On Handelman's representation of polynomials by positive linear functions on

compact polyhedra
Rosalind Elster
Halle(Saale), Germany

Let C be a compact polyhedron in the
n
dimensional Euclidean space, and let f
be the difference of polynomials in
n
variables, f strictly positive on !" #hen f can
be represented as a positive linear combination of products of
i
h
, $here the linear
forms
i
h
are definin% the polyhedron C " #o prove this and complementary assertions
some al%ebraic techni&ues $ill be used" #he usefulness of the results is
demonstrated by e'amples they occur in optimi(ation problems"