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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Polynomial not sum of squares

Let $P(x,y) = x^2y^4 + x^4y^2 + 1 - 3x^2y^2$

a.) Prove that $P(x,y)$ is non-negative

b.) Prove that $P(x,y)$ cannot be expressed as a sum of squares of polynomials.