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14 papers

math.CO2026

A Weak Condition for Limited Augmented Zarankiewicz Numbers

Liqun Qi, Chunfeng Cui, Yi Xu

This paper introduces the weak augmented Zarankiewicz number and the weak limited augmented Zarankiewicz number , which are combinatorial extensions of t…

math.CO2026

Three-Edges and the SOS Rank of Biquadratic Forms

Liqun Qi, Chunfeng Cui, Yi Xu

We extend the augmented bipartite graph framework for biquadratic sum-of-squares (SOS) ranks by introducing -edges -- triples of cells representing squares of three-term bilinea…

math.CO2026

Optimization Models and Computational Bounds for Limited Augmented Zarankiewicz Numbers in the Incidence-Graph Family of Complete Graphs

Yi Xu, Gaohang Yu, Liqun Qi

Let denote the incidence graph of the complete graph . We study limited augmented Zarankiewicz numbers in this family through structured 0--1 optimization models for…

math.OC2026

Biquadratic SOS Rank and Augmented Zarankiewicz Number

Liqun Qi, Chunfeng Cui, Yi Xu

This paper introduces the concepts of the augmented Zarankiewicz number and the limited augmented Zarankiewicz number , which are natural combinatorial extensi…

math.CO2026

A General Lower Bound for the Limited Augmented Zarankiewicz Number based upon Complete Graphs

Liqun Qi, Chunfeng Cui, Yi Xu

The limited augmented Zarankiewicz number satisfies , where is the maximum SOS rank of $m\times…

math.OC2026

Narrowing the Gap: SOS Ranks of Biquadratic Forms and a Lower Bound of

Yi Xu, Chunfeng Cui, Liqun Qi

We investigate the maximum sum-of-squares (SOS) rank of biquadratic forms in the critical case of variables, where the general bounds are currently $7 \leq \mathrm{BSR…

math.OC2026

Sum of Squares Rank of Biquadratic Forms and The Zarankiewicz Number

Chunfeng Cui, Liqun Qi, Yi Xu

Denote the maximum sos rank of sum of squares (SOS) biquadratic forms by . In this paper, we show that and conjecture that $BSR(m, n…

math.OC2026

On the SOS Rank of Simple and Diagonal Biquadratic Forms

Yi Xu, Chufeng Cui, Liqun Qi

We study the sum-of-squares (SOS) rank of simple and diagonal biquadratic forms. For simple biquadratic forms in variables, we show that the maximum SOS rank is exactl…

math.OC2026

Sum of Squares Decompositions and Rank Bounds for Biquadratic Forms

Liqun Qi, Chunfeng Cui, Yi Xu

We study SOS properties of biquadratic forms. For the class of partially symmetric biquadratic forms, we establish necessary and sufficient conditions for positive semi-definitenes…

math.OC2025

Sum of Squares Decompositions for Structured Biquadratic Forms

Yi Xu, Chunfeng Cui, Liqun Qi

This paper studies sum-of-squares (SOS) representations for structured biquadratic forms. We prove that diagonally dominated symmetric biquadratic tensors are always SOS. For the s…

math.OC2025

Structured Symmetric Tensors

Liqun Qi, Chunfeng Cui, Yi Xu

In this paper, we study structured symmetric tensors. We introduce several new classes of structured symmetric tensors: completely decomposable (CD) tensors, strictly sum of square…

math.RA2025

Completely Positive Biquadratic Tensors

Liqun Qi, Chunfeng Cui, Haibin Chen +1

In this paper, we systemically introduce completely positive biquadratic (CPB) tensors and copositive biquadratic tensors. We show that all weakly CPB tensors are sum of squares te…

math.OC2025

Postive Semidefinite and Sum of Squares Biquadratic Polynomials

Chunfeng Cui, Liqun Qi, Yi Xu

Hilbert proved in 1888 that a positive semi-definite (PSD) homogeneous quartic polynomial of three variables always can be expressed as the sum of squares (SOS) of three quadratic…

math.NT2025

The SOS Rank of Biquadratic Forms

Liqun Qi, Chunfeng Cui, Yi Xu

In 1973, Calderón proved that an positive semidefinite (psd) biquadratic form can always be expressed as the sum of squares of quadratic forms. Ver…