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