Ex. 1: Consider a
matrix:

- Construct this matrix in Python using the function array.
- Construct the same matrix using the function arange followed by a suitable reshape.
- What is the result of the expression M[2,:]? What is the result of the similar expression M[2:]?
Ex. 2: Given a vector x, construct in Python the following matrix:

Here,
are the components of the vector
(numbered from zero). Given a vector
, solve in Python the linear equation system
. Let the components of
be denoted by
. Write a function poly, which has
and
as input and computes the polynomial:

Plot this polynomial and depict in the same plot the points
as small stars. Try your code with the vectors:

Ex. 3: The matrix
in Ex. 2 is called a Vandermonde matrix. It can be set up in Python directly with the command vander. Evaluating a polynomial defined by a coefficient vector can be done with the...