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Sylvester's Criterion


Sylvester's criterion states that a matrix M is positive definite iff the determinants associated with all upper-left submatrices of M are positive.


See also

Positive Definite Matrix

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Sylvester's Criterion." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/SylvestersCriterion.html

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