SemiDefinite What?

This page contains definitions for SemiDefinite things like matrices, programs, etc.

== SemiDefinite Matrices ==

A positive SemiDefinite matrix is a HermitianMatrix all of whose eigenvalues are nonnegative. Thus any symmetric matrix that has a 0 on the diagonal is a SemiDefinite matrix.

SemiDefinite Programming

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