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<B>VANDERMONDE</B> _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _ <B>operator</B><P>
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<em>vandermonde</em>({&lt;expr\_list&gt;}) 
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(If you are feeling lazy then the braces can be omitted.) 
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&lt;expr\_list&gt; :- list of algebraic expressions. 
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<em>vandermonde</em>creates the vandermonde matrix from the 
&lt;expr\_list&gt;. 
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This is the square matrix in which the (i,j)'th entry is 
&lt;expr\_list&gt;(i)^(j-1). 
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It has dimension n where n is the number of expressions. 
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vandermonde({x,2*y,3*z}); 


  [          2 ]
  [1   x    x  ]
  [            ]
  [           2]
  [1  2*y  4*y ]
  [            ]
  [           2]
  [1  3*z  9*z ]

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