Statement of The Lemma
Let A be an m × n matrix and b an m-dimensional vector. Then, exactly one of the following two statements is true:
- There exists an x ∈ Rn such that Ax = b and x ≥ 0.
- There exists a y ∈ Rm such that ATy ≥ 0 and bTy < 0.
Here, the notation x ≥ 0 means that all components of the vector x are nonnegative.
There are a number of slightly different (but equivalent) formulations of the Lemma in the literature. The one given here is due to Gale, Kuhn and Tucker in 1951.
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