Sylvester's criterion

name

Etymology

Named after James Joseph Sylvester.

Definitions

  1. A necessary and sufficient criterion to determine whether a Hermitian matrix is…

    A necessary and sufficient criterion to determine whether a Hermitian matrix is positive-definite: specifically, when all of the leading principal minors have a positive determinant.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Sylvester's criterion. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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