English
The determinant of Vandermonde on the nodes 0,1,...,n equals n.superFactorial.
Русский
Определитель матрицы Вандермонде для узлов 0,1,...,n равен n.superFactorial.
LaTeX
$$$\\det(\\operatorname{vandermonde}(\\mathrm{fun}\\ i:\\mathrm{Fin}(n+1) \\mapsto i)) = n.\\mathrm{superFactorial}$$$
Lean4
theorem det_vandermonde_id_eq_superFactorial (n : ℕ) :
(vandermonde fun i : Fin (n + 1) ↦ (i : R)).det = n.superFactorial := by
induction n with
| zero => simp
| succ n hn =>
rw [Nat.superFactorial, det_vandermonde, Fin.prod_univ_succAbove _ 0]
push_cast
congr
· simp only [Fin.val_zero, Nat.cast_zero, sub_zero]
norm_cast
simp [Fin.prod_univ_eq_prod_range (fun i ↦ (↑i + 1)) (n + 1)]
· rw [det_vandermonde] at hn
simp [hn]