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<h2 title="Class PolynomialFunction" class="title">Class PolynomialFunction</h2>
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<pre>public class <span class="strong">PolynomialFunction</span>
extends <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</a>
implements <a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/analysis/differentiation/UnivariateDifferentiableFunction.html" title="interface in org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.differentiation">UnivariateDifferentiableFunction</a>, <a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/analysis/DifferentiableUnivariateFunction.html" title="interface in org.apache.commons.math3.analysis">DifferentiableUnivariateFunction</a>, <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/Serializable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.io">Serializable</a></pre>
<div class="block">Immutable representation of a real polynomial function with real coefficients.
<p>
<a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/HornersMethod.html">Horner's Method</a>
is used to evaluate the function.</p></div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Version:</span></dt>
<dd>$Id: PolynomialFunction.java 1455194 2013-03-11 15:45:54Z luc $</dd>
<dt><span class="strong">See Also:</span></dt><dd><a href="../../../../../../serialized-form.html#org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.polynomials.PolynomialFunction">Serialized Form</a></dd></dl>
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<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/analysis/polynomials/PolynomialFunction.Parametric.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.polynomials">PolynomialFunction.Parametric</a></strong></code>
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<td class="colOne"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/analysis/polynomials/PolynomialFunction.html#PolynomialFunction(double[])">PolynomialFunction</a></strong>(double[]&nbsp;c)</code>
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/analysis/polynomials/PolynomialFunction.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.polynomials">PolynomialFunction</a></code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/analysis/polynomials/PolynomialFunction.html#add(org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.polynomials.PolynomialFunction)">add</a></strong>(<a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/analysis/polynomials/PolynomialFunction.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.polynomials">PolynomialFunction</a>&nbsp;p)</code>
<div class="block">Add a polynomial to the instance.</div>
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<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/analysis/polynomials/PolynomialFunction.html#degree()">degree</a></strong>()</code>
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<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/analysis/polynomials/PolynomialFunction.html#differentiate(double[])">differentiate</a></strong>(double[]&nbsp;coefficients)</code>
<div class="block">Returns the coefficients of the derivative of the polynomial with the given coefficients.</div>
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<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/analysis/polynomials/PolynomialFunction.html#evaluate(double[], double)">evaluate</a></strong>(double[]&nbsp;coefficients,
double&nbsp;argument)</code>
<div class="block">Uses Horner's Method to evaluate the polynomial with the given coefficients at
the argument.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>double[]</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/analysis/polynomials/PolynomialFunction.html#getCoefficients()">getCoefficients</a></strong>()</code>
<div class="block">Returns a copy of the coefficients array.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/analysis/polynomials/PolynomialFunction.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.polynomials">PolynomialFunction</a></code></td>
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a></code></td>
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<div class="block">Returns a string representation of the polynomial.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/analysis/differentiation/DerivativeStructure.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.differentiation">DerivativeStructure</a></code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/analysis/polynomials/PolynomialFunction.html#value(org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.differentiation.DerivativeStructure)">value</a></strong>(<a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/analysis/differentiation/DerivativeStructure.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.differentiation">DerivativeStructure</a>&nbsp;t)</code>
<div class="block">Simple mathematical function.</div>
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<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/analysis/polynomials/PolynomialFunction.html#value(double)">value</a></strong>(double&nbsp;x)</code>
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<pre>public&nbsp;PolynomialFunction(double[]&nbsp;c)
throws <a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/exception/NullArgumentException.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.math3.exception">NullArgumentException</a>,
<a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/exception/NoDataException.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.math3.exception">NoDataException</a></pre>
<div class="block">Construct a polynomial with the given coefficients. The first element
of the coefficients array is the constant term. Higher degree
coefficients follow in sequence. The degree of the resulting polynomial
is the index of the last non-null element of the array, or 0 if all elements
are null.
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The constructor makes a copy of the input array and assigns the copy to
the coefficients property.</p></div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>c</code> - Polynomial coefficients.</dd>
<dt><span class="strong">Throws:</span></dt>
<dd><code><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/exception/NullArgumentException.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.math3.exception">NullArgumentException</a></code> - if <code>c</code> is <code>null</code>.</dd>
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<pre>public&nbsp;double&nbsp;value(double&nbsp;x)</pre>
<div class="block">Compute the value of the function for the given argument.
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The value returned is <br/>
<code>coefficients[n] * x^n + ... + coefficients[1] * x + coefficients[0]</code>
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<dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>x</code> - Argument for which the function value should be computed.</dd>
<dt><span class="strong">Returns:</span></dt><dd>the value of the polynomial at the given point.</dd><dt><span class="strong">See Also:</span></dt><dd><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/analysis/UnivariateFunction.html#value(double)"><code>UnivariateFunction.value(double)</code></a></dd></dl>
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<pre>public&nbsp;int&nbsp;degree()</pre>
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<pre>public&nbsp;double[]&nbsp;getCoefficients()</pre>
<div class="block">Returns a copy of the coefficients array.
