Gábor Braun

postdoctoral researcher at ZIB since January 2020

📬 Contact

office Room 3037 at ZIB
Room MA 605 at TUB
e-mail braun (at) zib.de
homepage renyi.hu/~braung/
languages Hungarian, English, and German

🎓 Academic Background

Ph.D. in Mathematics at DUE
M.Sc. in Mathematics at ELTE

🔬 Research

I approach problems from a strong algebraic viewpoint, searching for structure and operations and how they combine. My interests span from abstract algebra through topology/geometry to convex optimization.

Preprints

  1. Braun, G., Pokutta, S., and Weismantel, R. (2022). Alternating Linear Minimization: Revisiting von Neumann’s Alternating Projections. [arXiv] [slides] [video]
    [BibTeX]
    @misc{alternating_lmo_2022,
      archiveprefix = {arXiv},
      eprint = {2212.02933},
      primaryclass = {math.OC},
      year = {2022},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Pokutta, Sebastian and Weismantel, Robert},
      title = {Alternating Linear Minimization: Revisiting von Neumann’s Alternating Projections},
      slides = {https://pokutta.com/slides/20230327-icerm.pdf},
      video = {https://icerm.brown.edu/programs/sp-s23/w2/#schedule-item-4945}
    }
  2. Braun, G., Carderera, A., Combettes, C., Hassani, H., Karbasi, A., Mokhtari, A., and Pokutta, S. (2022). Conditional Gradient Methods. [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @misc{fw_survey_2022,
      archiveprefix = {arXiv},
      eprint = {2211.14103},
      primaryclass = {math.OC},
      year = {2022},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Carderera, Alejandro and Combettes, Cyrille and Hassani, Hamed and Karbasi, Amin and Mokhtari, Aryan and Pokutta, Sebastian},
      title = {Conditional Gradient Methods}
    }
  3. Braun, G., and Pokutta, S. (2021). Dual Prices for Frank–Wolfe Algorithms. [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @misc{dual_prices_FW_2021,
      archiveprefix = {arXiv},
      eprint = {2101.02087},
      primaryclass = {math.OC},
      year = {2021},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Pokutta, Sebastian},
      title = {Dual Prices for Frank–Wolfe Algorithms}
    }
  4. Braun, G., and Pokutta, S. (2016). An Efficient High-probability Algorithm for Linear Bandits. [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @misc{Braun2016bandit,
      archiveprefix = {arXiv},
      eprint = {1610.02072},
      primaryclass = {cs.DS},
      year = {2016},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Pokutta, Sebastian},
      title = {An Efficient High-probability Algorithm for Linear Bandits}
    }
  5. Braun, G., and Pokutta, S. (2015). An Information Diffusion Fano Inequality. [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @misc{Braun2015Fano,
      archiveprefix = {arXiv},
      eprint = {1504.05492},
      primaryclass = {cs.IT},
      year = {2015},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Pokutta, Sebastian},
      title = {An Information Diffusion Fano Inequality}
    }

Conference proceedings

  1. Braun, G., Pokutta, S., Tu, D., and Wright, S. (2019). Blended Conditional Gradients: the Unconditioning of Conditional Gradients. Proceedings of International Conference on Machine Learning, 97, 735–743. [URL] [arXiv] [summary] [slides] [poster] [code]
    [BibTeX]
    @inproceedings{Braun2018blendedCG,
      year = {2019},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of International Conference on Machine Learning},
      volume = {97},
      pages = {735–743},
      url = {https://proceedings.mlr.press/v97/braun19a},
      archiveprefix = {arXiv},
      eprint = {1805.07311},
      primaryclass = {math.OC},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Pokutta, Sebastian and Tu, Dan and Wright, Stephen},
      title = {Blended Conditional Gradients: the Unconditioning of Conditional Gradients},
      code = {https://github.com/pokutta/bcg},
      poster = {https://app.box.com/s/nmmm671jd72i397nysa8emfnzh1hn6hf},
