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In linear algebra, a symmetric real matrix is said to be positive definite if the scalar is positive for every non-zero column vector of real numbers. Here denotes the transpose of . More generally, an Hermitian matrix is said to be positive definite if the scalar is real and positive for all non-zero column vectors of complex numbers. Here denotes the conjugate transpose of . The negative definite, positive semi-definite, and negative semi-definite matrices are defined in the same way, except that the expression or is required to be always negative, non-negative, and non-positive, respectively. Positive definite matrices are closely related to positive-definite symmetric bilinear forms (or sesquilinear forms in the complex case), and to inner products of vector spaces.〔(Stewart, J. (1976). Positive definite functions and generalizations, an historical survey. Rocky Mountain J. Math, 6(3). )〕 Some authors use more general definitions of "positive definite" that include some non-symmetric real matrices, or non-Hermitian complex ones. == Examples == *The identity matrix is positive definite. Seen as a real matrix, it is symmetric, and, for any non-zero column vector ''z'' with real entries ''a'' and ''b'', one has . Seen as a complex matrix, for any non-zero column vector ''z'' with complex entries ''a'' and ''b'' one has . Either way, the result is positive since ''z'' is not the zero vector (that is, at least one of ''a'' and ''b'' is not zero). * The real symmetric matrix :: :is positive definite since for any non-zero column vector ''z'' with entries ''a'', ''b'' and ''c'', we have :: :This result is a sum of squares, and therefore non-negative; and is zero only if ''a'' = ''b'' = ''c'' = 0, that is, when ''z'' is zero. *The real symmetric matrix :: :is not positive definite. If ''z'' is the vector , one has *For any real non-singular matrix , the product is a positive definite matrix. A simple proof is that for any non-zero vector , the condition since the non-singularity of matrix means that The examples ''M'' and ''N'' above show that a matrix in which some elements are negative may still be positive-definite, and conversely a matrix whose entries are all positive may not be positive definite. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Positive-definite matrix」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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