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A direct proof of uniqueness of square-root of a positive semi-definite tensor

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  • Fracture Mechanics Laboratory, Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Aerospace, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China

Received date: 2009-03-30

  Revised date: 2009-05-07

  Online published: 2009-06-01

Abstract

Understanding of the basic properties of the positive semi-definite tensor is a prerequisite for its extensive applications in theoretical and practical fields, especially for its square-root. Uniqueness of the square-root of a positive semi-definite tensor is proven in this paper without resorting to the notion of eigenvalues, eigenvectors and the spectral decomposition of the second-order symmetric tensor.

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Yue SHAO;Cun-Jing LV . A direct proof of uniqueness of square-root of a positive semi-definite tensor[J]. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 2009 , 30(6) : 713 -716 . DOI: 10.1007/s10483-009-0605-1

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