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Polynomial derivative

Syntax

Description

The polyder function calculates the derivative of polynomials, polynomial products, and polynomial quotients. The operands a, b, and p are vectors whose elements are the coefficients of a polynomial in descending powers.

k = polyder(p) returns the derivative of the polynomial p.

k = polyder(a,b) returns the derivative of the product of the polynomials a and b.

[q,d] = polyder(b,a) returns the numerator q and denominator d of the derivative of the polynomial quotient b/a.

Examples

The derivative of the product

is obtained with

This result represents the polynomial

See Also

conv        Convolution and polynomial multiplication

deconv      Deconvolution and polynomial division



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