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Questions in which polynomials (single or several variables) play a key role. It is typically important that this tag is combined with other tags; polynomials appear in very different contexts. Please, use at least one of the top-level tags, such as nt.number-theory, co.combinatorics, ac.commutative-algebra, in addition to it. Also, note the more specific tags for some special types of polynomials, e.g., orthogonal-polynomials, symmetric-polynomials.

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When is a power of a nonnegative polynomial a sum of squares?

Motzkin's original proof shows that $x^4y^2 + x^2y^4 + z^6 - a x^2y^2z^2$ is psd and not sos for any $a$ in the interval $(0,3]$. If you take $a = .02$ say, it is reasonably simple, though messy, to s …
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Is this Negativstellensatz with uniform denominators known?

Hi. I don't usually read this site, but a friend who does told me about your question. Let me give a couple of answers. The first is that my proof completely doesn't work if $f$ has non-trivial zeros …
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