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Re: finding the weighted degree of a polynomial

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  • Subject: [mg79728] Re: [mg79677] finding the weighted degree of a polynomial
  • From: Sseziwa Mukasa <mukasa at jeol.com>
  • Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 04:03:26 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <200708010913.FAA02044@smc.vnet.net>

On Aug 1, 2007, at 5:13 AM, Arnaud Dagnelies wrote:

>
> Let p(x,y) be a polynomial in x,y expressed in its expanded form, i.e.
> as a sum of terms as follows:
>
>  p(x,y) = sum   c_ij x^i y^j
>
> I want to find the (a,b)-weighted degree of this polynomial defined as
>
> wdeg(p, {a,b}) = max (ai + bj)   with c_ij != 0
>
> (where a and b are given fixed values)

Max[MapIndexed[If[#==0,0,a #2[[1]]+b #2[[2]]]&,CoefficientList[p, 
{x,y}],{2}]]

Regards,

Ssezi


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