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Presolve: remove empty columns with a diagonal quadratic term - #1885

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Empty-column presolve previously skipped any variable that appeared in Q. That is necessary for off-diagonal coupling, but a variable with only a diagonal term q_jj is an unconstrained 1-D QP and can be fixed.
For an empty A column, fix x_j by minimizing c_j x_j + (1/2) q_jj x_j^2 over [l_j, u_j]:

  • q_jj > 0: clip the vertex -c_j / q_jj to the bounds
  • q_jj < 0: take the better finite bound (leave the column if a bound is infinite)
  • q_jj = 0: existing linear rule (l_j if c_j >= 0, u_j if c_j <= 0)
    The 1-D objective is folded into obj_constant. Q is compacted by dropping the removed rows and remapping column indices. Linear empty columns are unchanged.

This is enough to solve QPLIB instances twod and QPLIB_9008 to optimality.

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@rg20 rg20 added improvement Improves an existing functionality non-breaking Introduces a non-breaking change labels Sep 10, 2026
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Presolve now evaluates uncoupled quadratic columns, removes only variables with finite minimizers, detects unbounded objectives, and rebuilds the sparse quadratic matrix. Both solver paths map the new presolve status to lp_status_t::UNBOUNDED.

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Quadratic presolve handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Quadratic variable fixing
cpp/src/dual_simplex/presolve.cpp
Helpers classify quadratic columns and compute bounded minimizers. Empty-column presolve preserves non-removable variables, records objective contributions, and detects unbounded cases.
Quadratic matrix rebuild
cpp/src/dual_simplex/presolve.cpp
The sparse quadratic matrix removes fixed-variable rows and remaps surviving columns.
Unbounded status propagation
cpp/src/dual_simplex/presolve.cpp, cpp/src/math_optimization/types.hpp, cpp/src/dual_simplex/solve.cpp
Presolve returns UNBOUNDED_RETURN. The dual-simplex and barrier paths return lp_status_t::UNBOUNDED.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~35 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: chris-maes, aliceb-nv, hlinsen

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 299b0

Affected SOCPs can apply linear free-variable bookkeeping to a cone variable and produce an invalid presolved model. Refresh the boundary before merge.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: presolve now removes empty columns that have diagonal quadratic terms.
Description check ✅ Passed The description accurately explains the empty-column quadratic minimization, bound handling, objective folding, Q compaction, and related unbounded-status behavior.
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/ok to test 389dd78

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I think you need to fix the reduced cost issue pointed out by coderabbit, but otherwise it looks good to me.

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Uncrush needs z_j = c_j + q_jj * x_fix so the original stationarity condition holds after fixing a diagonal-Q empty column.
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/ok to test 156d079

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Left some comment regarding algorithmic efficiency and code simplification. Possible dual infeasibility can also be derived if unconstrained_1d_qp_minimizer returns false.

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…1-D QPs.

Empty-column presolve now iterates only linear variables, and an empty uncoupled column with no finite minimizer is reported as unbounded rather than primal infeasible.
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1406-1407: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Recompute linear_cols after empty-column removal.

When remove_empty_cols removes a linear variable, it also reduces problem.cone_var_start. The loop at line 1406 still uses the old boundary. If the first remaining cone variable has free bounds, direct_free_variables records it as a linear variable. The barrier then applies direct-free-variable bookkeeping to a cone variable.

Make linear_cols mutable and refresh it after remove_empty_cols succeeds.

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In `@cpp/src/dual_simplex/presolve.cpp` around lines 1406 - 1407, Update the
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A column with no finite 1-D minimizer can look unbounded while other constraints still make the problem primal infeasible, so claiming dual infeasibility here mislabels models such as the neos8 clique LP test.
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/ok to test 21c9088

The c == 0 fallback was only needed to keep zero-cost free columns from
being reported as unbounded. That unbounded return is gone, so the
fallback only widens presolve beyond the linear behavior this PR
started from. Drop it so a free column with no cost and no quadratic
term is left in place as before.
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/ok to test 4b0f856

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