      slides = {https://app.box.com/s/xbx3z7ws6dxvl3rzgj4jp6forigycooe},
      summary = {https://pokutta.com/blog/research/2019/02/18/bcg-abstract.html}
    }
  2. Braun, G., and Strüngmann, L. (2017). Rigid ℵ₁-free Abelian Groups with Prescribed Factors and their Role in the Theory of Cellular Covers. Proceedings of Groups, Modules, and Model Theory - Surveys and Recent Developments: In Memory of Rüdiger Göbel, 69–81. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-51718-6_4
    [BibTeX]
    @inproceedings{BG-prescribed-cellular_2017,
      year = {2017},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Groups, Modules, and Model Theory - Surveys and Recent Developments: In Memory of Rüdiger Göbel},
      pages = {69–81},
      doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-51718-6_4},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Strüngmann, Lutz},
      title = {Rigid ℵ₁-free Abelian Groups with Prescribed Factors and their Role in the Theory of Cellular Covers}
    }
  3. Braun, G., Pokutta, S., and Zink, D. (2017). Lazifying Conditional Gradient Algorithms. Proceedings of International Conference on Machine Learning, 70, 566–575. [URL] [arXiv] [slides] [poster]
    [BibTeX]
    @inproceedings{Braun2017lazyCG:1,
      year = {2017},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of International Conference on Machine Learning},
      volume = {70},
      pages = {566–575},
      url = {https://proceedings.mlr.press/v70/braun17a},
      archiveprefix = {arXiv},
      eprint = {1610.05120},
      primaryclass = {cs.DS},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Pokutta, Sebastian and Zink, Daniel},
      title = {Lazifying Conditional Gradient Algorithms},
      poster = {https://app.box.com/s/lysscdg17ytpz7mqr0tu2djffyqvkl6a},
      slides = {https://app.box.com/s/zsp0hixjz2ha23u1vuyosijjkjdh8k}
    }
  4. Braun, G., Pokutta, S., and Roy, A. (2016). Strong Reductions for Extended Formulations. Proceedings of Conference on Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization, 9682, 350–361. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-33461-5_29 [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @inproceedings{BPR2015:1,
      year = {2016},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Conference on Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization},
      month = jun,
      volume = {9682},
      pages = {350–361},
      doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-33461-5_29},
      archiveprefix = {arXiv},
      eprint = {1512.04932},
      primaryclass = {cs.CC},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Pokutta, Sebastian and Roy, Aurko},
      title = {Strong Reductions for Extended Formulations}
    }
  5. Braun, G., Brown-Cohen, J., Huq, A., Pokutta, S., Raghavendra, P., Roy, A., Weitz, B., and Zink, D. (2016). The Matching Problem Has No Small Symmetric SDP. Proceedings of Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, 1067–1078. DOI: 10.1137/1.9781611974331.ch75 [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @inproceedings{Braun2016matching-symmetricSDP:1,
      year = {2016},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Symposium on Discrete Algorithms},
      pages = {1067–1078},
      doi = {10.1137/1.9781611974331.ch75},
      archiveprefix = {arXiv},
      eprint = {1504.00703},
      primaryclass = {cs.CC},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Brown-Cohen, Jonah and Huq, Arefin and Pokutta, Sebastian and Raghavendra, Prasad and Roy, Aurko and Weitz, Benjamin and Zink, Daniel},
      title = {The Matching Problem Has No Small Symmetric SDP}
    }
  6. Braun, G., Pokutta, S., and Zink, D. (2015). Inapproximability of Combinatorial Problems Via Small LPs and SDPs. Proceedings of Annual Symposium on Theory of Computing, 107–116. DOI: 10.1145/2746539.2746550 [arXiv] [video]
    [BibTeX]
    @inproceedings{Braun2015LP-SDP:1,
      year = {2015},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Annual Symposium on Theory of Computing},
