+ def player1_start(self):
+ """
+ Return a feasible starting point for player one.
+
+ This starting point is for the CVXOPT formulation and not for
+ the original game. The basic premise is that if you scale
+ :meth:`e2` by the reciprocal of its squared norm, then you get a
+ point in :meth:`K` that makes a unit inner product with
+ :meth:`e2`. We then get to choose the primal objective function
+ value such that the constraint involving :meth:`L` is satisfied.
+
+ Returns
+ -------
+
+ dict
+ A dictionary with two keys, ``'x'`` and ``'s'``, which
+ contain the vectors of the same name in the CVXOPT primal
+ problem formulation.
+
+ The vector ``x`` consists of the primal objective function
+ value concatenated with the strategy (for player one) that
+ achieves it. The vector ``s`` is essentially a dummy
+ variable, and is computed from the equality constraing in
+ the CVXOPT primal problem.
+
+ """
+ p = self.e2() / (norm(self.e2()) ** 2)
+ dist = self.K().ball_radius(self.e1())
+ nu = - self._L_specnorm()/(dist*norm(self.e2()))
+ x = matrix([nu, p], (self.dimension() + 1, 1))
+ s = - self.G()*x
+
+ return {'x': x, 's': s}
+
+
+ def player2_start(self):
+ """
+ Return a feasible starting point for player two.
+
+ This starting point is for the CVXOPT formulation and not for
+ the original game. The basic premise is that if you scale
+ :meth:`e1` by the reciprocal of its squared norm, then you get a
+ point in :meth:`K` that makes a unit inner product with
+ :meth:`e1`. We then get to choose the dual objective function
+ value such that the constraint involving :meth:`L` is satisfied.
+
+ Returns
+ -------
+
+ dict
+ A dictionary with two keys, ``'y'`` and ``'z'``, which
+ contain the vectors of the same name in the CVXOPT dual
+ problem formulation.
+
+ The ``1``-by-``1`` vector ``y`` consists of the dual
+ objective function value. The last :meth:`dimension` entries
+ of the vector ``z`` contain the strategy (for player two)
+ that achieves it. The remaining entries of ``z`` are
+ essentially dummy variables, computed from the equality
+ constraint in the CVXOPT dual problem.
+
+ """
+ q = self.e1() / (norm(self.e1()) ** 2)
+ dist = self.K().ball_radius(self.e2())
+ omega = self._L_specnorm()/(dist*norm(self.e1()))
+ y = matrix([omega])
+ z2 = q
+ z1 = y*self.e2() - self.L().trans()*z2
+ z = matrix([z1, z2], (self.dimension()*2, 1))
+
+ return {'y': y, 'z': z}
+
+
+ def _L_specnorm(self):
+ """
+ Compute the spectral norm of :meth:`L` and cache it.
+
+ The spectral norm of the matrix :meth:`L` is used in a few
+ places. Since it can be expensive to compute, we want to cache
+ its value. That is not possible in :func:`specnorm`, which lies
+ outside of a class, so this is the place to do it.
+
+ Returns
+ -------
+
+ float
+ A nonnegative real number; the largest singular value of
+ the matrix :meth:`L`.
+
+ Examples
+ --------
+
+ >>> from dunshire import *
+ >>> from dunshire.matrices import specnorm
+ >>> L = [[1,2],[3,4]]
+ >>> K = NonnegativeOrthant(2)
+ >>> e1 = [1,1]
+ >>> e2 = e1
+ >>> SLG = SymmetricLinearGame(L,K,e1,e2)
+ >>> specnorm(SLG.L()) == SLG._L_specnorm()
+ True
+
+ """
+ if self._L_specnorm_value is None:
+ self._L_specnorm_value = specnorm(self.L())
+ return self._L_specnorm_value
+
+
+ def tolerance_scale(self, solution):
+ r"""
+
+ Return a scaling factor that should be applied to
+ :const:`dunshire.options.ABS_TOL` for this game.
+
+ When performing certain comparisons, the default tolerance
+ :const:`dunshire.options.ABS_TOL` may not be appropriate. For
+ example, if we expect ``x`` and ``y`` to be within
+ :const:`dunshire.options.ABS_TOL` of each other, than the inner
+ product of ``L*x`` and ``y`` can be as far apart as the spectral
+ norm of ``L`` times the sum of the norms of ``x`` and
+ ``y``. Such a comparison is made in :meth:`solution`, and in
+ many of our unit tests.
+
+ The returned scaling factor found from the inner product
+ mentioned above is
+
+ .. math::
+
+ \left\lVert L \right\rVert_{2}
+ \left( \left\lVert \bar{x} \right\rVert
+ + \left\lVert \bar{y} \right\rVert
+ \right),
+
+ where :math:`\bar{x}` and :math:`\bar{y}` are optimal solutions
+ for players one and two respectively. This scaling factor is not
+ formally justified, but attempting anything smaller leads to
+ test failures.
+
+ .. warning::
+
+ Optimal solutions are not unique, so the scaling factor
+ obtained from ``solution`` may not work when comparing other
+ solutions.
+
+ Parameters
+ ----------
+
+ solution : Solution
+ A solution of this game, used to obtain the norms of the
+ optimal strategies.
+
+ Returns
+ -------
+
+ float
+ A scaling factor to be multiplied by
+ :const:`dunshire.options.ABS_TOL` when
+ making comparisons involving solutions of this game.
+
+ Examples
+ --------
+
+ The spectral norm of ``L`` in this case is around ``5.464``, and
+ the optimal strategies both have norm one, so we expect the
+ tolerance scale to be somewhere around ``2 * 5.464``, or
+ ``10.929``::
+
+ >>> from dunshire import *
+ >>> L = [[1,2],[3,4]]
+ >>> K = NonnegativeOrthant(2)
+ >>> e1 = [1,1]
+ >>> e2 = e1
+ >>> SLG = SymmetricLinearGame(L,K,e1,e2)
+ >>> SLG.tolerance_scale(SLG.solution())
+ 10.929...
+
+ """
+ norm_p1_opt = norm(solution.player1_optimal())
+ norm_p2_opt = norm(solution.player2_optimal())
+ scale = self._L_specnorm()*(norm_p1_opt + norm_p2_opt)
+
+ # Don't return anything smaller than 1... we can't go below
+ # out "minimum tolerance."
+ return max(1, scale)
+