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Re: Polynomial to List

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  • Subject: [mg76930] Re: [mg76897] Polynomial to List
  • From: János <janos.lobb at yale.edu>
  • Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 05:21:10 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <200705290907.FAA04110@smc.vnet.net>

On May 29, 2007, at 5:07 AM, Nick Hoffman 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}
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!  Thanks!
>

Here is a newbie approach:

In[4]:=
Reverse[Table[(1 + x + x^2 +
      x^3 + x^4)[[i]],
    {i, 1, Length[1 + x +
       x^2 + x^3 + x^4]}]]
Out[4]=
{x^4, x^3, x^2, x, 1}

J=E1nos


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