Positive Definite, Semidefinite
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Mathematics/Linear Algebra
Positive Definite, Semidefinite Definition 1. Let $T \in \mathcal{L}(V)$ where $V$ is a finite-dimensional inner product space, and let $A \in M_{n \times n}(F)$. Then $T$ is called positive definite [positive semidefinite] if $T$ is hermitian and $\langle T(x), x \rangle > 0$ $[\langle T(x), x \rangle \geq 0], \forall x \neq \mathbf{0}$, and $A$ is called positive definite [positive semidefinit..