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Do there exist two equivalent objective functions one of which can be approximated but another one cannot?
I have two equivalent problems A and B, meaning that the optimal solution of one must be the optimal solution of another one. However, it seems that problem A can be approximated but B cannot. Below ...
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How hard is this combinatorial optimisation problem?
Suppose we have multiple intervals $R_1,R_2,...,R_i$ of non-negative integers. These intervals may overlap and we use $R_h(\mathrm{median})$ to denote the median integer in the $h$-th interval $R_h$, ...
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