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### Function

IsNegativeDefinite ( elt-alg^mat X ) -> elt-alg^boo

### Description

<shortdoc> True iff the symmetric matrix X over Z or Q is negative definite. </shortdoc>

### Examples

x_ma := MatrixAlgebra(Q,3);; x_one := One(x_ma); IsNegativeDefinite(x_one); IsNegativeDefinite(-x_one);

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