Convex Noncommutative Polynomials Have Degree Two or Less

DOI10.1137/S0895479803421999zbMATH Open1102.47009MaRDI QIDQ4650976FDOQ4650976

J. William Helton, Scott McCullough

Publication date: 21 February 2005

Published in: SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

convexitylinear matrix inequalitysymmetric matricesnoncommutative polynomialmatrix convex polynomial

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Miscellaneous inequalities involving matrices (15A45) Convexity of real functions of several variables, generalizations (26B25) Linear operator inequalities (47A63) Operator spaces (= matricially normed spaces) (47L25) Functions whose values are linear operators (operator- and matrix-valued functions, etc., including analytic and meromorphic ones) (47A56)

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