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positive-definite

adj

Definitions

  1. Said of a real, square matrix

    Said of a real, square matrix: that the product of it with a column vector on its right side and the transpose of that column vector on its left side is greater or equal to zero, only equaling zero if the vector itself is zero.

  2. Said of a quadratic form

    Said of a quadratic form: that the application of it to a tuple is greater or equal to zero, only equaling zero if the tuple itself is zero.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for positive-definite. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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