vandermonde.matrix {matrixcalc}R Documentation

Vandermonde matrix

Description

This function returns an m by n matrix of the powers of the alpha vector

Usage

vandermonde.matrix(alpha, n)

Arguments

alpha

A numerical vector of values

n

The column dimension of the Vandermonde matrix

Value

A matrix.

Author(s)

Frederick Novomestky fnovomes@poly.edu

References

Magnus, J. R. and H. Neudecker (1999) Matrix Differential Calculus with Applications in Statistics and Econometrics, Second Edition, John Wiley.

Examples

alpha <- c( .1, .2, .3, .4 )
V <- vandermonde.matrix( alpha, 4 )

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