ctly into a CVX model. For example, if we
replace <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">max</span></tt> with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">min</span></tt> above; <em>e.g.</em>,</p>
<div class="highlight-none"><div class="highlight"><pre>function y = deadzone_bad( x )
y = min( abs( x ) - 1, 0 )
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<p>then the modified function fails to satisfy the DCP ruleset. The function
will work <em>outside</em> of a CVX specification, happily computing the
value <span class="ma