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PutnamSuperchallengeIntegrals I: Feynman's Trick

Integrals I: Feynman's Trick · Superchallenge problem

Compute the determinant of the Vandermonde matrix VV with Vij=xi j−1V_{ij} = x_i^{\,j-1} (1≤i,j≤41 \le i, j \le 4) for the nodes x=1,2,3,4x = 1, 2, 3, 4.