Let A be a 2×2 symmetric matrix. Show that if det A > 0 and trace(A)...

Let A be a 2×2 symmetric matrix. Show that if det A > 0 and trace(A) > 0 then A is positive definite. (trace of a matrix is sum of all diagonal entires.)

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