Reverse of a univariate polynomial #
The main definition is reverse. Applying reverse to a polynomial f : R[X] produces
the polynomial with a reversed list of coefficients, equivalent to X^f.nat_degree * f(1/X).
The main result is that reverse (f * g) = reverse f * reverse g, provided the leading
coefficients of f and g do not multiply to zero.
If i ≤ N, then rev_at_fun N i returns N - i, otherwise it returns i.
This is the map used by the embedding rev_at.
Equations
- polynomial.rev_at_fun N i = ite (i ≤ N) (N - i) i
If i ≤ N, then rev_at N i returns N - i, otherwise it returns i.
Essentially, this embedding is only used for i ≤ N.
The advantage of rev_at N i over N - i is that rev_at is an involution.
We prefer to use the bundled rev_at over unbundled rev_at_fun.
reflect N f is the polynomial such that (reflect N f).coeff i = f.coeff (rev_at N i).
In other words, the terms with exponent [0, ..., N] now have exponent [N, ..., 0].
In practice, reflect is only used when N is at least as large as the degree of f.
Eventually, it will be used with N exactly equal to the degree of f.
Equations
- polynomial.reflect N {to_finsupp := f} = {to_finsupp := finsupp.emb_domain (polynomial.rev_at N) f}
The reverse of a polynomial f is the polynomial obtained by "reading f backwards". Even though this is not the actual definition, reverse f = f (1/X) * X ^ f.nat_degree.
Equations
- f.reverse = polynomial.reflect f.nat_degree f