polynom (version 1.4-1)

change.origin: Change Origin for a Polynomial

Description

Calculate the coefficients of a polynomial relative to a new origin on the x axis.

Usage

change.origin(p, o)

Arguments

p

an object of class "polynomial".

o

a numeric scalar representing the new origin on the original scale.

Value

A polynomial with coefficients relative to the re-located x axis.

Details

Let \(P(x) = \sum_i p_i x^i\) be a given polynomial and consider writing \(P(x) = \sum_j q_j (x - o)^j\). This function calculates the coefficients \(q_j\) and returns the result as a polynomial.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
pr <- poly.calc(1:5)
pr
## -120 + 274*x - 225*x^2 + 85*x^3 - 15*x^4 + x^5
change.origin(pr, 3)
## 4*x - 5*x^3 + x^5
# }