qp() in octave-3.0.0 gets stuck on wrong answer to convex problem

[John W. Eaton]

On  5-Jun-2008, Joshua Redstone wrote:

| 'help qp' in octave defines returning INFO=0 as "The problem is feasible and
| convex.  Global solution found."which suggests it is returning the global
| minimum.
| qp() optimizes x'*H*x + x'*q, which I think is convex if the matrix H is
| positive semi-definite (which it is in this case), but my math is a bit weak
| in this area.
| Josh

Are you sure it is positive semi-definite?  In the problem that you
sent, H has some negative eigenvalues.

jwe