Definition:Positive Definite Matrix/Also known as
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Positive Definite Matrix: Also known as
Some sources hyphenate positive definite: positive-definite.
Some sources refer to a positive definite matrix as symmetric positive definite, but under our definition the symmetric part of the definition is redundant.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): symmetric positive definite
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): symmetric positive definite