Convex Noncommutative Polynomials Have Degree Two or Less
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Publication:4650976
DOI10.1137/S0895479803421999zbMath1102.47009MaRDI QIDQ4650976
Scott A. McCullough, J. William Helton
Publication date: 21 February 2005
Published in: SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)
linear matrix inequality; convexity; symmetric matrices; noncommutative polynomial; matrix convex polynomial
47A63: Linear operator inequalities
15A45: Miscellaneous inequalities involving matrices
47A56: Functions whose values are linear operators (operator- and matrix-valued functions, etc., including analytic and meromorphic ones)
47L25: Operator spaces (= matricially normed spaces)
26B25: Convexity of real functions of several variables, generalizations
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