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Package polexpr README
======================
License
-------
Copyright (C) 2018 Jean-François Burnol
See documentation of package [xint](http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xint) for
contact information.
This Work may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the
LaTeX Project Public License version 1.3c. This version of this license
is in
> <http://www.latex-project.org/lppl/lppl-1-3c.txt>
and version 1.3 or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX version
2005/12/01 or later.
This Work has the LPPL maintenance status author-maintained.
The Author of this Work is Jean-François Burnol.
This Work consists of the package file polexpr.sty, this README.md and
the documentation file polexpr.txt.
Abstract
--------
The package provides `\poldef`. This a parser of polynomial expressions
based upon the `\xintdeffunc` mechanism of xintexpr.
The parsed expressions use the operations of algebra (inclusive of
composition of functions) with standard operators, fractional numbers
(possibly in scientific notation) and previously defined polynomial
functions or other constructs as recognized by the `\xintexpr` numerical
parser.
The polynomials are then not only genuine `\xintexpr` (and
`\xintfloatexpr`) numerical functions but additionally are known to the
package via their coefficients. This allows dedicated macros to
implement polynomial algorithmics.
Releases
--------
- 0.1 (2018/01/11)
Initial release (files README, polexpr.sty).
- 0.2 (2018/01/14)
Documentation moved to polexpr.{txt,html}.
- 0.3 (2018/01/17)
Make polynomials known to `\xintfloatexpr` and improve
documentation.
- 0.3.1 (2018/01/18)
Fix two typos in documentation.
- 0.4 (2018/02/16)
- Revert 0.3 automatic generation of floating point variants.
- Move CHANGE LOG from README.md to HTML documentation.
- A few bug fixes and breaking changes. Please refer to
`polexpr.html`.
- Main new feature: root localization via [Sturm
Theorem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturm%27s_theorem).
- 0.4.1 (2018/03/01)
Synced with xint 1.3.
- 0.4.2 (2018/03/03)
Documentation fix.
Files of 0.4.2 release:
- README.md,
- polexpr.sty (package file),
- polexpr.txt (documentation),
- polexpr.html (conversion via
[DocUtils](http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/index.html)
rst2html.py)
Acknowledgments
---------------
Thanks to Jürgen Gilg whose question about
[xint](http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xint) usage for differentiating
polynomials was the initial trigger leading to this package, and to
Jürgen Gilg and Thomas Söll for testing it on some concrete problems.
Renewed thanks on occasion of `0.4` release!
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