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In this chapter, we will present a proof of Loewner’s theorem due to Hansen–Pedersen that relies on the Krein–Milman theorem; we follow a variant of Hansen [133].
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Simon, B. (2019). The Krein–Milman Theorem and Hansen’s Variant of the Hansen–Pedersen Proof. In: Loewner's Theorem on Monotone Matrix Functions. Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften, vol 354. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22422-6_28
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