;;; calc-poly.el --- polynomial functions for Calc
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;; Author: David Gillespie <daveg@synaptics.com>
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;;; Commentary:
(defun math-padded-polynomial (expr var deg)
+ "Return a polynomial as list of coefficients.
+If EXPR is of the form \"a + bx + cx^2 + ...\" in the variable VAR, return
+the list (a b c ...) with at least DEG elements, else return NIL."
(let ((p (math-is-polynomial expr var deg)))
(append p (make-list (- deg (length p)) 0))))
(defun math-partial-fractions (r den var)
+ "Return R divided by DEN expressed in partial fractions of VAR.
+All whole factors of DEN have already been split off from R.
+If no partial fraction representation can be found, return nil."
(let* ((fden (calcFunc-factors den var))
(tdeg (math-polynomial-p den var))
(fp fden)