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A [[real number|real]]-valued, continuously differentiable [[function (mathematics)|function]] ''f'' is '''positive definite''' on a neighborhood of the origin, ''D'', 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|publisher=Springer|year=1967}}</ref> This definition is in conflict with the one above.

==See also==

* [[Positive-definite_kernel|Positive-definite kernel]]

==References==