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Functions and commands

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canonical_form

Returns a second degree trinomial in canonical form.

canonical_form(Trinomial,[Var])

Example:

canonical_form(2*x^2-12*x+1)

gives

2*(x-3)^2-

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cat

Evaluates the objects in a sequence, then returns them

concatenated as a string.

cat(Object1, Object2,…)

Example:

cat("aaa",c,12*3)

gives

"aaac36"

cFactor

Returns an expression factorized over the complex field (on

Gaussian integers if there are more than two ).

cfactor(Expr)

Example:

cFactor(x^2*y+y)

gives

(x+i)*(x-i)*y

charpoly

Returns the coefficients of the characteristic polynomial of a
matrix. With only one argument, the variable used in the
polynomial is x. With a variable as second argument, the
polynomial returned is in terms of that variable.

charpoly(Matrix,[Var])

Example:

charpoly([[1,2],[3,4]], z) returns z^2-5*z-
2

chrem

Returns a vector containing the Chinese remainders for two

sets of integers, contained in either two vectors or two lists.

chrem(List1, List2) or chrem(Vector1, Vector2)

Example:

chrem([2,3],[7,5])

returns

[-12,35]

col

Given a matrix and an integer n, returns the n

th

column of the

matrix as a vector.

col(Matrix, Integer)