      month = jun,
      pages = {107–116},
      doi = {10.1145/2746539.2746550},
      archiveprefix = {arXiv},
      eprint = {1410.8816},
      primaryclass = {cs.CC},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Pokutta, Sebastian and Zink, Daniel},
      title = {Inapproximability of Combinatorial Problems Via Small LPs and SDPs},
      video = {https://youtu.be/MxLEticZ8RY}
    }
  7. Braun, G., and Pokutta, S. (2015). The Matching Polytope Does Not Admit Fully-polynomial Size Relaxation Schemes. Proceedings of Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, 837–846. DOI: 10.1137/1.9781611973730.57 [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @inproceedings{Braun2014matching,
      year = {2015},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Symposium on Discrete Algorithms},
      pages = {837-846},
      doi = {10.1137/1.9781611973730.57},
      archiveprefix = {arXiv},
      eprint = {1403.6710},
      primaryclass = {cs.CC},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Pokutta, Sebastian},
      title = {The Matching Polytope Does Not Admit Fully-polynomial Size Relaxation Schemes}
    }
  8. Braun, G., Firorini, S., and Pokutta, S. (2014). Average Case Polyhedral Complexity of the Maximum Stable Set Problem. Proceedings of Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques, 28, 515–530. DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2014.515 [URL] [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @inproceedings{Braun2013stable:1,
      year = {2014},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques},
      month = sep,
      volume = {28},
      pages = {515–530},
      doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2014.515},
      url = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2014/4720},
      archiveprefix = {arXiv},
      eprint = {1311.4001},
      primaryclass = {cs.CC},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Firorini, Samuel and Pokutta, Sebastian},
      title = {Average Case Polyhedral Complexity of the Maximum Stable Set Problem}
    }
  9. Braun, G., Pokutta, S., and Xie, Y. (2014). Info-greedy Sequential Adaptive Compressed Sensing. Proceedings of Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (Allerton), 858–865. DOI: 10.1109/ALLERTON.2014.7028544 [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @inproceedings{Braun2014info-greedy:1,
      year = {2014},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (Allerton)},
      pages = {858–865},
      doi = {10.1109/ALLERTON.2014.7028544},
      archiveprefix = {arXiv},
      eprint = {1407.0731},
      primaryclass = {cs.IT},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Pokutta, Sebastian and Xie, Yao},
      title = {Info-greedy Sequential Adaptive Compressed Sensing}
    }
  10. Braun, G., and Pokutta, S. (2013). Common Information and Unique Disjointness. Proceedings of Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, 688–697. [URL]
    [BibTeX]
    @inproceedings{Braun2013info-disjoint:1,
      year = {2013},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science},
      pages = {688–697},
      url = {https://eccc.weizmann.ac.il/report/2013/056},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Pokutta, Sebastian},
      title = {Common Information and Unique Disjointness}
    }
  11. Braun, G., and Pokutta, S. (2012). An Algebraic Approach to Symmetric Extended Formulations. Proceedings of International Symposium on Combinatorial Optimization, 7422, 141–152. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-32147-4_14 [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @inproceedings{Braun2012symEF,
      year = {2012},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of International Symposium on Combinatorial Optimization},
      month = apr,
      volume = {7422},
      pages = {141–152},
      doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-32147-4_14},
      archiveprefix = {arXiv},
