Space tensor conic programming

Space tensors appear in physics and mechanics. Mathematically, they are tensors in the three-dimensional Euclidean space. In the research area of diffusion magnetic resonance imaging, convex optimization problems are formed where higher order positive semi-definite space tensors are involved. In this short paper, we investigate these problems from the viewpoint of conic linear programming (CLP). We characterize the dual cone of the positive semi-definite space tensor cone, and study the CLP formulation and the duality of positive semi-definite space tensor conic programming. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014