(1) Department of Mathematics, University of Avignon, 33 rue Louis Pasteur, Avignon, 84000, France;(2) University of Avignon, I.U.P., 339 chemin des Meinajaries, Avignon, 84911, France
Abstract:
We study the local minima and the critical values of a quadratic form on the trace of a convex cone. This variational problem leads to the development of a spectral theory that combines matrix algebra and facial analysis of convex cones.