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Re: Which function can do this?

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• Subject: [mg86857] Re: [mg86846] Which function can do this?
• From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
• Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 03:28:56 -0500 (EST)
• References: <200803230602.BAA25826@smc.vnet.net>

On 23 Mar 2008, at 07:02, Elements wrote:
> Greeting all!
> Now I need a function to transform a polynomial about x to the one  
> about x-1
> eg: x^3+2x^2+3x+4= (x-1)^3+5(x-1)^2+10(x-1)+10
> Does Mathematica supply a function to do this?
> Thanks!
>
> -- 
> Best Wishes!
> Yours Sincerely
>

Yes.

Normal[x^3 + 2*x^2 + 3*x + 4 + O[x, 1]^4]
(x - 1)^3 + 5*(x - 1)^2 + 10*(x - 1) + 10

Andrzej Kozlowski

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  • Which function can do this?
    • From: Elements <philyer@gmail.com>