[R] a really simple question on polynomial multiplication

Erin Hodgess erinm.hodgess at gmail.com
Wed Oct 15 23:44:27 CEST 2008


Dear R people:

Is there a way to perform simple polynomial multiplication; that is,
something like
(x - 3) * (x + 3) = x^2 - 9, please?

I looked in poly and polyroot and expression.  There used to be a
package that had this, maybe?

thanks,
Erin


-- 
Erin Hodgess
Associate Professor
Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
University of Houston - Downtown
mailto: erinm.hodgess at gmail.com



More information about the R-help mailing list