OpenAI reports exponential semidefinite lift complexity for perfect matching

Every exact affine semidefinite lift of the perfect-matching polytope of the complete graph on n vertices has matrix size at least 2^{c n} for some absolute c>0 and all sufficiently large even n.

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Every exact affine semidefinite lift of the perfect-matching polytope of the complete graph on n vertices has matrix size at least 2^{c n} for some absolute c>0 and all sufficiently large even n.

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If correct, rules out subexponential exact semidefinite formulations of the perfect-matching polytope without a symmetry assumption.

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Must every exact semidefinite lift of the perfect-matching polytope have exponential size?

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