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Quadratic Form


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For a (real) symmetric matrix $ A$ the expression

$\displaystyle a(x) =x^{\operatorname t}A x
$

is called quadratic form.

Dependent on the sign of the eigenvalues of $ A$ we distinguish between three types:

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