degree

▸ function degree (p: number[]): number

Defined in basic/double/degree.ts:16

Returns the degree of the given polynomial - the zero polynomial degree is returned as -1 (and not -∞ as is conventional).

example

degree([9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1]); //=> 8

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
p	number[]	a polynomial with coefficients given densely as an array of double floating point numbers from highest to lowest power, e.g. [5,-3,0] represents the polynomial 5x^2 - 3x

Returns: number