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7.4. Orthogonality 411<br />

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[ 4 0 0<br />

0 0 0<br />

This illustrates that if you have a good way to f<strong>in</strong>d the eigenvectors and eigenvalues for a Hermitian<br />

matrix which has nonnegative eigenvalues, then you also have a good way to f<strong>in</strong>d the s<strong>in</strong>gular value<br />

decomposition of an arbitrary matrix.<br />

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7.4.3 Positive Def<strong>in</strong>ite Matrices<br />

Positive def<strong>in</strong>ite matrices are often encountered <strong>in</strong> applications such mechanics and statistics.<br />

We beg<strong>in</strong> with a def<strong>in</strong>ition.<br />

Def<strong>in</strong>ition 7.71: Positive Def<strong>in</strong>ite Matrix<br />

Let A be an n×n symmetric matrix. Then A is positive def<strong>in</strong>ite if all of its eigenvalues are positive.<br />

The relationship between a negative def<strong>in</strong>ite matrix and positive def<strong>in</strong>ite matrix is as follows.<br />

Lemma 7.72: Negative Def<strong>in</strong>ite Matrix<br />

An n × n matrix A is negative def<strong>in</strong>ite if and only if −A is positive def<strong>in</strong>ite.<br />

Consider the follow<strong>in</strong>g lemma.<br />

Lemma 7.73: Positive Def<strong>in</strong>ite Matrix and Invertibility<br />

If A is positive def<strong>in</strong>ite, then it is <strong>in</strong>vertible.<br />

Proof. If A⃗v =⃗0, then 0 is an eigenvalue if ⃗v is nonzero, which does not happen for a positive def<strong>in</strong>ite<br />

matrix. Hence⃗v =⃗0 andsoA is one to one. This is sufficient to conclude that it is <strong>in</strong>vertible. ♠<br />

Notice that this lemma implies that if a matrix A is positive def<strong>in</strong>ite, then det(A) > 0.<br />

The follow<strong>in</strong>g theorem provides another characterization of positive def<strong>in</strong>ite matrices. It gives a useful<br />

test for verify<strong>in</strong>g if a matrix is positive def<strong>in</strong>ite.<br />

Theorem 7.74: Positive Def<strong>in</strong>ite Matrix<br />

Let A be a symmetric matrix. Then A is positive def<strong>in</strong>ite if and only if ⃗x T A⃗x is positive for all<br />

nonzero⃗x ∈ R n .<br />

Proof. S<strong>in</strong>ce A is symmetric, there exists an orthogonal matrix U so that<br />

U T AU = diag(λ 1 ,λ 2 ,...,λ n )=D,

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