SLIDE 18 A New SD Farkas Lemma
Given symmetric matrices A1, . . . , Am and m-vector b and assume that there exists X ∗ 0 such that trace (AiX ∗) = bi for i = 1, . . . , m and rank X ∗ = r. Then exactly one of the following two statements holds: ∃ X 0: trace (AiX) = bi, for i = 1, . . . , m, rank X ≥ r + 1, ∃ non-zero matrices Ω0, Ω1, . . . , Ωk, k ≤ n − r − 1, such that:
Ωj =
i yj i Ai,
Ω0 0, UT
1 Ω1U1 0, · · · , UT k ΩkUk 0,
trace (ΩjX ∗) = 0 for all j, rank Ω0 + rank (UT
1 Ω1U1) + · · · + rank (UT k ΩkUk) = n − r,
where U1, . . . , Uk and W0, W1, . . . , Wk are full column rank matrices defined as follows: for i = 0, 1, . . . , k, R(Wi) = N(U T
i ΩiUi), and Ui+1 = UiWi, U0 = I.
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(University of Windsor, ON Canada) Semidefinite Farkas’ Lemma and Dimensional Rigidity of Bar Frameworks Workshop on Making Models: Stimulating / 18