Questions on the functionality operating on polynomials
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How do I get a two-term polynomial with a leading negative sign to display in the correct (i.e. textbook) order?
The first three expressions evaluate as expected and the polynomial is displayed in what I would call "textbook" form. The last expression, however, switches the order of terms. Mathematica employs ...
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Apart may use Padé method: what's that?
How does Apart work? The page tutorial/SomeNotesOnInternalImplementation#7441 says, "Apart ...
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Computing Ehrhart's polynomial for a convex polytope
Is there a Mathematica implementation for computing the Ehrhart polynomial of a convex polytope which is specified either by its vertices or by a set of inequalities?
I am interested in knowing this ...
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Negative power instead of fraction
Solve returns a solution in the form {{x->y/a^2 + y^2/a^7}}.
Since I want to process the input (with another program) in terms of Laurent polynomials, I would ...
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Know the degree of the equation with the radicals expanded
I have an equation with radicals. I would like to know what would be the degree of the polynomials if I'd move the terms and square the equation a number of times sufficient to remove all the ...
