grandes-ecoles 2011 QIV.A.3
Definite Integral Evaluation (Computational)
For $n \in \mathbb{N}^*$ and $(i,j) \in \llbracket 1, n \rrbracket^2$, we denote by $h_{i,j}^{(-1,n)}$ the coefficient at position $(i,j)$ of the matrix $H_n^{-1}$ and we denote by $s_n$ the sum of the coefficients of the matrix $H_n^{-1}$, that is: $$s_n = \sum_{1 \leqslant i,j \leqslant n} h_{i,j}^{(-1,n)}$$ We define, for all $n \in \mathbb{N}^*$, the polynomial $S_n$ by: $S_n = a_0^{(n)} + a_1^{(n)} X + \cdots + a_{n-1}^{(n)} X^{n-1}$, where $\left(a_p^{(n)}\right)_{0 \leqslant p \leqslant n-1}$ is the unique solution of the system in IV.A.2.
Show that $$\forall Q = \alpha_0 + \alpha_1 X + \cdots + \alpha_{n-1} X^{n-1} \in \mathbb{R}_{n-1}[X], \quad \langle S_n, Q \rangle = \sum_{p=0}^{n-1} \alpha_p$$