Let $F$ be a vector subspace of $E_{n}$ of dimension $n-p$, where $1 \leqslant p \leqslant n-1$. We now assume that $A_{s} \in \mathcal{S}_{n}^{++}(\mathbb{R})$. Deduce that the real eigenvalues of $N^{\prime\top} A N^{\prime}$ are strictly positive.