Exercise 1.10.8

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S = uuT, then R(x) = xTSx xTMx = xTuuTx xTMx = (uTx)T(uTx) xTMx == (uTx)2 xTMx since uTx is a scalar. It’s clear that when M is positive definite, R(x) achieves minimum value of 0 when x is perpendicular to u.

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