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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} sylvester_matrix (@var{k})
## Return the Sylvester matrix of order
## @tex
## $n = 2^k$.
## @end tex
## @ifnottex
## n = 2^@var{k}.
## @end ifnottex
##
## @seealso{toeplitz, hankel}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function retval = sylvester_matrix (k)

  if (nargin != 1)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (isscalar (k))
    if (k < 1)
      retval = 1;
    else
      tmp = sylvester_matrix (k-1);
      retval = [tmp, tmp; tmp, -tmp];
    endif
  else
    error ("sylvester_matrix: expecting scalar argument");
  endif

endfunction

%!assert((sylvester_matrix (1) == [1, 1; 1, -1]
%! && (sylvester_matrix (2)
%! == [1, 1, 1, 1; 1, -1, 1, -1; 1, 1, -1, -1; 1, -1, -1, 1])));

%!error sylvester_matrix ([1, 2; 3, 4]);

%!error sylvester_matrix ();

%!error sylvester_matrix (1, 2);