      eprint = {1206.6318},
      primaryclass = {cs.CC},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Pokutta, Sebastian},
      title = {An Algebraic Approach to Symmetric Extended Formulations}
    }
  12. Braun, G., Firorini, S., Pokutta, S., and Steurer, D. (2012). Approximation Limits of Linear Programs (beyond Hierarchies). Proceedings of Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, 480–489. DOI: 10.1109/FOCS.2012.10 [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @inproceedings{Braun2012UDISJ:1,
      year = {2012},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science},
      pages = {480–489},
      doi = {10.1109/FOCS.2012.10},
      archiveprefix = {arXiv},
      eprint = {1204.0957},
      primaryclass = {c.CC},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Firorini, Samuel and Pokutta, Sebastian and Steurer, David},
      title = {Approximation Limits of Linear Programs (beyond Hierarchies)}
    }
  13. Braun, G., and Pokutta, S. (2010). Rank of Random Half-integral Polytopes. Proceedings of Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics, 36, 415–422. DOI: 10.1016/j.endm.2010.05.053 [URL]
    [BibTeX]
    @inproceedings{Braun2011half:1,
      year = {2010},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics},
      month = aug,
      volume = {36},
      pages = {415–422},
      doi = {10.1016/j.endm.2010.05.053},
      url = {https://optimization-online.org/DB_HTML/2010/11/2813.html},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Pokutta, Sebastian},
      title = {Rank of Random Half-integral Polytopes}
    }

Full articles

  1. Braun, G., Guzmán, C., and Pokutta, S. (2024). Corrigendum in “Lower Bounds on the Oracle Complexity of Nonsmooth Convex Optimization Via Information Theory.” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. DOI: 10.1109/TIT.2024.3357200
    [BibTeX]
    @article{Braun2013lowerCO_corr,
      year = {2024},
      journal = {IEEE Transactions on Information Theory},
      doi = {10.1109/TIT.2024.3357200},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Guzmán, Cristóbal and Pokutta, Sebastian},
      title = {Corrigendum in “Lower Bounds on the Oracle Complexity of Nonsmooth Convex Optimization Via Information Theory”}
    }
  2. Braun, G., Pokutta, S., and Zink, D. (2019). Affine Reductions for LPs and SDPs. Mathematical Programming, 173, 281–312. DOI: 10.1007/s10107-017-1221-9 [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @article{Braun2015LP-SDP,
      year = {2019},
      journal = {Mathematical Programming},
      volume = {173},
      pages = {281–312},
      doi = {10.1007/s10107-017-1221-9},
      archiveprefix = {arXiv},
      eprint = {1410.8816},
      primaryclass = {cs.CC},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Pokutta, Sebastian and Zink, Daniel},
      title = {Affine Reductions for LPs and SDPs}
    }
  3. Braun, G., Pokutta, S., and Zink, D. (2019). Lazifying Conditional Gradient Algorithms. The Journal of Machine Learning Research, 20(71), 1–42. [URL] [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @article{Braun2017lazyCG,
      year = {2019},
      journal = {The Journal of Machine Learning Research},
      volume = {20},
      number = {71},
      pages = {1–42},
      url = {https://jmlr.org/papers/v20/18-114.html},
      archiveprefix = {arXiv},
      eprint = {1610.05120},
      primaryclass = {cs.DS},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Pokutta, Sebastian and Zink, Daniel},
      title = {Lazifying Conditional Gradient Algorithms}
    }
  4. Braun, G., Pokutta, S., and Roy, A. (2018). Strong Reductions for Extended Formulations. Mathematical Programming, 172, 591–620. DOI: 10.1007/s10107-018-1316-y [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @article{BPR2015,
      year = {2018},
      journal = {Mathematical Programming},
      month = nov,
      volume = {172},
      pages = {591–620},
      doi = {10.1007/s10107-018-1316-y},
