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## Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton
##
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## usage: polyderiv (p)
##
## Returns the coefficients of the derivative of the polynomial whose
## coefficients are given by vector p.
##
## SEE ALSO: poly, polyinteg, polyreduce, roots, conv, deconv, residue,
## filter, polyval, polyvalm
## Author: Tony Richardson <amr@mpl.ucsd.edu>
## Created: June 1994
## Adapted-By: jwe
function q = polyderiv (p)
if (nargin != 1)
usage ("polyderiv (vector)");
endif
if (! is_vector (p))
error ("polyderiv: argument must be a vector");
endif
lp = length (p);
if (lp == 1)
q = 0;
return;
elseif (lp == 0)
q = [];
return;
end
q = p (1:(lp-1)) .* [(lp-1):-1:1];
endfunction
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