 Principal square root of a positive semidefinite matrix (source code)

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= Principal square root of a positive semidefinite matrix
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If $A=Q\operatorname{diag}(\lambda_1,\ldots,\lambda_n)Q^T$ is real symmetric and positive semidefinite, its principal square root is
$$
\sqrt A=Q\operatorname{diag}(\sqrt{\lambda_1},\ldots,\sqrt{\lambda_n})Q^T.
$$
It is symmetric and positive semidefinite, and is positive definite exactly when $A$ is.

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