From help-request at octave dot org Wed Feb  2 09:53:32 2005
Subject: Re: What is the meaning of this pattern of polynomial   coefficients?
From: "A  J  Macy"<macy at california dot com>
To: Richard Hindmarsh <richard dot hindmarsh at which dot net>
Cc: help at octave dot org
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 07:52:06 -0800

Richard,

Thank you for the reply.  I will see how closely that fits.
 But what is the significance of the exponent creating the
function?  

In other words, if n=7; there are 8 coefficients following
the shape.  If n=17; there are 18 coeffecients following
the shape.  I'm still at a loss for what is going on.  

What function would generate these curves?

           - Robert -

On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 01:24:00 -0600
 Richard Hindmarsh <richard dot hindmarsh at which dot net> wrote:
> Do they go in the ratio
>            1
>          -17
>          136
>         -680
>         2380
>        -6188
>        12376
>       -19448
>        24310
>       -24310
>        19448
>       -12376
>         6188
>        -2380
>          680
>         -136
>           17
>           -1
> ?
> This is (x-1)^17.
> 
> Richard
> 



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