Suppose that there is a positive definite matrix , and a vector , then minimization of quadratic functions with linear terms can be done in closed form as
I met this in a machine learning book. However, the book didn't provide a proof. I wonder why this can be well-formed. Hope that someone can help me with it. I find that many machine learning books like to skip all of the proofs, which made me uncomfortable.
I met this in a machine learning book. However, the book didn't provide a proof. I wonder why this can be well-formed. Hope that someone can help me with it. I find that many machine learning books like to skip all of the proofs, which made me uncomfortable.