Re: Coefficient problem
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg36433] Re: Coefficient problem
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 02:53:39 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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- Reply-to: kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de
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Hi, and Delta[eq_, x_]:=Coefficient[eq, x]^2 - 4 Coefficient[eq, x,2] Coefficient[eq, x,0] does what you want. Because the Help-Browser say: "Coefficient[expr, form, 0] picks out terms that are not proportional to form." Regards Jens CeZaR wrote: > > Hi, > > Now I'm trying to calculate this formula: > > Delta[eq_, x_]:=Coefficient[eq, x]^2 - 4 Coefficient[eq, x^2] Coefficient[eq, x^0] > > eq has this form a x^2 + b x + c > > But there is a problem with the x^0 coefficient! > How can I overcome that? > > Thanks! > > CeZaR