# Section 8.1.1: Separating a point from a polyhedron

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    % Boyd & Vandenberghe "Convex Optimization"
    % Joelle Skaf - 10/09/05
    %
    % The goal is to produce a hyperplane separating x0 and the polyhedron
    % defined as {x | Ax <= b}
    %           minimize    mu'*x0 - b'*lambda
    %                       A'*lambda = mu
    %                       norm(mu)* <= 1
    %                       lambda >= 0

    % Input data
    randn('seed',0);
    n  = 10;
    m  = 2*n;
    x0 = randn(n,1);
    A  = randn(m,n);
    b  = rand(m,1);

    % CVX solution
    fprintf(1,'Finding a separating hyperplane between the 2 polyhedra...');

    cvx_begin quiet
        variables muu(n) lambda(m)
        maximize ( muu'*x0 - b'*lambda )
        A'*lambda == muu;
        norm(muu) <= 1;
        lambda >= 0;
    cvx_end

    fprintf(1,'Done! \n');

    % Verification
    disp('------------------------------------------------------------------');
    disp('Note that 0 is in {x | Ax <= b} by construction...' );
    disp('Verifying that x0 is separated from {x | Ax <= b} i.e. mu^T*x0 > 0');
    disp([' mu^T*x0 = ' num2str(muu'*x0) ]);

    Finding a separating hyperplane between the 2 polyhedra...Done!
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
    Note that 0 is in {x | Ax <= b} by construction...
    Verifying that x0 is separated from {x | Ax <= b} i.e. mu^T*x0 > 0
     mu^T*x0 = 2.7668