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Stream: mathlib4

Topic: Why is `LinearMap.IsPositive` using self-adjoint?


Monica Omar (Jul 11 2025 at 20:50):

Is there a reason why docs#LinearMap.IsPositive uses IsSelfAdjoint instead of IsSymmetric and without finite-dimensionality?
At this point, it's literally just docs#ContinuousLinearMap.IsPositive but with an additional hypothesis of finite-dimensionality. It's less general than if it were using IsSymmetric.

Monica Omar (Jul 22 2025 at 14:46):

I refactored the file: #27089
I really think we should do it this way rather than the way we already have it.


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