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A real symmetric matrix admitting a finite sum of nonnegative rank-one matrices $x_j{x}_j^T$. It is both a positive semidefinite matrix and a nonnegative matrix, but these two properties alone need not imply membership in the completely positive cone in arbitrary dimension. This matrix notion is distinct from a completely positive map.

For a convex cone $D$ in an inner product space, use the nonnegative-pairing conventionHere the pairing is the Frobenius inner product on real symmetric matrices. Let $C_0$ be the conic hull of the nonnegative rank-one matrices $x{x}^T$, and let $C=\overline{C_0}$. For $A\in K$, $⟨A,x{x}^T{⟩}_F=x^{T}Ax\ge 0$. This extends to conic combinations, and by continuity to their limits. Hence $C\subseteq K^{\ast }$.

For the converse, if $B\notin C$, separation from a closed convex cone supplies a symmetric $H$ withIn particular $x^{T}Hx\ge 0$ for every $x\ge 0$, so $H\in K$. The negative pairing then excludes $B$ from $K^{\ast }$. ThereforeThe same generator test gives $C^{\ast }=K$. This is the duality of copositive and completely positive cones; the next argument removes the closure.

Every feasible sign vector gives the rank-one matrix $X=x{x}^T$. It is a positive semidefinite matrix, since $u^{T}Xu=(u^{T}x{)}^2\ge 0$, and $X_{ii}=x_i^2=1$. The matrix trace identity givesThus all original feasible objectives appear among the relaxed ones, provingThe semidefinite relaxation of binary quadratic optimization drops the rank-one requirement and keeps the elliptope constraints.

An optimal relaxed matrix exists. The feasible set is nonempty, since it contains $I$, and closed. Its two-by-two principal minors give $|X_{ij}{|}^2\le X_{ii}{X}_{jj}=1$, so it is bounded and therefore compact. The linear objective attains its maximum. Also $\mathrm{tr}(AI)=0$ and hence $p_{\mathrm{SDP}}^{\ast }\ge 0$, including the zero-objective case.

An eigenvalue of a matrix $A$ is a scalar $\lambda$ for which $Av=\lambda v$ for some nonzero eigenvector $v$. Its corresponding eigenspace is

Write $v=(a,b,c,d{)}^T$. The displayed matrix is the outer product $A=v{v}^T$, soIts column space is contained in $\mathrm{span}\{v\}$ and is nonzero because $Av=\Vert v{\Vert }^{2}v\ne 0$. Hence $A$ is a rank-one matrix.

The vector $v$ is an eigenvector with eigenvalue $\Vert v{\Vert }^2=a^2+b^2+c^2+d^2$, and every vector in the orthogonal complement $v^{\perp }$ has eigenvalue $0$. ThusSince ${\mathbb{R}}^4=\mathrm{span}\{v\}\oplus v^{\perp }$ is a direct sum of these eigenspaces, $A$ has an eigenbasis and is therefore a diagonalizable.

Let the computed eigenpair residual beDefine the rank-one matrixThenso $(\tilde{\lambda },\tilde{v})$ is an exact eigenpair of the perturbed matrix $A+E$. Moreover,which is the backward error of an approximate eigenpair.

Follow the simple eigenvalue branch from $\lambda (0)=\lambda$ for $A(t)=A+tE$. The first-order perturbation of a simple eigenvalue and part (b) giveSince the residual is at the machine precision scale, this proves