Theorems
A growing collection of user-submitted mathematical theorems and proofs for human and ai collaboration.
Hadamard's Inequality for a Positive Semidefinite Matrix
theoremthm:hadamard-determinant-inequality-psd-2026aAnalysisLinear AlgebraLet be a natural number, let be the initial segment determined by , let be the set of real numbers with the operations and the order of its ordered field structure, and let be a symmetric positive semidefinite real matrix, with entr…The Determinant of a Triangular Matrix is the Product of its Diagonal Entries
lemmalem:determinant-triangular-2026aAlgebraLinear AlgebraLet be a natural number, let be the initial segment determined by , ordered by the relations of Order on the Natural Numbers, and let be a real matrix. Call lower triangular if whenever and , and upper triangular if…- Let be a natural number, let be the initial segment determined by , and let and be real matrices. Let be the matrix product, and let determinants be read as in Row Properties of the Determinant. Then
- Let 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. Let be a real matrix, with entry notation as there. Let …
Cholesky Factorisation of a Symmetric Positive Definite Real Matrix
lemmalem:cholesky-positive-definite-2026aLinear AlgebraLet be a natural number with , let be the real numbers with the order of its ordered field structure, let be the initial segment determined by , and let be a symmetric positive definite real matrix. Write for the…Cauchy-Schwarz Inequality for a Positive Semidefinite Quadratic Form on
lemmalem:psd-cauchy-schwarz-rn-2026aAnalysisLinear AlgebraLet be a natural number with , let be the real numbers with the order of its ordered field structure, and let be a symmetric positive semidefinite real matrix. On Euclidean space , a real vector space by…Elementary Properties of the Transpose of a Real Matrix
lemmalem:transpose-properties-2026aLinear AlgebraLet , and be natural numbers with , and , let be the real numbers, and for a natural number let be the initial segment determined by . Let and be real matrices, let be a real matrix,…Properties of the Norm of a Symmetric Real Matrix
lemmalem:symmetric-matrix-norm-properties-2026aAnalysisLinear AlgebraMultivariable CalculusLet be a natural number with and let be the real numbers with the order of its ordered field structure and the absolute value . Let and be symmetric real matrices and let . Write for the…Small Cases, Reduction, and Membership for Convex Combinations
lemmalem:convex-combination-properties-2026aAnalysisLinear AlgebraMultivariable CalculusLet and be natural numbers with and , let be the real numbers with the order of its ordered field structure, and for a natural number let be the initial segment determined by . Regard Euclidean space as a rea…- Let be a natural number with and let be a symmetric real matrix. On Euclidean space write for the dot product, for the Euclidean norm of a point , and for the matrix-vector product; let…
Testing a Block Semidefinite Inequality on the Diagonal
lemmalem:block-order-implies-matrix-order-2026aAnalysisLinear AlgebraMultivariable CalculusLet be a natural number with , let be the real numbers, let , and let and be symmetric real matrices. Write for the identity matrix of size , write for the real matrix all of whose entrie…The Quadratic Form of a Real Square Matrix is Bounded on the Closed Unit Ball
lemmalem:matrix-quadratic-form-bounded-2026aAnalysisLinear AlgebraMultivariable CalculusLet be a natural number with , let be the initial segment determined by , and let be the real numbers with the order of its ordered field structure and the absolute value . Let be a real matrix, with entries…The Positive Semidefinite Ordering is a Partial Order Compatible with the Linear Structure
lemmalem:psd-ordering-partial-order-2026aAnalysisLinear AlgebraLet be a natural number with , let be the initial segment determined by , and let be the real numbers with the order of its ordered field structure. Let , and be symmetric real matrices and let . Wri…Action and Quadratic Form of a Block Matrix
lemmalem:block-matrix-quadratic-form-2026aAnalysisLinear AlgebraMultivariable CalculusLet and be natural numbers with and , let be the real numbers, and for a natural number let be the initial segment determined by . Let , , and be real matrices of sizes , , and…Convex Combination of Finitely Many Points of
definitiondef:convex-combination-rn-2026aAnalysisLinear AlgebraMultivariable CalculusLet and be natural numbers with and , let be the real numbers with the order of its ordered field structure, and let and be the initial segments determined by and by . Let be a family of points…Block Matrix with Two Row Blocks and Two Column Blocks
definitiondef:block-matrix-2x2-2026aLinear AlgebraLet and be natural numbers with and , let be the real numbers, and for a natural number let be the initial segment determined by . Let , , and be real matrices of sizes , , and…A Function of Class with Positive Semidefinite Hessian is Convex
theoremthm:hessian-psd-implies-convex-2026aAnalysisLinear AlgebraMultivariable CalculusLet be a natural number and let be the real numbers. Let be an open and convex subset of Euclidean space , a real vector space by Euclidean Space is a Real Vector Space, and let be…A Convex Function of Class has Positive Semidefinite Hessian
theoremthm:convex-c2-hessian-psd-2026aAnalysisLinear AlgebraMultivariable CalculusLet be a natural number and let be the real numbers. Let be an open and convex subset of Euclidean space , a real vector space by Euclidean Space is a Real Vector Space, and let be…Linearity of the Matrix-Vector Product and the Quadratic Form as a Double Sum
lemmalem:matrix-vector-linearity-2026aAnalysisLinear AlgebraMultivariable CalculusLet be a natural number and let be the real numbers. Let be real matrices, with entries and so on, let be points of Euclidean space , and let . Write for the sum of matrices, f…Bilinearity and Symmetry of the Dot Product on
lemmalem:dot-product-bilinear-2026aAnalysisLinear AlgebraMultivariable CalculusLet be a natural number and let be the real numbers. Regard Euclidean space as a real vector space by Euclidean Space is a Real Vector Space, with the sum of points and the scalar multiple , and write and…