function [test, penalty] = ispd(A)

%@info:
%! @deftypefn {Function File} {[@var{test}, @var{penalty}  =} ispd (@var{A})
%! @anchor{ispd}
%! @sp 1
%! Tests if the square matrix @var{A} is positive definite.
%! @sp 2
%! @strong{Inputs}
%! @sp 1
%! @table @ @var
%! @item A
%! A square matrix.
%! @end table
%! @sp 2
%! @strong{Outputs}
%! @sp 1
%! @table @ @var
%! @item test
%! Integer scalar equal to 1 if @var{A} is a positive definite sqquare matrix, 0 otherwise.
%! @item penalty
%! Absolute value of the uum of the negative eigenvalues of A. This output argument is optional.
%! @end table
%! @end deftypefn
%@eod:

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if ~isquare(A)
    error(['ispd:: Input argument ' inputname(1) ' has to be a square matrix!'])
end
    
[cholA, info] = chol(A);
test = ~info;

if nargout>1
    penalty = 0;
    if info
        a = diag(eig(A));
        k = find(a<0);
        if k > 0
            penalty = sum(-a(k));
        end
    end
end