Let
A be an
n×n real matrix, and
KRn be a closed convex cone. The spectrum of
A relative to
K, denoted by
σ(A,K), is the set of all
λR for which the linear complementarity problem
Formula Not Shown admitsa nonzero solution
xRn. The notation
K+ stands for the (positive) dual cone of
K. The purpose of this work is to study the main properties of the mapping
σ(·,K), and discuss some structural differences existing between the polyhedral case (i.e.
K is finitely generated) and the nonpolyhedral case.