Monic Polynomials

Convert a polynomial to monic form by dividing by the leading coefficient.

monic(p)

Arguments

p

A polynomial. A warning is issued if the polynomial is identically zero.

Details

Similar in effect to p/as.numeric(p[length(p)]) but with some safeguards against leading zero coefficients.

Value

A polynomial proportional to p with leading coefficient 1.

See also

change.origin