Can CVX solve convex non differentiable optimization problem?

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I want to solve minimization of maximum eigen value of symmetric matrix, this is non-differentiable convex problem.
I am not getting global optimum. Can anyone explain the reason.

minimize lambda_max(Ginv(G1)) ( wrt matrix U)
subject to G=G1+U
all G, G1 and U are 22 matrices.

thanks

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What is your actual CVX model? In particular, what is “Ginv(G1)”? That doesn’t look symmetric, which lambda_max requires; and if it is not symmetric, it is probably not convex.

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What is your actual CVX model? In particular, what is “Ginv(G1)”? That doesn’t look symmetric, which lambda_max requires; and if it is not symmetric, it is probably not convex.

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function is lambda ( G* Inverse(G1)) … it can be converted into lyapounov form : Transpose(G)PG1 + Transpose(G1)PG … this is LMI and hence convex, but eigen value function is usually non -differentiable.

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It is still not clear to me what your model is. But if you can express it using LMIs, then yes, CVX can solve it. In its original form, no it cannot.