Determinant of the Van der Monde Matrix
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The Vandermonde matrix is defined the following way. Suppose x1,x2,...xn are n numbers. Form the nxn matrix:
A=(1 x1 x1^2 ... x1^(n-1) )
(1 x2 x2^2 ... x2^(n-1) )
(... )
(1 xn xn^2 ... xn^(n-1) )
Find determinant A.
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The Vandermonde matrix is defined the following way. Suppose x1,x2,...xn are n numbers. Form the nxn matrix
A=(1 x1 x1^2 ... x1^(n-1) )
(1 x2 x2^2 ... x2^(n-1) )
(... )
(1 xn xn^2 ... ...
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