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Changes made to the returned copy will not affect the coefficients of
the polynomial.</p></div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Returns:</span></dt><dd>a fresh copy of the coefficients array.</dd></dl>
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<pre>protected static&nbsp;double&nbsp;evaluate(double[]&nbsp;coefficients,
double&nbsp;argument)
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<div class="block">Uses Horner's Method to evaluate the polynomial with the given coefficients at
the argument.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>coefficients</code> - Coefficients of the polynomial to evaluate.</dd><dd><code>argument</code> - Input value.</dd>
<dt><span class="strong">Returns:</span></dt><dd>the value of the polynomial.</dd>
<dt><span class="strong">Throws:</span></dt>
<dd><code><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/exception/NoDataException.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.math3.exception">NoDataException</a></code> - if <code>coefficients</code> is empty.</dd>
<dd><code><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/exception/NullArgumentException.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.math3.exception">NullArgumentException</a></code> - if <code>coefficients</code> is <code>null</code>.</dd></dl>
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<pre>public&nbsp;<a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/analysis/differentiation/DerivativeStructure.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.differentiation">DerivativeStructure</a>&nbsp;value(<a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/analysis/differentiation/DerivativeStructure.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.differentiation">DerivativeStructure</a>&nbsp;t)
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<div class="block">Simple mathematical function.
<p><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/analysis/differentiation/UnivariateDifferentiableFunction.html" title="interface in org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.differentiation"><code>UnivariateDifferentiableFunction</code></a> classes compute both the
value and the first derivative of the function.</p></div>
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<dd><code><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/analysis/differentiation/UnivariateDifferentiableFunction.html#value(org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.differentiation.DerivativeStructure)">value</a></code>&nbsp;in interface&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/analysis/differentiation/UnivariateDifferentiableFunction.html" title="interface in org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.differentiation">UnivariateDifferentiableFunction</a></code></dd>
<dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>t</code> - function input value</dd>
<dt><span class="strong">Returns:</span></dt><dd>function result</dd>
<dt><span class="strong">Throws:</span></dt>
<dd><code><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/exception/NoDataException.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.math3.exception">NoDataException</a></code> - if <code>coefficients</code> is empty.</dd>
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<div class="block">Add a polynomial to the instance.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>p</code> - Polynomial to add.</dd>
<dt><span class="strong">Returns:</span></dt><dd>a new polynomial which is the sum of the instance and <code>p</code>.</dd></dl>
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<div class="block">Subtract a polynomial from the instance.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>p</code> - Polynomial to subtract.</dd>
<dt><span class="strong">Returns:</span></dt><dd>a new polynomial which is the difference the instance minus <code>p</code>.</dd></dl>
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<div class="block">Negate the instance.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Returns:</span></dt><dd>a new polynomial.</dd></dl>
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<div class="block">Multiply the instance by a polynomial.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>p</code> - Polynomial to multiply by.</dd>
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<div class="block">Returns the coefficients of the derivative of the polynomial with the given coefficients.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>coefficients</code> - Coefficients of the polynomial to differentiate.</dd>
<dt><span class="strong">Returns:</span></dt><dd>the coefficients of the derivative or <code>null</code> if coefficients has length 1.</dd>
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<dd><code><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/exception/NoDataException.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.math3.exception">NoDataException</a></code> - if <code>coefficients</code> is empty.</dd>
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<div class="block">Returns the derivative as a <a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/analysis/polynomials/PolynomialFunction.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.polynomials"><code>PolynomialFunction</code></a>.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Returns:</span></dt><dd>the derivative polynomial.</dd></dl>
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<dd><code><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/analysis/DifferentiableUnivariateFunction.html#derivative()">derivative</a></code>&nbsp;in interface&nbsp;<code><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/analysis/DifferentiableUnivariateFunction.html" title="interface in org.apache.commons.math3.analysis">DifferentiableUnivariateFunction</a></code></dd>
<dt><span class="strong">Returns:</span></dt><dd>the derivative function.</dd></dl>
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<div class="block">Returns a string representation of the polynomial.
<p>The representation is user oriented. Terms are displayed lowest
degrees first. The multiplications signs, coefficients equals to
one and null terms are not displayed (except if the polynomial is 0,
in which case the 0 constant term is displayed). Addition of terms
with negative coefficients are replaced by subtraction of terms
with positive coefficients except for the first displayed term
(i.e. we display <code>-3</code> for a constant negative polynomial,
but <code>1 - 3 x + x^2</code> if the negative coefficient is not
the first one displayed).</p></div>
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<dt><span class="strong">Returns:</span></dt><dd>a string representation of the polynomial.</dd></dl>
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