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Let $p(x_1,...,x_n) = p(X), X \in R^{n}$ be a homogeneous polynomial of degree $n$ in $n$ real variables, $e = (1,1,..,1) \in R^n$ be a vector of all ones . Such polynomial $p$ is called $e$-hyperbolic if for all real vectors $X \in R^{n}$…
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