<p>We study the Carathéodory number of homogeneous convex cones via their spectrahedral representations. A characterization of homogeneous convex cones whose ranks match their Carathéodory numbers is given. This characterization is then used to show that a homogeneous convex cone is selfdual if and only if its rank matches the Carathéodory numbers of both its closure and its dual cone. It is further used to show that the only sparse spectrahedral cones that are homogeneous convex cones are those described by homogeneous chordal graphs.</p>

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Carathéodory number of homogeneous convex cones

  • Chek Beng Chua

摘要

We study the Carathéodory number of homogeneous convex cones via their spectrahedral representations. A characterization of homogeneous convex cones whose ranks match their Carathéodory numbers is given. This characterization is then used to show that a homogeneous convex cone is selfdual if and only if its rank matches the Carathéodory numbers of both its closure and its dual cone. It is further used to show that the only sparse spectrahedral cones that are homogeneous convex cones are those described by homogeneous chordal graphs.