Comments on ‘Inversion of A Generalized Vandermonde Matrix’ by M.E.A. El-Mikkawy, 80 (2003) 759–765

Abstract

In this paper, we give the comments on the article ‘Inversion of a Generalized Vandermonde Matrix’ by M.E.A. El Mikkawy, Int. J. Computer Math. 80 (2003), pp. 759–765. The article gives an algorithm for the elementary symmetric function's calculation which contains a severe error. In these comments, we have proposed necessary corrections of that algorithm.

Keywords:

• elementary symmetric functions
• numerical recipes
• Vandermonde matrix
• confluent Vandermonde matrix

2010 AMS Subject Classifications :

• 65F05
• 15A06
• 68R01