In this paper we show that the so-called commutative class of primal-dual interior point algorithms which were designed by Monteiro and Zhang for semidefinite programming extends word-for-word to optimization problems over all symmetric cones. The machinery of Euclidean Jordan algebras is used to carry out this extension. Unlike some non-commutative algorithms such as the XS+SXmethod, this clas...

This article deals with linear complementarity problems over symmetric cones. Our objective here is to characterize global uniqueness and solvability properties for linear transformations that leave the symmetric cone invariant. Specifically, we show that, for algebra automorphisms on the Lorentz space Ln and for quadratic representations on any Euclidean Jordan algebra, global uniqueness, glob...

In this paper we establish that the causal order determined by an Ol’shanski semigroup on the corresponding homogeneous space is globally hyperbolic. Using this fact, we present sufficient conditions for a special class of Lie semigroups to admit a canonical “triple decomposition,” namely those for which the Lie algebra is of Cayley type. This theory applies in particular to semigroups which ar...

In this paper we prove that every n-Jordan homomorphis varphi:mathcal {A} longrightarrowmathcal {B} from unital Banach algebras mathcal {A} into varphi -commutative Banach algebra mathcal {B} satisfiying the condition varphi (x^2)=0 Longrightarrow varphi (x)=0, xin mathcal {A}, is an n-homomorphism. In this paper we prove that every n-Jordan homomorphism varphi:mathcal {A} longrightarrowmathcal...

Mathieu and Ruddy proved that if be a unital spectral isometry from a unital C*-algebra Aonto a unital type I C*-algebra B whose primitive ideal space is Hausdorff and totallydisconnected, then is Jordan isomorphism. The aim of this note is to show that if be asurjective spectrum preserving additive map, then is a Jordan isomorphism without the extraassumption totally disconnected.

We consider the real three-dimensional Euclidean Jordan algebra associated to a strongly regular graph. Then, the Krein parameters of a strongly regular graph are generalized and some generalized Krein admissibility conditions are deduced. Furthermore, we establish some relations between the classical Krein parameters and the generalized Krein parameters.

We consider a convex optimization problem on linearly constrained cones in a Euclidean Jordan algebra. The cost function consists of a quadratic cost term plus a penalty function. A damped Newton algorithm is proposed for minimization. Quadratic convergence to the global minimum is shown using an explicit step-size selection.

We consider a strongly regular graph, G, and associate a three dimensional Euclidean Jordan algebra, V, to the adjacency matrix A of G. Then, by considering convergent series of Hadamard powers of the idempotents of the unique complete system of orthogonal idempotents of V, we establish new feasibility conditions for the existence of strongly regular graphs.

We describe a Jordan-algebraic version of results related to convexity of images of quadratic mappings as well as related results on exactness of symmetric relaxations of certain classes of nonconvex optimization problems. The exactness of relaxations is proved based on rank estimates. Our approach provides a unifying viewpoint on a large number of classical results related to cones of Hermitia...