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What is the difference between primal and dual gap in SVM?

Updated May 17, 2026

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The primal-dual gap measures difference between primal and dual objective values to check convergence.

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In convex optimization, both primal and dual formulations should converge to the same optimal value. The gap indicates how close the solution is to optimality. A smaller gap means better convergence and solution accuracy.

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