Polynomial Optimization: f, g1 , . . . , gi ∈ R[z]: polynomials min z f(z) sub. to gi (z) = 0 (i = 1, . . . , m) SoS Relaxation (of degree d): min E E[f(z)] sub. to E : R[z]d → R, linear operator “pseudoexpectation” E[1] = 1 E[p(z)2] ≥ 0 (p ∈ R[z] : deg(p) ≤ d/2) E[gi (z)p(z)] = 0 (p ∈ R[z] : deg(gi p) ≤ d, i = 1, . . . , m) 8 / 20