Carath\'eodory number of homogeneous convex cones

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The study characterizes homogeneous convex cones where the rank equals the Carathéodory number, linking this property to selfduality when it applies to both the closure and dual cone of the homogeneous convex cone. It also identifies that only spectrahedral cones associated with homogeneous chordal graphs can be sparse and homogeneous.

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arXiv:2511.17051v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We study the Carath\'eodory number of homogeneous convex cones via their spectrahedral representations. A characterization of homogeneous convex cones whose ranks match their Carath\'eodory numbers is given. This characterization is then used to show that a homogeneous convex cone is selfdual if and only if its rank matches the Carath\'eodory numbers of both its closure and its dual cone. It is further used to show that the only sparse spectrahedral cones that are homogeneous convex cones are those described by homogeneous chordal graphs.