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Kkt Conditions

The Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) conditions are a set of mathematical conditions that are necessary for a solution in nonlinear programming to be optimal, particularly when there are constraints involved. These conditions extend the method of Lagrange multipliers to handle inequality constraints. In essence, the KKT conditions consist of the following components:

  1. Stationarity: The gradient of the Lagrangian must equal zero, which incorporates both the objective function and the constraints.
  2. Primal Feasibility: The solution must satisfy all original constraints of the problem.
  3. Dual Feasibility: The Lagrange multipliers associated with inequality constraints must be non-negative.
  4. Complementary Slackness: This condition states that for each inequality constraint, either the constraint is active (equality holds) or the corresponding Lagrange multiplier is zero.

These conditions are crucial in optimization problems as they help identify potential optimal solutions while ensuring that the constraints are respected.

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