R: Greatest common divisor

GCD {PolynomF} | R Documentation

## Greatest common divisor

### Description

Find a monic polynomial of maximal degree that divides each of a set of polynomials exactly

### Usage

    GCD(...)

    greatest_common_divisor(...)

    ## S3 method for class 'polynom'
    GCD(...)

    ## S3 method for class 'polylist'
    GCD(...)

### Arguments

`...` | A list of polynomials or polylist objects

### Value

A polynomial giving the greatest common divisor, as defined above

### Examples

    p <- poly_calc(0:5)
    r <- poly_calc(1:6)
    greatest_common_divisor(p, r)
    solve(greatest_common_divisor(p, r))
    lowest_common_multiple(p, r)
    solve(lowest_common_multiple(p, r))

[Package PolynomF version 2.0-3 Index]