Gershgorin Circle theorem- implications

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(I am considering only real matrices)

Does only hold that if the area of all Gershgorin Circles is positiv $\Rightarrow$ the Matrix is positiv definit (trivial)

or does also follow the vice versa

the Matrix is positiv definit $\Rightarrow$ the area of all Gershgorin Circles is positiv

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The reverse direction does not hold: $$ A=\pmatrix{ 1 & 2\\ 2 & 10} $$ is positive definite, but the Gershgorin circle for the first row contains numbers with negative real part.