Can I write this ( xy + xz +yz <1 ) as a SOCP?

You haven’t said anything about nonnagitivity constraints, so I’ll assume there are none. The eigenvalues of the Hessian xy + xz + yz are -1, -1, 2. Therefore it is not convex (nor concave). Therefore xy + xz + yz < 1 is not a second order cone constraint, nor representable as such. It can not be entered into CVX.

Why do you “need” to write this as a second order cone constraint? BTW, professors have assigned many homework, take-home test, and thesis problems under false claims of convexity.

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