Positive semidefiniteness

In terms of its spectrum, when is a symmetric matrix positive semidefinite?

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  1. Semidefinite allows zero eigenvalues.
  2. Equivalently x⊤Ax≥0x^\top A x \ge 0 for all xx.

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All eigenvalues are ≥0\ge 0

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