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+function b = isposdef(a)
+% ISPOSDEF   Test for positive definite matrix.
+%    ISPOSDEF(A) returns 1 if A is positive definite, 0 otherwise.
+%    Using chol is much more efficient than computing eigenvectors.
+
+%  From Tom Minka's lightspeed toolbox
+
+[R,p] = chol(a);
+b = (p == 0);