Extensions of Vandermonde determinant by computing divided differences

Afrika Matematika - Tập 29 - Trang 73-79 - 2017
Wenchang Chu1,2, Xiaoyuan Wang3
1School of Mathematics and Statistics, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, China
2Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “Ennio de Giorgi”, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy
3School of Science, Dalian Jiaotong University, Dalian, China

Tóm tắt

As extensions of Vandermonde determinant, we establish a general determinant evaluation formula by means of the Laplace expansion formula. Several interesting determinant identities are consequently derived by computing divided differences.

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