HP 39g+ User Manual page 155

POLYEVAL
POLYFORM
POLYROOT
H I N T
Using mathematical functions
Polynomial evaluation. Evaluates a polynomial with the
specified coefficients for the value of x.
POLYEVAL([coefficients], value)
Example
4 3
For x +2x –25x
POLYEVAL([1,2,-25,-26,120],8) returns
3432.
Polynomial form. Creates a polynomial in variable1 from
expression.
POLYFORM(expression, variable1)
Example
POLYFORM((X+1)^2+1,X) returns X^2+2*X+2.
Polynomial roots. Returns the roots for the nth-order
polynomial with the specified n+1 coefficients.
POLYROOT([coefficients])
Example
4 3
For x +2x –25x
POLYROOT([1,2,-25,-26,120]) returns
[2,-3,4,-5].
The results of POLYROOT will often not be easily seen in
HOME due to the number of decimal places, especially if
they are complex numbers. It is better to store the results
of POLYROOT to a matrix.
For example, POLYROOT([1,0,0,-8]
store the three complex cube roots of 8 to matrix M1 as
a complex vector. Then you can see them easily by going
to the Matrix Catalog. and access them individually in
calculations by referring to M1(1), M1(2) etc.
2
–26x+120:
2
–26x+120:
M1 will
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