Re: Polynomial as a List
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- Subject: [mg77284] Re: Polynomial as a List
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 07:13:54 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
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Nick wrote: > I have a polynomial, > Lets say: > > 1 + x + x^2 + x^3 + x^4 > > > and all I need to do is get that into a list of this form > > {x^4, x^3, x^2, x, 1} > > > Can anyone help me figure this out? > > Thanks so much! poly = 1 + x + x^2 + x^3 + x^4; Reverse[List @@ poly] {x^4, x^3, x^2, x, 1} Regards, Jean-Marc