Sums of squares on reducible real curves

DOI10.1007/S00209-009-0541-8MaRDI QIDQ611981zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Daniel Plaumann

Publication date 3 January 2011

Published in Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0808.0460

zbMATH Keywords

sums of squarespositive polynomialsreal algebraic curves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Real algebraic sets (14P05) Sums of squares and representations by other particular quadratic forms (11E25) Real algebra (13J30) Real algebraic and real-analytic geometry (14P99) Curves in algebraic geometry (14H99)

Abstract: We ask whether every polynomial function that is non-negative on a real algebraic curve can be expressed as a sum of squares in the coordinate ring. Scheiderer has classified all irreducible curves for which this is the case. For reducible curves, we show how the answer depends on the configuration of the irreducible components and give complete necessary and sufficient conditions. We also prove partial results in the more general case of finitely generated preorderings and discuss applications to the moment problem for semialgebraic sets.

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