      archiveprefix = {arXiv},
      eprint = {1512.04932},
      primaryclass = {cs.CC},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Pokutta, Sebastian and Roy, Aurko},
      title = {Strong Reductions for Extended Formulations}
    }
  5. Braun, G., Brown-Cohen, J., Huq, A., Pokutta, S., Raghavendra, P., Roy, A., Weitz, B., and Zink, D. (2017). The Matching Problem Has No Small Symmetric SDP. Mathematical Programming, 165, 643–662. DOI: 10.1007/s10107-016-1098-z [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @article{Braun2016matching-symmetricSDP,
      year = {2017},
      journal = {Mathematical Programming},
      month = oct,
      volume = {165},
      pages = {643–662},
      doi = {10.1007/s10107-016-1098-z},
      archiveprefix = {arXiv},
      eprint = {1504.00703},
      primaryclass = {cs.CC},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Brown-Cohen, Jonah and Huq, Arefin and Pokutta, Sebastian and Raghavendra, Prasad and Roy, Aurko and Weitz, Benjamin and Zink, Daniel},
      title = {The Matching Problem Has No Small Symmetric SDP}
    }
  6. Braun, G., Guzmán, C., and Pokutta, S. (2017). Unifying Lower Bounds on the Oracle Complexity of Nonsmooth Convex Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 63(7), 4709–4724. DOI: 10.1109/TIT.2017.2701343 [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @article{Braun2013lowerCO,
      year = {2017},
      journal = {IEEE Transactions on Information Theory},
      month = jul,
      volume = {63},
      number = {7},
      pages = {4709-4724},
      doi = {10.1109/TIT.2017.2701343},
      archiveprefix = {arXiv},
      eprint = {1407.5144},
      primaryclass = {math.OC},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Guzmán, Cristóbal and Pokutta, Sebastian},
      title = {Unifying Lower Bounds on the Oracle Complexity of Nonsmooth Convex Optimization}
    }
  7. Braun, G., Jain, R., Lee, T., and Pokutta, S. (2017). Information-theoretic Approximations of the Nonnegative Rank. Computational Complexity, 26, 147–197. DOI: 10.1007/s00037-016-0125-z [URL]
    [BibTeX]
    @article{Braun2017info-nonnegative-rank,
      year = {2017},
      journal = {Computational Complexity},
      volume = {26},
      pages = {147–197},
      doi = {10.1007/s00037-016-0125-z},
      url = {https://eccc.weizmann.ac.il/report/2013/158},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Jain, Rahul and Lee, Troy and Pokutta, Sebastian},
      title = {Information-theoretic Approximations of the Nonnegative Rank}
    }
  8. Braun, G., Firorini, S., and Pokutta, S. (2016). Average Case Polyhedral Complexity of the Maximum Stable Set Problem. Mathematical Programming, 160(1), 407–431. DOI: 10.1007/s10107-016-0989-3 [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @article{Braun2013stable,
      year = {2016},
      journal = {Mathematical Programming},
      month = mar,
      volume = {160},
      number = {1},
      pages = {407–431},
      doi = {10.1007/s10107-016-0989-3},
      archiveprefix = {arXiv},
      eprint = {1311.4001},
      primaryclass = {cs.CC},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Firorini, Samuel and Pokutta, Sebastian},
      title = {Average Case Polyhedral Complexity of the Maximum Stable Set Problem}
    }
  9. Braun, G., and Pokutta, S. (2016). Common Information and Unique Disjointness. Algorithmica, 76(3), 597–629. DOI: 10.1007/s00453-016-0132-0 [URL]
    [BibTeX]
    @article{Braun2013info-disjoint,
      year = {2016},
      journal = {Algorithmica},
      month = feb,
      volume = {76},
      number = {3},
      pages = {597–629},
      doi = {10.1007/s00453-016-0132-0},
      url = {https://eccc.weizmann.ac.il/report/2013/056},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Pokutta, Sebastian},
      title = {Common Information and Unique Disjointness}
    }
  10. Braun, G., and Strüngmann, L. (2016). Examples of Non-dual Subgroups of the Baer–Specker Group. Houston Journal of Mathematics, 42(3), 723–739.
