Semidefinite Optimization and Convex Algebraic Geometry (MPS-SIAM Series on Optimization, Series Number 13) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1611972280 ISBN 13: 9781611972283

Publisher: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2013

Synopsis

Convex algebraic geometry is an important and applicable research area featuring contributions from convex and algebraic geometry, semidefinite programming, and optimization. This self-contained introduction to the topic is suitable for readers at the graduate level and can be used for a class or seminar. Researchers will find open problems.

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About the Authors

Grigoriy Blekherman is an assistant professor at Georgia Institute of Technology and a 2012 recipient of the Sloan Research Fellowship. His research interests lie at the intersection of convex and algebraic geometry.

Pablo A. Parrilo is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has received the SIAG/CST Prize and the IEEE Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize. His research interests include mathematical optimization, systems and control theory, and computational methods for engineering applications.

Rekha R. Thomas is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Washington. Her research interests are in optimization and computational algebra.

Edition details

• Publisher: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1611972280
• ISBN 13: 9781611972283
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 495
• Editor: Blekherman Grigoriy, Parrilo Pablo A., Thomas Rekha