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positive semidefinite (Definition)

Let $A$ be an $n\times n$ symmetric real square matrix. If for any non-zero vector $x$ we have $$x^t Ax\geq 0,$$ we call $A$ a positive semidefinite matrix.




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See Also: positive definite, negative definite

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Cross-references: matrix, non-zero vector, square matrix, real, symmetric
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AMS MSC15A48 (Linear and multilinear algebra; matrix theory :: Positive matrices and their generalizations; cones of matrices)

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