Description

Generate Vandermonde matrix from a vector of numbers.

Usage

Arguments

Details

Generates the Vandermonde matrix whose columns are powers of the vector v (of length n) using the formula

Used when fitting a polynomial to given points.

Value

Returns an n-by-n matrix constructed as described above.

Author(s)

H. Borchers hwborchers@googlemail.com, P. Roebuck proebuck@mdanderson.org

Examples