Polynomials in Ruby

polynomial

What

Rich-featured single and multiple variables polynomials classes for Ruby.

Installing

sudo gem install polynomial

The basics

Polynomial.new(1, 2) #=> #<Polynomial:0x7f25286cea68 @coefs=[1, 2]>

Demonstration of usage

foo = Polynomial.new(1, 2) #=> #<Polynomial:0x7f25286cea68 @coefs=[1, 2]>
foo.to_s #=> "1 + 2*x"
foo.plot # open gnuplot window with 'foo' plotted (require EasyPlot gem)

bar = Polynomial.new(3) {|n| n+1 } #=> #<Polynomial:0x7f25287461a8 @coefs=[1, 2, 3, 4]>
bar.to_s(:power_symbol=>'^') #=> "1 + 2*x + 3*x^2 + 4*x^3"

require 'rational'
baz = bar.quo(foo) #=> #<Polynomial:0x7f00a1ff0570 @coefs=[Rational(3, 4), Rational(1, 2), Rational(2, 1)]>
baz.to_s #=> "(3/4) + (1/2)*x"

How to submit patches

Read the 8 steps for fixing other people’s code and for section 8b: Submit patch to Google Groups, use the Google Group above.

You can fetch the source from:

• github: http://github.com/adrianomitre/Polynomial/tree/master

git clone git@github.com:adrianomitre/Polynomial.git

Build and test instructions

cd polynomial
rake test
rake install_gem

License

This code is free to use under the terms of the MIT license.

Contact

Comments are welcome. Send an email to Adriano Mitre.

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