Differentiate a Polynomial

Usage

deriv(p)

Arguments

p Object of class polynomial

Description

Calculates the derivative of a univariate polynomial with respect to x.

A method function for the deriv generic.

Value

Derivative of the polynomial.

See Also

integral.polynomial, deriv

Examples

pr <- poly.from.zeros(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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