Irreducible noncommutative defining polynomials for convex sets have degree 4 or less

DOI10.1512/iumj.2007.56.2904zbMath1128.47020MaRDI QIDQ5296418

J. William Helton, Harry Dym, Scott A. McCullough

Publication date: 1 August 2007

Published in: Indiana University Mathematics Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1512/iumj.2007.56.2904

zbMATH Keywords

linear matrix inequalities; convex sets of matrices; noncommutative semialgebraic geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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)

47A20: Dilations, extensions, compressions of linear operators

14P10: Semialgebraic sets and related spaces

26B25: Convexity of real functions of several variables, generalizations

47L07: Convex sets and cones of operators

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