May 1, 2001
6:44 a.m.
I elaborated on Brent's excellent suggestion for a post to k12.ed.math (which you can check via http://www.mathforum.com/epigone/k12.ed.math/ ). The Poly objects are in play:
f = Poly([2,3,4]) f Polynomial: 2*x**2 + 3*x + 4 f(10) 234 f.degree 2 f.deriv() Polynomial: 4*x + 3 df = f.deriv() df(10) 43 g = Poly([-1,0,0,2]) g Polynomial: -1*x**3 + 2 g(-1) 3 dg = g.deriv() dg Polynomial: -3*x**2 dg(-1) -3
Kirby