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shorten

  

try to make polynomial smaller by substitutions

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Examples

Calling Sequence

shorten(f, x)

Parameters

f

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polynomial

x

-

indeterminate

Description

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Important: The polytools package has been deprecated. Use the superseding command PolynomialTools[Shorten] instead.

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This function applies transformations on f in an effort to make f smaller, more precisely, to make its length smaller. The following transformations are tried: adding or multiplying x by a constant, replacing x by its reciprocal, and combinations of these transformations.

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When a field extension is given by an irreducible polynomial f this procedure can be used to search for a simpler polynomial representing the same field extension.

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If f contains only one variable then the second argument x is optional.

Examples

Important: The polytools package has been deprecated. Use the superseding command PolynomialTools[Shorten] instead.

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See Also

PolynomialTools[Shorten]

 


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