An iterative scheme for testing the positive definiteness of multivariate homogeneous formsFootnote^*

* The authors confirm contribution to the paper as follows: study conception and design: Kaili Zhang, Haibin Zhang; analysis and interpretation of results: Kaili Zhang, Haibin Zhang and Pengfei Zhao; numerical experiment: Pengfei Zhao, Kaili Zhang; draft manuscript preparation: Kaili Zhang, Xueyong Wang. All authors reviewed the results and approved the final version of the manuscript.

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