Positive-definite matrix
Positive-definite matrix In linear algebra, a positive-definite matrix is a Hermitian matrix which in many ways is analogous to a positive real number. The notion is closely ...
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Positive-definite function
Positive-definite function In mathematics, a positive-definite function of a real variable x is ... f(x i − x j ) is positive semi-definite. It is usual to ...
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Positive definite matrix   (translated from French)
Positive definite matrix In linear algebra, the concept of positive definite matrix is similar to that of a strictly positive real number. First of all, let ...
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Talk:Positive-definite matrix
Talk:Positive-definite matrix The statements about the complex/real ... the article. AxelBoldt Does this encompass all positive-definite matrices? The Mathworld page leads me to believe that there are positive-definite matrices that are not Hermitian. ...
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Definite bilinear form
Definite bilinear form In mathematics, a definite bilinear form B is one for which ... B(v, v) has a fixed sign (positive or negative) when it is not 0 ... of B(y, x). Then B is positive-definite if B(x, x) > 0 for ...
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Positive linear functional
Positive linear functional In mathematics, especially functional analysis ... C*-algebra $\backslash mathcal\{A\}$ is positive if $f(A)\backslash geq\; 0$ whenever A is a positive element of $\backslash mathcal\{A\}$. That is to say, a positive linear functional does not necessarily take positive values all the time, but only ...
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Talk:Cholesky decomposition
... A be symmetric or Hermitian ? A is positive definite, and all positive-definite matrices are Hermitian (see positive-definite matrix). I hope this concise ...
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Cholesky decomposition
... is a matrix decomposition of a symmetric positive-definite matrix into a lower triangular matrix and ... is the Cholesky triangle of the original, positive-definite matrix. Any square matrix A can be ... decomposition. However, if A is symmetric and positive definite, we can choose the factors ...
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German grammar
... article used (or not used) with it, definite or indefinite. The genitive case is becoming ... out. This is quite similar to English. Definite article (strong) Masculine Neuter Feminine Plural Nominative ... der den Genitive des des der der Definite article endings (strong) Masculine Neuter Feminine Plural ... forms of the pronouns derived from the definite article. They agree in number and gender ... There are possessive pronouns derived from the definite article and derived from the interrogative ...
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Talk:Communism/Archive6
... psychology, and confuses punishing reinforcers (whippings) with positive reinforcers (money). I think starvation could be ... shelter provided to the slave be a positive reinforcer just as money to buy food ... the wage slave? If capitalism was all positive reinforcers, the enclosure of the commons would ... the text, as lack of proper incentive (positive reinforcement) is one of the more glaring ... fact that communism does, in fact, offer positive reinforcement to the people participating in ...
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