Dear all:
Is there a source (book/script/...) which gives a complete and fully
formal proof that the simplex algorithm (in its max-form) with Dantzig's
rule requires 2^n different tableaux on the following Klee-Minty-kind
example:
maximize $\sum_{i=1}^n 2^{n-i}x_i$
subject to for all $i\in\{1,...,n\}$:
$\sum_{j=1}^{i-1} 2^{i-j+1}x_j + x_i \le 5^i$
?
All sources I found just treat other examples and/or leave the key proof
details to the reader.
Essentially, we need an explicit mapping from an index k to the k-th
tableau (k=0,...,2^n-1) in the execution of Dantzig's algorithm on the
above example.
Best,
Axel.
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