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The quadratic form positive definite on a linear manifold

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

S. N. Afriat
S. N. Afriat
Affiliation:
Pembroke CollegeCambridge
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1. Introduction. Necessary and sufficient conditions are established for a real quadratic form to be positive definite on a linear manifold, in a real vector space, explicit in terms of the dual Grassmann coordinates for the manifold.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 47 , Issue 1 , January 1951 , pp. 1 - 6
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1951

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