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Polynomials

8 October, 2015 - 17:29

In the preceding section, we briefly learned about how to use MATLAB to solve linear equations. Equally important in engineering problem solving is the application of polynomials. Polynomials are functions that are built by simply adding together (or subtracting) some power functions. (see Wikipedia 1).

ax^2+bx+c=0

f(x)=ax^2+bx+c

The coeffcients of a polynominal are entered as a row vector beginning with the highest power and including the ones that are equal to 0.