{"@context":["https://w3id.org/fdo/context/v1",{"schema":"https://schema.org/","prov":"http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#","fdo":"https://w3id.org/fdo/vocabulary/"}],"@id":"https://fdo.portal.mardi4nfdi.de/fdo/Q1587901","@type":"DigitalObject","kernel":{"@id":"https://fdo.portal.mardi4nfdi.de/fdo/Q1587901","digitalObjectType":"https://schema.org/ScholarlyArticle","primaryIdentifier":"mardi:Q1587901","kernelVersion":"v1","immutable":true,"modified":"2026-01-02T00:55:16Z"},"profile":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"ScholarlyArticle","@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1587901","name":"The exponential Vandermonde matrix","headline":"The exponential Vandermonde matrix","description":"scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1538555","url":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q1587901","datePublished":"2001-09-03","author":[{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q210627"},{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q210628"}],"publisher":[{"@id":"https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/entity/Q92813"}],"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","propertyID":"doi","value":"10.1016/S0024-3795(00)00186-5","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0024-3795(00)00186-5"},"sameAs":["https://doi.org/10.1016/S0024-3795(00)00186-5"],"comment":"Let \\(a_0<a_1< \\cdots< a_n\\) and \\(x_0,x_1, \\dots,x_n\\) be positive numbers. Define the matrix  \\[ W(x)= \\left(\\begin{matrix} x_0^{a_0} & -x_0^{a_1} & -x_0^{a_2} & \\cdots -x_0^{a_n}\\\\ x_1^{a_0} & x_1^{a_1} & -x_1^{a_2} & \\cdots -x_1^{a_n}\\\\ x_2^{a_0} & x_2^{a_1} & x_2^{a_2} & \\cdots -x_2^{a_n} \\\\ & & \\ddots \\\\ x_n^{a_0} & x_n^{a_1} &x_n^{a_2} & \\cdots x_n^{a_n} \\end{matrix}\\right) \\]  The entries above the diagonal are negative, those on or below the diagonal are positive. The following Theorem is stated and proved: The signed exponential Vandermonde determinant \\(W(x_0, x_1,x_2, \\dots,x_n)= \\det(W(x))\\) is positive for \\(0\\leq x_1\\leq x_2\\leq \\cdots\\leq x_n\\)."},"provenance":{"prov:generatedAtTime":"2026-01-02T00:55:16Z","prov:wasAttributedTo":"MaRDI Knowledge Graph"}}