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On the minimum of a positive polynomial over the standard simplex

Algebraic Geometry 2009-06-25 v1 Symbolic Computation

Abstract

We present a new positive lower bound for the minimum value taken by a polynomial P with integer coefficients in k variables over the standard simplex of R^k, assuming that P is positive on the simplex. This bound depends only on the number of variables, the degree and the bitsize of the coefficients of P and improves all previous bounds for arbitrary polynomials which are positive over the simplex.

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@article{arxiv.0906.4377,
  title  = {On the minimum of a positive polynomial over the standard simplex},
  author = {Gabriela Jeronimo and Daniel Perrucci},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.4377},
  year   = {2009}
}
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