Completely Positive Matrices

Shaked-monderer, Naomi, Berman, Abraham

A real matrix is positive semidefinite if it can be decomposed as A=BB′. In some applications the matrix B has to be elementwise nonnegative. If such a matrix exists, A is called completely positive. The smallest number of columns of a nonnegative matrix B such that A=BB′ is known as the cp-rank of A.This invaluable book focuses on necessary conditions and sufficient conditions for complete positivity, as well as bounds for the cp-rank. The methods are combinatorial, geometric and algebraic. The required background on nonnegative matrices, cones, graphs and Schur complements is outlined.

EAN

9789812383686

Publisher

World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd

Published

15 April 2003

Pages

216