# Matrix bootstrap
Positivity condition is a powerful tool for obtaining bounds for observables in matrix quantum mechanics. It is in the form of a set of constraints on the Hankel matrices of statistical moments. It is related to the Hamburger problem in statistics.
## Refs
- original
- [[2016#Anderson, Kruczenski]]
- main
- [[2020#Lin]]
- [[2020#Han, Hartnoll, Kruthoff]]
- [[2021#Kazakov, Zheng]]
- ambiguity problem
- [[2026#Morita, Piensuk, Soni]]: for some potentials, the spectrum cannot be obtained using the usual positivity bootstrap
- recent work
- [[2025#Lin, Zheng]]: high-precision, multi-matrix