Is it possible to solve a linear inequality system using SVD?

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I have a large linear inequality system of the form $Ax ≤ 0$.
Is there a way to solve this system using linear algebra tools like SVD?

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No; loosely speaking this problem is more related to linear programming, which is not equal to linear algebra.

(Plugging in an SVD of $A$ will be too helpful as you probably have seen.)

The set $Ax\leq 0$ is a convex polytope and the representation $Ax\leq 0$ is called its H-representation because it is a description as intersection of half-spaces. Another representation is its V-representation which consists of a list of the vertices. The Wikipedia entry on convex polytopes has more pointers.