Two characterizations of ellipsoidal cones

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Abstract: We give two characterizations of cones over ellipsoids. Let

C

be a closed pointed convex linear cone in a finite-dimensional real vector space. We show that

C

is a cone over an ellipsoid if and only if the affine span of

p a r t i a l C c a p p a r t i a l (a - C)

has dimension

d i m (C) - 1

for every point

a

in the relative interior of

C

. We also show that

C

is a cone over an ellipsoid if and only if every bounded section of

C

by an affine hyperplane is centrally symmetric.

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