User Guide

To solve for the roots of a polynomial, use the solve command. For inform-

ation on the solve command, see Solving Equations and Inequa-

tions (page 78). (The isolve command solves an equation for integer solutions.

For more information, see Integer Equations (page 94).)

Other Commands

Table 4.4 lists other commands available for polynomial operations.

Table 4.4: Select Other Polynomial Commands

DescriptionCommand

Content (multivariate polynomial)content

Decompositioncompoly

Discriminantdiscrim

Greatest common divisor (of two polynomials)gcd

Extended Euclidean algorithm (for two polyno-

mials)

gcdex

Interpolating polynomial (for list of points)CurveFitting[PolynomialInterpolation]