    [BibTeX]
    @article{BG-dual2014,
      year = {2016},
      journal = {Houston Journal of Mathematics},
      volume = {42},
      number = {3},
      pages = {723–739},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Strüngmann, Lutz},
      title = {Examples of Non-dual Subgroups of the Baer–Specker Group}
    }
  11. Braun, G., and Pokutta, S. (2016). A Polyhedral Characterization of Border Bases. SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics, 30(1), 239–265. DOI: 10.1137/140977990 [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @article{Braun2009borderbaseis,
      year = {2016},
      journal = {SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics},
      volume = {30},
      number = {1},
      pages = {239–265},
      doi = {10.1137/140977990},
      archiveprefix = {arXiv},
      eprint = {0912.1502},
      primaryclass = {math.AC},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Pokutta, Sebastian},
      title = {A Polyhedral Characterization of Border Bases}
    }
  12. Braun, G., Firorini, S., Pokutta, S., and Steurer, D. (2015). Approximation Limits of Linear Programs (beyond Hierarchies). Mathematics of Operations Research, 40(3), 756–772. DOI: 10.1287/moor.2014.0694 [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @article{Braun2012UDISJ,
      year = {2015},
      journal = {Mathematics of Operations Research},
      month = aug,
      volume = {40},
      number = {3},
      pages = {756-772},
      doi = {10.1287/moor.2014.0694},
      archiveprefix = {arXiv},
      eprint = {1204.0957},
      primaryclass = {c.CC},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Firorini, Samuel and Pokutta, Sebastian and Steurer, David},
      title = {Approximation Limits of Linear Programs (beyond Hierarchies)}
    }
  13. Braun, G., Pokutta, S., and Xie, Y. (2015). Info-greedy Sequential Adaptive Compressed Sensing. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, 9(4), 601–611. DOI: 10.1109/JSTSP.2015.2400428 [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @article{Braun2014info-greedy,
      year = {2015},
      journal = {IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing},
      month = jun,
      volume = {9},
      number = {4},
      pages = {601–611},
      doi = {10.1109/JSTSP.2015.2400428},
      archiveprefix = {arXiv},
      eprint = {1407.0731},
      primaryclass = {cs.IT},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Pokutta, Sebastian and Xie, Yao},
      title = {Info-greedy Sequential Adaptive Compressed Sensing}
    }
  14. Braun, G., and Strüngmann, L. (2015). The Independence of the Notions of Hopfian and Co-Hopfian Abelian P-groups. Proeedings of the American Mathematical Society, 143, 3331–3341. DOI: 10.1090/proc/12413
    [BibTeX]
    @article{BG-Hopfian2015,
      year = {2015},
      journal = {Proeedings of the American Mathematical Society},
      month = apr,
      volume = {143},
      pages = {3331-3341},
      doi = {10.1090/proc/12413},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Strüngmann, Lutz},
      title = {The Independence of the Notions of Hopfian and Co-Hopfian Abelian P-groups}
    }
  15. Braun, G., and Pokutta, S. (2014). A Short Proof for the Polyhedrality of the Chvátal-Gomory Closure of a Compact Convex Set. Operations Research Letters, 42(5), 307–310. DOI: 10.1016/j.orl.2014.05.004 [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @article{Braun2012ChvatalGomory-compact,
      year = {2014},
      journal = {Operations Research Letters},
      month = jul,
      volume = {42},
      number = {5},
      pages = {307–310},
      doi = {10.1016/j.orl.2014.05.004},
      archiveprefix = {arXiv},
      eprint = {1207.4884},
      primaryclass = {math.CO},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Pokutta, Sebastian},
      title = {A Short Proof for the Polyhedrality of the Chvátal-Gomory Closure of a Compact Convex Set}
    }
  16. Braun, G., and Göbel, R. (2012). Splitting Kernels Into Small Summands. Israel Journal of Mathematics, 188, 221–230. DOI: 10.1007/s11856-011-0121-6
    [BibTeX]
    @article{2010GobelBraun_cotorsion,
      year = {2012},
      journal = {Israel Journal of Mathematics},
      month = mar,
      volume = {188},
      pages = {221–230},
      doi = {10.1007/s11856-011-0121-6},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Göbel, Rüdiger},
      title = {Splitting Kernels Into Small Summands}
    }
  17. Braun, G., and Pokutta, S. (2012). Rigid Abelian Groups and the Probabilistic Method. Contemporary Mathematcs, 576, 17–30. DOI: 10.1090/conm/576 [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @article{Braun2011rigid,
      year = {2012},
      journal = {Contemporary Mathematcs},
      volume = {576},
      pages = {17–30},
      doi = {10.1090/conm/576},
      archiveprefix = {arXiv},
      eprint = {1107.2325},
      primaryclass = {math.GR},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Pokutta, Sebastian},
      title = {Rigid Abelian Groups and the Probabilistic Method}
    }
  18. Braun, G., and Trlifaj, J. (2011). Strong Submodules of Almost Projective Modules. Pacific Journal of Mathematics, 254(1), 73–87.
