Evaluate a Polynomial

Evaluate a polynomial at a given numeric or polynomial argument.

# S3 method for class 'polynomial'
predict(object, newdata, ...)

Arguments

object

A polynomial object to be evaluated.

newdata

Argument at which evaluation is requested. May be numeric or itself a polynomial

...

Not used by this method.

Details

This is a method for the generic function predict.

The polynomial is evaluated according to the Horner scheme for speed and numerical accuracy.

Value

Evaluated object of the same class as newdata.