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monic

Monic Polynomials

Description

Convert a polynomial to monic form by dividing by the leading coefficient.

Usage

monic(p)

Arguments

p

A polynomial. A warning is issued if the polynomial is identically zero.

Details

Similar in effect to p/as.numeric(p[length(p)]) but with some safeguards against leading zero coefficients.

Value

A polynomial proportional to p with leading coefficient 1.

See Also

polynom

A Collection of Functions to Implement a Class for Univariate Polynomial Manipulations

v1.4-0
GPL-2
Authors
Bill Venables [aut, cre] (S original), Kurt Hornik [aut] (R port), Martin Maechler [aut] (R port)
Initial release

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