What's New in Book II

Version 040315 Version 040415 Version 040515

  • Split the book into three books
  • Changed README.md to short blurbs
  • Got rid of LaTeX macros from HEADER.md

Version 041615

  • Added section and code for quadratic on a sphere

Version 041915

  • Added cosine example to sharp

Version 042015

  • Added existence section to quadratic

Version 042115

  • Added existence section to quadratic sharp
  • More figures to knitr code chunks
  • Fairly thorough cleaning of the cubics and quartics examples

Version 050415

  • existence in quadratic majorization

Version 050915

  • moved HQ methods to BRAS1

Version 051015

  • cleaned up bibliography
  • move logarithm figure to knitr chunks
  • discussed Ortega-Rhenboldt majorization principle

Version 051515

  • alternative majorization definitions

Version 052215

  • existence of quadratic majorizers