Article
Visualizing Vandermonde's Determinant through Nonintersecting Lattice Paths
Journal Of Statistical Planning And Inference
Publication Date
8-1-2010
Document Type
Article
Abstract
We use the Lindstrom-Gessel-Viennot Theorem to count nonintersecting lattice paths in a carefully chosen acyclic weighted digraph to give a visual combinatorial proof of Vandermonde's classic determinant.
DOI
10.1016/j.jspi.2010.01.029
Publisher Policy
pre-print, post-print
Citation Information
Jennifer J. Quinn. "Visualizing Vandermonde's Determinant through Nonintersecting Lattice Paths" Journal Of Statistical Planning And Inference Vol. 140 Iss. 8 (2010) p. 2346 - 2350 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jennifer_quinn/3/