Special cases and examples

• The sum of positive real functions is positive real.
• The difference of positive real functions is conditionally positive real.
• The product or division of positive real functions is conditionally PR.
• PR not PR for .

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written by Julius Orion Smith III
Julius Smith's background is in electrical engineering (BS Rice 1975, PhD Stanford 1983). He is presently Professor of Music and Associate Professor (by courtesy) of Electrical Engineering at Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), teaching courses and pursuing research related to signal processing applied to music and audio systems. See http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/ for details.