    [BibTeX]
    @article{BraunTrlifaj2011_projective,
      year = {2011},
      journal = {Pacific Journal of Mathematics},
      month = nov,
      volume = {254},
      number = {1},
      pages = {73–87},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Trlifaj, Jan},
      title = {Strong Submodules of Almost Projective Modules}
    }
  19. Braun, G., and Pokutta, S. (2011). Random Half-integral Polytopes. Operations Research Letters, 39(3), 204–207. DOI: 10.1016/j.orl.2011.03.003 [URL]
    [BibTeX]
    @article{Braun2011half,
      year = {2011},
      journal = {Operations Research Letters},
      month = may,
      volume = {39},
      number = {3},
      pages = {204–207},
      doi = {10.1016/j.orl.2011.03.003},
      url = {https://optimization-online.org/DB_HTML/2010/11/2813.html},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Pokutta, Sebastian},
      title = {Random Half-integral Polytopes}
    }
  20. Braun, G., and Strüngmann, L. (2011). Breaking Up Finite Automata Presentable Torsion-free Abelian Groups. International Journal of Algebra and Computation, 21, 1463–1472. DOI: 10.1142/S0218196711006625
    [BibTeX]
    @article{2010LutzBraun_autogroup,
      year = {2011},
      journal = {International Journal of Algebra and Computation},
      volume = {21},
      pages = {1463–1472},
      doi = {10.1142/S0218196711006625},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Strüngmann, Lutz},
      title = {Breaking Up Finite Automata Presentable Torsion-free Abelian Groups}
    }
  21. Braun, G., and Némethi, A. (2010). Surgery Formulas for Seiberg–Witten Invariants of Negative Definite Plumbed 3-manifolds. Journal Für Die Reine Und Angewandte Mathematik, 638, 189–208. DOI: 10.1515/CRELLE.2010.007 [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @article{braun-nemeti07._SW,
      year = {2010},
      journal = {Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik},
      month = jan,
      number = {638},
      pages = {189–208},
      doi = {10.1515/CRELLE.2010.007},
      archiveprefix = {arXiv},
      eprint = {0704.3145},
      primaryclass = {math.AG},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Némethi, András},
      title = {Surgery Formulas for Seiberg–Witten Invariants of Negative Definite Plumbed 3-manifolds}
    }
  22. Braun, G. (2008). The Cobordism Class of the Multiple Points of Immersions. Algebraic & Geometric Topology, 8, 581–601. DOI: 10.2140/agt.2008.8.581 [URL] [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @article{braun04._cobor,
      year = {2008},
      journal = {Algebraic & Geometric Topology},
      month = may,
      number = {8},
      pages = {581–601},
      doi = {10.2140/agt.2008.8.581},
      url = {https://msp.warwick.ac.uk/agt/2008/08-01/p019.xhtml},
      archiveprefix = {arXiv},
      eprint = {0409574},
      primaryclass = {math.AT},
      author = {Braun, Gábor},
      title = {The Cobordism Class of the Multiple Points of Immersions}
    }
  23. Braun, G., and Némethi, A. (2007). Invariants of Newton Non-degenerate Surface Singularities. Compositio Mathematica, 143, 1003–1036. [URL] [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @article{braun-nemeti05._newton,
      year = {2007},
      journal = {Compositio Mathematica},
      number = {143},
      pages = {1003–1036},
      url = {https://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?aid=1207944},
      archiveprefix = {arXiv},
      eprint = {0609093},
      primaryclass = {math.AG},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Némethi, András},
      title = {Invariants of Newton Non-degenerate Surface Singularities}
    }
