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Explicit factorization of the Vandermonde matrix. (English) Zbl 0959.15011
The authors give factorizations of the Vandermonde matrix using symmetric functions. First they achieve an $$LU$$ factorization where $$L$$ is lower triangular with units on its main diagonal and $$U$$ is upper triangular. Then $$L$$ is factorized into $$n$$ $$1$$-lower banded matrices and $$U$$ is factorized into $$n$$ $$1$$-upper banded matrices.

##### MSC:
 15A23 Factorization of matrices 15B57 Hermitian, skew-Hermitian, and related matrices
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