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+//Eg-3.8
+//pg-87
+
+clear
+clc
+
+//checking whether cholesky decomposition can be performed on a matrix
+
+A=[1 0.5 0;.5 1 0.5;0 .5 1];
+if A==A' then
+    printf('The matrix A is symmetric and we have to check whether it is positive definite or not.\n')
+end
+
+for k=1:3
+    s(k)=det(A(1:k,1:k));
+end
+
+
+j=min(s);
+
+if j>0 then
+    printf('\n Given matrix is positive definite and hence cholesky decomposition can be performed\n')
+end
+\ No newline at end of file