creation of (1,q,q^2,...,q^n) vector?

[Christoph Dalitz]

Hello,

does someone know of an efficient way (i.e. without a loop) to create the
vector (1,q^2,...,q^n) in Octave?

I have found the builtin function "vander", so that

        v = vander (q*ones(1,n))(1,:);

does the trick, but wastes space and time on the unnecessary rows 2,..,n.

Any other idea?

Christoph



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