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List <strong>of</strong> Symbols<br />

R<br />

R n<br />

R n×m<br />

Z<br />

Z +<br />

C 1<br />

M ≽ 0 (x ≽ 0)<br />

The real numbers<br />

Real n-vectors<br />

Real n-by-m matrices<br />

The ring <strong>of</strong> integers<br />

Positive integers<br />

The set <strong>of</strong> continuously differentiable real valued functions on R n<br />

M symmetric and is positive semidefinite<br />

(for x ∈ R n , entries <strong>of</strong> x are non-negative)<br />

M ≻ 0 (x ≻ 0)<br />

M is symmetric and positive definite<br />

(for x ∈ R n , entries <strong>of</strong> x are positive)<br />

R[x]<br />

Σ[x]<br />

∂(π)<br />

Ω f,η<br />

The set <strong>of</strong> polynomials (<strong>of</strong> certain finite degree) in x with real coefficients<br />

The set <strong>of</strong> sum-<strong>of</strong>-squares polynomials in R[x]<br />

The the degree <strong>of</strong> π ∈ R[x]<br />

The η-sublevel set <strong>of</strong> f, i.e., for η ∈ R and f : R n → R<br />

Ω f,γ := {x ∈ R n<br />

: f(x) ≤ η},<br />

xi

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