positive semidefinite Hessian matrix.txt
Is a given Hessian matrix positive semidefinite or positive definite or
negative semidefinite or negative definite?
Triangulation (PW:klilij):
positive / negative (semi) definite iff all final diagonal elements are positive / negative(nonnegative /nonpositive).
thanks to Prof. Dr. Hans G. Bartels, Frankfurt
(siehe pdf-Datei: Optimierung multivariabler Funktionen).