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Cross Entropy Approximation of Structured Gaussian Covariance Matrices
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing - Part II
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The maximum likelihood estimate in factor analysis is typically obtained as the solution of the stationary point equation of the likelihood function. This type of derivation suffers from two problems: it is rather cumbersome and, in fact, it is incomplete as it does not include a proof that the so-obtained estimate is indeed a global maximum point of the likelihood function. In this note we present a simple algebraic derivation of the maximum likelihood estimate in factor models with spherical noise that applies to the general complex-valued data case.