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  1. November 17th 2010, 10:15 AM #1
    leoemil
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    Simple question about algebra y^T X y

    Hey can anybody explain to me why the function

    <br /> f(X,y) = y^T X y<br />

    is linear in X for each y, where X \in R^{n \times n} is a symmetric matrix, and y \in R^n is a vector.
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  2. November 17th 2010, 01:22 PM #2
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    We have:

    1.- f(X_1+X_2,y)=y^t(X_1+X_2)y=y^t(X_1y+X_2y)=\ldots

    2.- f(\lambda X,y)=y^t(\lambda X)y=\ldots

    Could you continue?

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