Symmetric functions and the Vandermonde matrix

  • Authors:
  • Halil Oruç;Hakan K. Akmaz

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Mathematics, Dokuz Eylül University, Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Tinaztepe Kampüsü 35160 Buca Izmir, Turkey;Department of Mathematics, Dokuz Eylül University, Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Tinaztepe Kampüsü 35160 Buca Izmir, Turkey

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

This work deduces the lower and the upper triangular factors of the inverse of the Vandermonde matrix using symmetric functions and combinatorial identities. The L and U matrices are in turn factored as bidiagonal matrices. The elements of the upper triangular matrices in both the Vandermonde matrix and its inverse are obtained recursively. The particular value xi=1 + q +...+ qi-1 in the indeterminates of the Vandermonde matrix is investigated and it leads to q-binomial and q-Stirling matrices. It is also shown that q-Stirling matrices may be obtained from the Pascal matrix.