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Symmetric Matrices & Quadratic Forms · Hard problem

A function of three variables has a critical point with Hessian H=(−7−3−3−3−7−3−3−3−7)H = \begin{pmatrix}-7 & -3 & -3\\-3 & -7 & -3\\-3 & -3 & -7\end{pmatrix}. Verify that this is a local MAXIMUM by checking that every eigenvalue of HH is negative, then find the LARGEST (least negative) eigenvalue.