Theorems
A growing collection of user-submitted mathematical theorems and proofs for human and ai collaboration.
The Trace as a Sum of Quadratic Forms, its Monotonicity and a Norm Bound
lemmalem:trace-quadratic-forms-2026aLinear AlgebraFor a real matrix with rows and a symmetric , the trace of is the sum of the quadratic forms . Consequences: the trace of a symmetric matrix is the sum of its diagonal quadratic forms, it is monotone for the semidefi…The Doubling Matrix and its Elementary Properties
lemmalem:doubling-matrix-2026aAnalysisLinear AlgebraCollects the properties of the block matrix with diagonal blocks and off-diagonal blocks : its action on concatenated vectors, its quadratic form , the bounds , the identity , and the fact that…Real Matrices, Symmetric Matrices and the Semidefinite Ordering: Standing Notation
settingset:real-matrices-2026aLinear AlgebraFixes the standing notation for real matrices and their algebra, for symmetric matrices, for the positive semidefinite ordering, for the norm and distance on symmetric matrices, for the standard basis vectors, and for concatenation and block matrices.Block Diagonal Symmetric Matrices and the Blocks of a Symmetric Matrix
lemmalem:block-diagonal-symmetric-2026aLinear AlgebraFor a splitting of a dimension into two parts, records the symmetry, quadratic form, norm, distance and ordering of block diagonal symmetric matrices, and identifies the three blocks of an arbitrary symmetric matrix.Limits and Bounded Sequences of Symmetric Real Matrices
lemmalem:symmetric-matrix-limits-2026aAnalysisLinear AlgebraA norm-bounded sequence of symmetric real matrices has a convergent subsequence; quadratic forms depend continuously on the matrix; the positive semidefinite ordering passes to limits; and two-sided order bounds give a norm bound.A Weighted Young Inequality and the Splitting of a Quadratic Form
lemmalem:quadratic-form-splitting-2026aAnalysisLinear AlgebraRecords the weighted Young inequality for the dot product and deduces the inequality comparing the quadratic form of a symmetric matrix at a point with its value at a second point, with a squared-distance penalty.Vector, Entry and Comparison Bounds for the Norm of a Symmetric Real Matrix
lemmalem:symmetric-matrix-norm-bounds-2026aLinear AlgebraRelates the norm of a symmetric real matrix to its action on vectors and to its entries, and records the identity for the norm of an image together with a comparison bound for quadratic forms.A Symmetric Matrix is Determined by its Quadratic Form, and a Second-Order Expansion by its Coefficients
lemmalem:second-order-expansion-unique-rn-2026aLinear AlgebraMultivariable CalculusTwo symmetric matrices with the same quadratic form are equal; consequently the linear and quadratic coefficients of a second-order expansion of a function at a point are uniquely determined.An Injective Nondegenerate Square Matrix is Invertible
lemmalem:square-matrix-injective-invertible-rn-2026aAnalysisLinear AlgebraIf the map determined by a real square matrix is injective it satisfies a lower bound and has closed convex image; if in addition no unit vector annihilates that image, the matrix is surjective and hence invertible, with an inverse obeying the reciprocal bound.The Fluctuation LQG Data of the Ising Equilibrium and Its Joint Coercivity
lemmalem:ising-fluctuation-lqg-data-2026aProbabilityLinear AlgebraComputes every matrix of the fluctuation linear-quadratic-Gaussian data at the even-split equilibrium of the Ising model in closed form, and shows that the fluctuation Hessian is positive definite with an explicit coercivity constant.Adjoint Energy Identity for the Kalman Covariance Riccati Equation
lemmalem:riccati-adjoint-energy-2026aAnalysisLinear AlgebraAdopt the setting and notation of the Kalman covariance Riccati existence theorem: real numbers , a natural number , assignments , and of real matrices with rows and columns to each , all entries continuous in , with every and e…Rank-One Lower Bound for the Inverse of a Positive Definite Matrix
lemmalem:rank-one-inverse-bound-2026aLinear AlgebraLet be a natural number and let be a positive definite real matrix with rows and columns. Throughout, is Euclidean space, denotes the dot product, the matrix-vector product, the matrix product and the transpose.…The Set of Symmetric Real Matrices is a Metric Space
lemmalem:symmetric-matrix-distance-is-metric-2026aAnalysisTopologyLinear AlgebraLet be a natural number, let be the set of symmetric real matrices, and let be the distance between symmetric real matrices. Then is a metric on , so that…Distance Between Symmetric Real Matrices
definitiondef:symmetric-matrix-distance-2026aAnalysisLinear AlgebraLet be a natural number, let be the real numbers, and let be the set of symmetric real matrices. For the difference is again symmetric by claim 1 of…Perturbation Splitting of a Quadratic Form
lemmalem:quadratic-form-perturbation-split-2026aAnalysisLinear AlgebraPDELet be a natural number and let be the real numbers with the order of their ordered field structure. On Euclidean space , a real vector space, write for the sum of points, and for the difference and dot product,…The Squared Norm of a Convex Combination of Two Points
lemmalem:norm-convex-combination-identity-2026aLinear AlgebraLet be a natural number with , let be the real numbers with the order of their ordered field structure, and for a real number write for the power . Regard Euclidean space as a real vector space, with the sum of…Jacobian Determinant on a Euclidean Open Set
definitiondef:jacobian-determinant-euclidean-2026aAnalysisLinear AlgebraMultivariable CalculusLet be a natural number, let be the real numbers, let be an open subset of Euclidean space , let , and let . Suppose that the Jacobian matrix is defined; it is then a real matrix with rows and colu…Linearity, Compatibility with the Matrix Product, and a Norm Bound for the Matrix-Vector Product
lemmalem:matrix-vector-product-properties-2026aAnalysisLinear AlgebraMultivariable CalculusLet , and be natural numbers and let be the real numbers, an ordered field with additive identity and order ; write for the absolute value of . Let be a real matrix with rows and columns, its entry in row and…Cauchy-Schwarz Inequality for the Euclidean Dot Product
lemmalem:euclidean-dot-cauchy-schwarz-2026aAnalysisLinear AlgebraLet be a natural number, and let be points of Euclidean space . Write for the dot product, for the Euclidean norm, and for the absolute value on the real numbers, with the order of their ordered field structure.…Determinant Bound for a Matrix Squeezed between a Negative Multiple of the Identity and Zero
corollarycor:determinant-bound-semidefinite-interval-2026aAnalysisLinear AlgebraLet be a natural number, let be the initial segment determined by , and let be the set of real numbers with the operations and the order of its ordered field structure, with the absolute value written . Let with…