
Calculates the derivative of a univariate polynomial.
# S3 method for polynomial
deriv(expr, …)
an object of class "polynomial"
.
further arguments to be passed to or from methods.
Derivative of the polynomial.
This is a method for the generic function deriv
.
# NOT RUN {
pr <- poly.calc(1:5)
pr
## -120 + 274*x - 225*x^2 + 85*x^3 - 15*x^4 + x^5
deriv(pr)
## 274 - 450*x + 255*x^2 - 60*x^3 + 5*x^4
# }
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