SLIDE 99 Solution to Exercises
C-valued positive definiteness
Using the definition for one point, we have 𝑙 𝑦, 𝑦 is real and non- negative for all 𝑦. For any 𝑦 and 𝑧, applying the definition with coefficient (𝑑, 1) where 𝑑 ∈ 𝐃, we have
𝑑 2𝑙 𝑦, 𝑦 + 𝑑𝑙 𝑦, 𝑧 + 𝑑̅𝑙 𝑧, 𝑦 + 𝑙 𝑧, 𝑧 ≥ 0.
Since the right hand side is real, its complex conjugate also satisfies
𝑑 2𝑙 𝑦, 𝑦 + 𝑑̅𝑙 𝑦, 𝑧 + 𝑑𝑙 𝑧, 𝑦 + 𝑙 𝑧, 𝑧 ≥ 0.
The difference of the left hand side of the above two inequalities is real, so that
𝑑̅ 𝑙 𝑧, 𝑦 − 𝑙 𝑦, 𝑧 − 𝑑(𝑙 𝑧, 𝑦 − 𝑙 𝑦, 𝑧 )
is a real number. On the other hand, since 𝛽 − 𝛽
must be pure
imaginary for any complex number 𝛽,
𝑑̅ 𝑙 𝑧, 𝑦 − 𝑙 𝑦, 𝑧 = 0
holds for any 𝑑 ∈ 𝐃. This implies 𝑙 𝑧, 𝑦 = 𝑙(𝑦, 𝑧).
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