Vandermonde matrix

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A Vandermonde matrix is a structured matrix whose rows (or columns) are geometric progressions of given numbers, widely used in polynomial interpolation, determinant theory, and numerical analysis.

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instanceOf matrix
structured matrix
appearsIn Prony’s method NERFINISHED
barycentric interpolation formulas
exponential fitting
moment problems
belongsTo class of polynomial evaluation matrices
field determinant theory
linear algebra
numerical analysis
polynomial interpolation
hasAlgorithm divide-and-conquer methods for Vandermonde systems
specialized O(n^2) algorithms for solving Vandermonde systems
hasAlternativeBasis can be replaced by orthogonal polynomial bases for better conditioning
hasColumnForm (1, x_j, x_j^2, …, x_j^{m-1})^T for given scalars x_j
hasComputationIssue direct solution is numerically unstable for large systems
hasDeterminantFormula det(V) = ∏_{1 ≤ i < j ≤ n} (x_j − x_i)
hasGeneralization block Vandermonde matrix NERFINISHED
confluent Vandermonde matrix NERFINISHED
q-Vandermonde matrix NERFINISHED
hasProperty can be expressed as evaluation matrix of monomials at nodes
columns form powers of the nodes x_i
determinant is zero iff some x_i = x_j for i ≠ j
ill-conditioned for large n or clustered nodes
rows form geometric progressions
hasRowForm (1, x_i, x_i^2, …, x_i^{n-1}) for given scalars x_i
hasSize m×n for m rows and n columns
hasSpecialCase DFT matrix when nodes are roots of unity
isDefinedOver any field
complex numbers
real numbers
isNonsingularIf all x_i are pairwise distinct
isSingularIf two or more x_i coincide
namedAfter Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde NERFINISHED
relatedTo Cauchy matrix NERFINISHED
Lagrange interpolation NERFINISHED
Newton interpolation NERFINISHED
Toeplitz matrix NERFINISHED
companion matrix
usedFor coding theory
computing coefficients of interpolating polynomials
determinant evaluation
discrete Fourier transform generalizations
polynomial interpolation
signal processing
solving systems with polynomial data
system identification

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