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Vector Spaces & Bases · Superchallenge problem

In P4P_4 (polynomials of degree at most 44) let B={1,x,x2,x3,x4}B = \{1, x, x^2, x^3, x^4\} and let CC be the basis of falling factorials {1, x, x(x−1), x(x−1)(x−2), x(x−1)(x−2)(x−3)}\{1,\ x,\ x(x-1),\ x(x-1)(x-2),\ x(x-1)(x-2)(x-3)\}. Find the sum of all 2525 entries of the change-of-basis matrix PC←BP_{C\leftarrow B}, whose columns are the CC-coordinate vectors of 1,x,x2,x3,x41, x, x^2, x^3, x^4.