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Linear mappings preserving the copositive cone

Combinatorics 2019-11-26 v1

Abstract

Let Sn\mathcal{S}_n be the set of all nn-by-nn symmetric real matrices, and let Cn\mathcal{C}_n be the copositive cone, that is, the set of all matrices aSna\in\mathcal{S}_n that fulfill the condition uau0u^\top a u\geqslant0 for all nn-vectors uu with nonnegative entries. We prove that a linear mapping φ:SnSn\varphi:\mathcal{S}_n\to \mathcal{S}_n satisfies φ(Cn)=Cn\varphi(\mathcal{C}_n)=\mathcal{C}_n if and only if φ(x)=mxm\varphi(x)=m^\top xm for a fixed monomial matrix mm with nonnegative entries.

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@article{arxiv.1911.10553,
  title  = {Linear mappings preserving the copositive cone},
  author = {Yaroslav Shitov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.10553},
  year   = {2019}
}

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5 pages

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