Exponential convexifying of polynomials

Abstract: Let

X s u b s e t m a t h b b R^{n}

be a convex closed and semialgebraic set and let

f

be a polynomial positive on

X

. We prove that there exists an exponent

N g e q 1

, such that for any

x i i n m a t h b b R^{n}

the function

v a r p h i_{N} (x) = e^{N | x - x i |^{2}} f (x)

is strongly convex on

X

. When

X

is unbounded we have to assume also that the leading form of

f

is positive in

m a t h b b R^{n} s e t m i n u s 0

. We obtain strong convexity of

v a r P h i_{N} (x) = e^{e^{N | x |^{2}}} f (x)

on possibly unbounded

X

, provided

N

is sufficiently large, assuming only that

f

is positive on

X

. We apply these results for searching critical points of polynomials on convex closed semialgebraic sets.

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