  24. Braun, G., and Lippner, G. (2006). Characteristic Numbers of Multiple-point Manifolds. Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society, 38, 667–678. DOI: 10.1112/S0024609306018571
    [BibTeX]
    @article{braun-lippner05.multiple_point,
      year = {2006},
      journal = {Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society},
      month = aug,
      number = {38},
      pages = {667–678},
      doi = {10.1112/S0024609306018571},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Lippner, Gábor},
      title = {Characteristic Numbers of Multiple-point Manifolds}
    }
  25. Braun, G., and Göbel, R. (2005). E-algebras Whose Torsion Part Is Not Cyclic. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 133(8), 2251–2258 (electronic). [URL]
    [BibTeX]
    @article{MR2138867,
      year = {2005},
      journal = {Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society},
      volume = {133},
      number = {8},
      pages = {2251–2258 (electronic)},
      url = {https://ams.org/proc/2005-133-08/S0002-9939-05-07815-9/home.html},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Göbel, Rüdiger},
      title = {E-algebras Whose Torsion Part Is Not Cyclic}
    }
  26. Blass, A., and Braun, G. (2005). Random Orders and Gambler’s Ruin. Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, 12(1), R23. [URL]
    [BibTeX]
    @article{blass05._random_order_ruin,
      year = {2005},
      journal = {Electronic Journal of Combinatorics},
      volume = {12},
      number = {1},
      pages = {R23},
      url = {https://combinatorics.org/Volume_12/Abstracts/v12i1r23.html},
      author = {Blass, Andreas and Braun, Gábor},
      title = {Random Orders and Gambler’s Ruin}
    }
  27. Braun, G. (2005). Characterization of Matrix Types of Ultramatricial Algebras. New York Journal of Mathematics, 11, 21–33. [URL]
    [BibTeX]
    @article{braun05._ultramatrix,
      year = {2005},
      journal = {New York Journal of Mathematics},
      volume = {11},
      pages = {21–33},
      url = {nyjm.albany.edu:8000/j/2005/11-2.html},
      author = {Braun, Gábor},
      title = {Characterization of Matrix Types of Ultramatricial Algebras}
    }
  28. Braun, G. (2004). A Proof of Higgins’s Conjecture. Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society, 70(2), 207–212. [arXiv]
    [BibTeX]
    @article{MR2094288,
      year = {2004},
      journal = {Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society},
      volume = {70},
      number = {2},
      pages = {207–212},
      archiveprefix = {arXiv},
      eprint = {0312139},
      primaryclass = {math.GR},
      author = {Braun, Gábor},
      title = {A Proof of Higgins’s Conjecture}
    }
  29. Braun, G., and Göbel, R. (2003). Outer Automorphisms of Locally Finite P-groups. Journal of Algebra, 264(1), 55–67.
    [BibTeX]
    @article{MR1980685,
      year = {2003},
      journal = {Journal of Algebra},
      volume = {264},
      number = {1},
      pages = {55–67},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Göbel, Rüdiger},
      title = {Outer Automorphisms of Locally Finite P-groups}
    }
  30. Braun, G., and Göbel, R. (2003). Automorphism Groups of Nilpotent Groups. Archiv Der Mathematik, 80(5), 464–474. DOI: 10.1007/s00013-003-0802-4
    [BibTeX]
    @article{MR1995625,
      year = {2003},
      journal = {Archiv der Mathematik},
      volume = {80},
      number = {5},
      pages = {464–474},
      doi = {10.1007/s00013-003-0802-4},
      author = {Braun, Gábor and Göbel, Rüdiger},
      title = {Automorphism Groups of Nilpotent Groups}
    }

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