A direct proof of the uniqueness of the square-root of a positive-definite tensor (Q1390798)
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A direct proof of the uniqueness of the square-root of a positive-definite tensor (English)
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20 July 1998
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The uniqueness of the square-root of a positive-definite tensor is shown without using the notion of eigenvalues and eigenvectors. The paper has one theorem, the square-root theorem: Let \(C\) be a second-order positive-definite tensor on \(V\). Then there is a unique positive-definite tensor \(A\) such that \(A^2= C\).
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inner-product vector space
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square-root of a positive-definite tensor
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