A sufficient condition for local nonnegativity

Abstract

A real polynomial $f$ is called local nonnegative at a point $p$, if it is nonnegative in a neighbourhood of $p$. In this paper, a sufficient condition for determining this property is constructed. Newton's principal part of $f$ (denoted as $f_N$) plays a key role in this process. We proved that if every $F$-face, $(f_N{)}_F$, of $f_N$ is strictly positive over $(\mathbb{R}\setminus 0{)}^n$, then $f$ is local nonnegative at the origin $O$.