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In dynamical systems, a [[real number|real]]-valued, [[continuously differentiable function|continuously differentiable]] function ''f'' can be called ''positive-definite'' on a [[neighborhood (mathematics)|neighborhood]] ''D'' of the origin if <math>f(0) = 0</math> and <math>f(x) > 0</math> for every non-zero <math>x \in D</math>.<ref>{{cite book|last=Verhulst|first=Ferdinand|title=Nonlinear Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems|edition=2nd|publisher=Springer|year=1996|isbn=3-540-60934-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Hahn|first=Wolfgang|title=Stability of Motion|url=https://archive.org/details/stabilityofmotio0000hahn|url-access=registration|publisher=Springer|year=1967}}</ref> In physics, the requirement that <math>f(0) = 0</math> may be dropped (see, e.g., Corney and Olsen<ref>{{cite journal|first1=J. F.|last1=Corney|first2=M. K.|last2=Olsen|title=Non-Gaussian pure states and positive Wigner functions|url=http://arxiv.org/abs/1412.4868|journal=Physical Review A|date=19 February 2015|issn=1050-2947 |pages=023824|volume=91|issue=2|doi=10.1103/PhysRevA.91.023824|arxiv=1412.4868|bibcode=2015PhRvA..91b3824C|s2cid=119293595}}</ref>).

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