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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} hankel (@var{c}, @var{r})
## Return the Hankel matrix constructed given the first column @var{c}, and
## (optionally) the last row @var{r}.  If the last element of @var{c} is
## not the same as the first element of @var{r}, the last element of
## @var{c} is used.  If the second argument is omitted, the last row is
## taken to be the same as the first column.
##
## A Hankel matrix formed from an m-vector @var{c}, and an n-vector
## @var{r}, has the elements
## @iftex
## @tex
## $$
## H (i, j) = \cases{c_{i+j-1},&$i+j-1\le m$;\cr r_{i+j-m},&otherwise.\cr}
## $$
## @end tex
## @end iftex
## @ifinfo
##
## @example
## @group
## H (i, j) = c (i+j-1),  i+j-1 <= m;
## H (i, j) = r (i+j-m),  otherwise
## @end group
## @end example
## @end ifinfo
## @end deftypefn
## @seealso{vander, sylvester_matrix, hilb, invhilb, and toeplitz}

## Author: jwe

function retval = hankel (c, r)

  if (nargin == 1)
    r = zeros (size (c));
  elseif (nargin != 2)
    usage ("hankel (c, r)");
  endif

  [c_nr, c_nc] = size (c);
  [r_nr, r_nc] = size (r);

  if ((c_nr != 1 && c_nc != 1) || (r_nr != 1 && r_nc != 1))
    error ("hankel: expecting vector arguments");
  endif

  if (nargin == 1)
    r (1) = c (length (c));
  endif

  if (c_nc != 1)
    c = c.';
  endif

  if (r_nr != 1)
    r = r.';
  endif

  nc = length (r);
  nr = length (c);

  if (r (1) != c (nr))
    warning ("hankel: column wins anti-diagonal conflict");
  endif

  ## This should probably be done with the colon operator...

  retval = zeros (nr, nc);

  for i = 1:min (nr, nc)
    retval (1:nr-i+1, i) = c (i:nr);
  endfor

  tmp = 1;
  if (nc <= nr)
    tmp = nr - nc + 2;
  endif

  for i = nr:-1:tmp
    retval (i, 2+nr-i:nc) = r (2:nc-nr+i);
  endfor

endfunction
