Abstract
Suppose that a function of n positive semidefinite n × n matrices is additive in each variable and nonnegative. If the function vanishes whenever two of its arguments are proporitional matrices of rank one, then it is a constant multiple of the mixed discriminant.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2197-2204 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society |
Volume | 144 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2016 |