generalized Vandermonde matrixA generalized Vandermonde matrix is a square matrix with entries in ℝ of theform:(aibj)i,j=1n=(a1b1a1b2⋯a1bna2b1a2b2⋯a2bn⋮⋮⋮anb1anb2⋯anbn)with real numbers 0<a1<a2<⋯<an and b1<b2<⋯<bn.