Definition

Matrix 𝐴 𝑛×𝑛 has basis function 𝑡𝑖. Every term is 𝑡𝑗𝑖 where 𝑗[0,𝑛1] and 𝑖[1,𝑛].

Example

>>> import numpy
>> numpy.vander([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], N=5, increasing=True)  
array([[  1,   1,   1,   1,   1],  
      [  1,   2,   4,   8,  16],  
      [  1,   3,   9,  27,  81],  
      [  1,   4,  16,  64, 256],  
      [  1,   5,  25, 125, 625]])