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Aaden Booth

Aaden Booth

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2022-06-04

let A R 2 x 2 be symmetric matrix and C R n a closed, convex cone whose linear hull is the entire R 2 and
x T A x > 0   x C { 0 }
but A not positive semi-definite.

I constructed A as follows:
A = ( 1 0 0 1 ) , such that x T A x = x 1 2 + x 2 2 > 0
I am completely stuck on constructing a cone that will fullfill above conditions. Any input is highly appretiated.

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Dahn2cm1p

Dahn2cm1p

Beginner2022-06-05Added 2 answers

Choose α ( 0 , 1 ) and let C = { ( x α x 1 | x 2 | }. Let A = diag ( 1 , 1 ). Then if x C { 0 } we have x T A x = x 1 2 x 2 2 ( 1 α 2 ) x 1 2 + α x 1 2 x 2 2 ( 1 α 2 ) x 1 2 > 0. It should be clear that since ( 1 , ± α ) C that the span of C is the entire plane.

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