from os.path import abspath
from site import addsitedir
addsitedir(abspath('../../'))
-from mjo.cone.symmetric_psd import factor_psd
+from mjo.cone.symmetric_psd import factor_psd, is_symmetric_psd
INPUT:
- - ``A`` - The matrix in question
+ - ``A`` - The matrix in question
OUTPUT:
"""
if A.base_ring() == SR:
- msg = 'The base ring of ``A`` cannot be the Symbolic Ring'
+ msg = 'The matrix ``A`` cannot be the symbolic.'
raise ValueError.new(msg)
- # First make sure that ``A`` is symmetric.
- if not A.is_symmetric():
- return False
-
# Check that all of the entries of ``A`` are nonnegative.
if not all([ a >= 0 for a in A.list() ]):
return False
- # If ``A`` is symmetric and non-negative, we only need to check
- # that it is positive semidefinite. For that we can consult its
- # minimum eigenvalue, which should be zero or greater. Since ``A``
- # is symmetric, its eigenvalues are guaranteed to be real.
- return min(A.eigenvalues()) >= 0
+ # It's nonnegative, so all we need to do is check that it's
+ # symmetric positive-semidefinite.
+ return is_symmetric_psd(A)
+
+
+def has_admissible_extreme_rank(A):
+ """
+ The extreme matrices of the doubly-nonnegative cone have some
+ restrictions on their ranks. This function checks to see whether or
+ not ``A`` could be extreme based on its rank.
+
+ INPUT:
+
+ - ``A`` - The matrix in question
+
+ OUTPUT:
+
+ ``False`` if the rank of ``A`` precludes it from being an extreme
+ matrix of the doubly-nonnegative cone, ``True`` otherwise.
+
+ REFERENCE:
+
+ Hamilton-Jester, Crista Lee; Li, Chi-Kwong. Extreme Vectors of
+ Doubly Nonnegative Matrices. Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics
+ 26 (1996), no. 4, 1371--1383. doi:10.1216/rmjm/1181071993.
+ http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.rmjm/1181071993.
+
+ EXAMPLES:
+
+ The zero matrix has rank zero, which is admissible::
+
+ sage: A = zero_matrix(QQ, 5, 5)
+ sage: has_admissible_extreme_rank(A)
+ True
+
+ """
+ if not A.is_symmetric():
+ raise ValueError('The matrix ``A`` must be symmetric.')
+
+ r = rank(A)
+ n = A.nrows() # Columns would work, too, since ``A`` is symmetric.
+
+ if r == 0:
+ # Zero is in the doubly-nonnegative cone.
+ return True
+
+ # See Theorem 3.1 in the cited reference.
+ if r == 2:
+ return False
+
+ if n.mod(2) == 0:
+ # n is even
+ return r <= max(1, n-3)
+ else:
+ # n is odd
+ return r <= max(1, n-2)
def is_extreme_doubly_nonnegative(A):
"""
Returns ``True`` if the given matrix is an extreme matrix of the
doubly-nonnegative cone, and ``False`` otherwise.
+
+ EXAMPLES:
+
+ The zero matrix is an extreme matrix::
+
+ sage: A = zero_matrix(QQ, 5, 5)
+ sage: is_extreme_doubly_nonnegative(A)
+ True
+
"""
+
+ r = A.rank()
+
+ if r == 0:
+ # Short circuit, we know the zero matrix is extreme.
+ return True
+
+ if not is_admissible_extreme_rank(r):
+ return False
+
raise NotImplementedError()