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Let A be a symmetric matrix of size 3 × 3 and consider the following quadratic...

Let A be a symmetric matrix of size 3 × 3 and consider the following quadratic function f(x) = x T Ax. Show that the gradient of f is: ∇xf(x) = 2Ax. A matrix is symmetric if Aij = Aji for all i and j.

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