])
>>> print(matrix(x))
   [ 1.00e+00  2.00e+00  3.00e+00]
   [ 4.00e+00  5.00e+00  6.00e+00]

--- Another ways to create dense matrix  ---
>>> print(matrix([[1., 2.], [3., 4.], [5., 6.]]))
   [ 1.00e+00  3.00e+00  5.00e+00]
   [ 2.00e+00  4.00e+00  6.00e+00]
>>> B1 = matrix([6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11], (2,3))
>>> B2 = matrix([12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17], (2,3))
>>> B3 = matrix([18, 19, 20], (1,3))
>>> D = matrix([B1, B2, B3])
>>> print(D)
   [  6   8  10]
   [  7   9  11]
   [ 12  14  16]
   [ 13  15  17]
   [ 18  19  20]

>>> from cvxopt import matrix, spmatrix, sparse, spdiag
--- The function ***spmatrix***  ---
>>> A = spmatrix(1.0, range(2), range(2))
>>> print(A)
   [ 1.00e+00     0    ]                                                                                                   
   [    0      1.00e+00] 
>>> A = spmatrix([1, 2, 3, 4], [0, 0, 1, 1], [0, 1, 0, 1])                                                              
>>> print(A)
   [ 1.00e+00  2.00e+00]
   [ 3.00e+00  4.00e+00]

--- The function ***sparse*** ---
>>> A = matrix([[1, 2], [5, 6]])
>>> print(A)
   [ 1  5]
   [ 2  6]
>>> B = spmatrix([], [], [], (2, 2))
>>> print(B)
   [0 0]
   [0 0]
>>> C = spmatrix([4, 2, 1, 9], [0, 0, 1, 1], [0, 1, 1, 0])
>>> print(C)
    [ 4.00e+00  2.00e+00]
    [ 9.00e+00  1.00e+00]
>>> D = sparse([[A, B], [B, C]])
>>> print(D)
   [ 1.00e+00  5.00e+00     0         0    ]
   [ 2.00e+00  6.00e+00     0         0    ]
   [    0         0      4.00e+00  2.00e+00]
   [    0         0      9.00e+00  1.00e+00]
>>> D = sparse([A, C])
>>> print(D)
   [ 1.00e+00  5.00e+00]
   [ 2.00e+00  6.00e+00]
   [ 4.00e+00  2.00e+00]
   [ 9.00e+00  1.00e+00]

--- The function ***spdiag*** ---
>>> A = 3.0
>>> print(A)
   3.0
>>> B = matrix([[1, 2], [4, 3]])
>>> print(B)
   [ 1  4]
   [ 2  3]
>>> C = spmatrix([4, 5, 6, 7], [0, 0, 1, 1], [0, 1, 0, 1])
>>> print(C)
   [ 4.00e+00  5.00e+00]
   [ 6.00e+00  7.00e+00]
>>> D = spdiag([A, B, C])
>>> print(D)
   [ 3.00e+00     0         0         0         0    ]
   [    0      1.00e+00  4.00e+00     0         0    ]
   [    0      2.00e+00  3.00e+00     0         0    ]
   [    0         0         0      4.00e+00  5.00e+00]
   [    0         0         0      6.00e+00  7.00e+00]