A note on matrices with positive definite real part

London, David

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1981-0612711-1

A note on matrices with positive definite real part
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by David London

Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1981), 322-324

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1981-0612711-1

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Abstract:

A lemma characterizing complex matrices with positive definite real part is given. It is shown that many results concerning such matrices are straightforward consequences of this lemma.

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