Convex Noncommutative Polynomials Have Degree Two or Less

DOI10.1137/S0895479803421999zbMath1102.47009MaRDI QIDQ4650976

J. William Helton, Scott A. McCullough

Publication date: 21 February 2005

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

zbMATH Keywords

linear matrix inequalityconvexitysymmetric matricesnoncommutative polynomialmatrix convex polynomial

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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