Characterization of Positive Operators
Keywords:
Positive operators, Routh-Hurwitz criterion, Characteristic PolynomialAbstract
A characterization of positive operators on finite dimensional complex vector spaces, developed from the Routh-Hurwitz criterion with review of some basic concepts and results.
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