A note on extrema of linear combinations of elementary symmetric functions

DOI10.1080/03081087.2011.588438zbMath1271.14089arXiv1103.0430MaRDI QIDQ2879649

Salma Kuhlmann, Alexander Kovačec, Cordian Riener

Publication date: 29 March 2012

Published in: Linear and Multilinear Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1103.0430

zbMATH Keywords

elementary symmetric function; hyperbolic polynomial; local extremum

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

26C10: Real polynomials: location of zeros

14P99: Real algebraic and real-analytic geometry

26C05: Real polynomials: analytic properties, etc.

14Q99: Computational aspects in algebraic geometry

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