English
If M is PSD, then M^k is PSD for any natural k.
Русский
Если M ПСД, то M^k ПСД для любого натурального k.
LaTeX
$$$M^k \text{ PSD for all } k \in \mathbb{N}$ given $M \succeq 0$$$
Lean4
protected theorem pow [StarOrderedRing R] [DecidableEq n] {M : Matrix n n R} (hM : M.PosSemidef) (k : ℕ) :
PosSemidef (M ^ k) :=
match k with
| 0 => .one
| 1 => by simpa using hM
| (k + 2) => by
rw [pow_succ, pow_succ']
simpa only [hM.isHermitian.eq] using (hM.pow k).mul_mul_conjTranspose_same M