Mathematics for Economists

(Greg DeLong) #1

Constrained positive deÖnite matrixes


But we must also check

(^)
(^)
(^)


0 2 0


2 0 0


0 0 4


(^)
(^)
=^16
:Hence the determinants of the leading principal minors alternate, hence
( 1 , 0 , 0 )is a local maximum.

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