On the positivity of multivariable scalar functions (Q5939356)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1625737
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    On the positivity of multivariable scalar functions
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1625737

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      On the positivity of multivariable scalar functions (English)
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      23 April 2002
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      The main result of the paper is the following: if \(V(x)=y^T(x) By(x)\) with \(B>0\) then \(V(x)\) is positive definite for all \(x\) such that \(y(x)\) is real and \(y(x)\neq 0\) unless \(x=0\). Several examples are given and possible applications are suggested.
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      positivity
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      Lyapunov functions
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      nonlinear quadratic forms
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