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## Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton
##
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## usage: polyvalm (c, x)
##
## Evaluate a polynomial in the matrix sense.
##
## In octave, a polynomial is represented by it's coefficients (arranged
## in descending order). For example a vector c of length n+1 corresponds
## to the following nth order polynomial
##
## p(x) = c(1) x^n + ... + c(n) x + c(n+1).
##
## polyvalm(c,X) will evaluate the polynomial in the matrix sense, i.e. matrix
## multiplication is used instead of element by element multiplication as is
## used in polyval.
##
## X must be a square matrix.
##
## SEE ALSO: polyval, poly, roots, conv, deconv, residue, filter,
## polyderiv, polyinteg
## Author: Tony Richardson <amr@mpl.ucsd.edu>
## Created: June 1994
## Adapted-By: jwe
function y = polyvalm (c, x)
if (nargin != 2)
usage ("polyvalm (c, x)");
endif
if (! (is_vector (c) || isempty (c)))
error ("polyvalm: first argument must be a vector.");
endif
if (! is_square (x))
error ("polyvalm: second argument must be a square matrix.");
endif
if (isempty (c))
y = [];
return;
endif
[v, d] = eig (x);
if (is_symmetric (x))
y = v * diag (polyval (c, diag (d))) * v';
else
y = v * (diag (polyval (c, diag (d))) / v);
endif
endfunction
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