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In mathematics, a symmetric matrix with real entries is positive-definite if the real number is positive for every nonzero real column vector where is the row vector transpose of [1] More generally, a Hermitian matrix (that is, a complex matrix equal to its conjugate transpose) is positive-definite if the real number is positive for every nonzero complex column vector where denotes the conjugate transpose of
Positive semi-definite matrices are defined similarly, except that the scalars and are required to be positive or zero (that is, not negative). Negative-definite and negative semi-definite matrices are defined analogously. A matrix that is not positive semi-definite and not negative semi-definite is sometimes called indefinite.
Ramifications
It follows from the above definitions that a matrix is positive-definite if and only if it is the matrix of a positive-definite quadratic form or Hermitian form. In other words, a matrix is positive-definite if and only if it defines an inner product.
Positive-definite and positive-semidefinite matrices can be characterized in many ways, which may explain the importance of the concept in various parts of mathematics. A matrix M is positive-definite if and only if it satisfies any of the following equivalent conditions.
- is congruent with a diagonal matrix with positive real entries.
- is symmetric or Hermitian, and all its eigenvalues are real and positive.
- is symmetric or Hermitian, and all its leading principal minors are positive.
- There exists an invertible matrix with conjugate transpose such that
A matrix is positive semi-definite if it satisfies similar equivalent conditions where "positive" is replaced by "nonnegative", "invertible matrix" is replaced by "matrix", and the word "leading" is removed.
Positive-definite and positive-semidefinite real matrices are at the basis of convex optimization, since, given a function of several real variables that is twice differentiable, then if its Hessian matrix (matrix of its second partial derivatives) is positive-definite at a point then the function is convex near p, and, conversely, if the function is convex near then the Hessian matrix is positive-semidefinite at
The set of positive definite matrices is an open convex cone, while the set of positive semi-definite matrices is a closed convex cone.[2]
Some authors use more general definitions of definiteness, including some non-symmetric real matrices, or non-Hermitian complex ones.
Definitions
In the following definitions, is the transpose of is the conjugate transpose of and
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