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vander: MATLAB vander function

Description

Generate Vandermonde matrix from a vector of numbers.

Usage

vander(v)

Arguments

v
numeric or complex vector of values

Value

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

Details

Generates the Vandermonde matrix whose columns are powers of the vector v (of length n) using the formula
    A[i, j] = v[i]^(n-j)
Used when fitting a polynomial to given points.

Examples

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vander(1:5)

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