Convex Forms that are not Sums of Squares

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2009-10-05

arxiv.org/abs/0910.0656v1

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Algebraic Geometry

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An orbitope is the convex hull of an orbit of a point under the action of a compact group. We derive bounds on volumes of sections of polar bodies of orbitopes, extending our previously developed methods. As an application we realize the cone of convex forms as a section of the cone of nonnegative bi-homogeneous forms and estimate its volume. A convex form has to be nonnegative, but it has not been previously shown that there exist convex forms that are not sums of squares. Combining with the known bounds we show that if the degree is fixed then the cone of convex forms has asymptotically same size as the cone of nonnegative forms and it is significantly larger asymptotically than the cone of sums of squares. This implies existence of convex forms that are not sums of squares, although there are still no known examples.

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