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A question about the sign of quadratic forms on nonnegative vectors

Let $M$ be a real square matrix of order $n\ge 3$. Assume that for every nonnegative vector $\textbf{z}\in \mathbb R^n$ which has at lease one zero entry we have $\textbf{z}^T M \textbf{z} \ge 0$. Can ...
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Redistribute diagonal entries of a matrix

Let $d = (d_1,...,d_k)^t$ with positive entries. Denote $D:=diag(d)$ and let $m > k$. What are sufficient conditions on $d$ and $m$ so that there exists $V \in \mathbb{R}^{m \times k}$ with: $V$ ...