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<h2 class="chapter">28 Polynomial Manipulations</h2>
<p>In Octave, a polynomial is represented by its coefficients (arranged
in descending order). For example, a vector <var>c</var> of length
<em>N+1</em> corresponds to the following polynomial of order
<var>N</var>
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<pre class="example">p(x) = <var>c</var>(1) x^<var>N</var> + … + <var>c</var>(<var>N</var>) x + <var>c</var>(<var>N</var>+1).
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