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| <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
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| <a name="math_toolkit.roots.rational"></a><a class="link" href="rational.html" title="Polynomial and Rational Function Evaluation">Polynomial and Rational
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|       Function Evaluation</a>
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| </h3></div></div></div>
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| <h5>
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| <a name="math_toolkit.roots.rational.h0"></a>
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|         <span class="phrase"><a name="math_toolkit.roots.rational.synopsis"></a></span><a class="link" href="rational.html#math_toolkit.roots.rational.synopsis">Synopsis</a>
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|       </h5>
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| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">tools</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">rational</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span>
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| </pre>
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| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="comment">// Polynomials:</span>
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| <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">></span>
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| <span class="identifier">V</span> <span class="identifier">evaluate_polynomial</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">(&</span><span class="identifier">poly</span><span class="special">)[</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">],</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">);</span>
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| 
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| <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">></span>
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| <span class="identifier">V</span> <span class="identifier">evaluate_polynomial</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">array</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">>&</span> <span class="identifier">poly</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">);</span>
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| 
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| <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">></span>
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| <span class="identifier">U</span> <span class="identifier">evaluate_polynomial</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">poly</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">U</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="identifier">count</span><span class="special">);</span>
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| 
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| <span class="comment">// Even polynomials:</span>
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| <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">></span>
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| <span class="identifier">V</span> <span class="identifier">evaluate_even_polynomial</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">(&</span><span class="identifier">poly</span><span class="special">)[</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">],</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">);</span>
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| 
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| <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">></span>
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| <span class="identifier">V</span> <span class="identifier">evaluate_even_polynomial</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">array</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">>&</span> <span class="identifier">poly</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">);</span>
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| 
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| <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">></span>
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| <span class="identifier">U</span> <span class="identifier">evaluate_even_polynomial</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">poly</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">U</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="identifier">count</span><span class="special">);</span>
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| 
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| <span class="comment">// Odd polynomials</span>
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| <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">></span>
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| <span class="identifier">V</span> <span class="identifier">evaluate_odd_polynomial</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">(&</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">)[</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">],</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">);</span>
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| 
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| <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">></span>
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| <span class="identifier">V</span> <span class="identifier">evaluate_odd_polynomial</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">array</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">>&</span> <span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">);</span>
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| 
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| <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">></span>
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| <span class="identifier">U</span> <span class="identifier">evaluate_odd_polynomial</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">poly</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">U</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="identifier">count</span><span class="special">);</span>
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| 
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| <span class="comment">// Rational Functions:</span>
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| <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">></span>
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| <span class="identifier">V</span> <span class="identifier">evaluate_rational</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">(&</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">)[</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">],</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">(&</span><span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">)[</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">],</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">);</span>
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| 
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| <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">></span>
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| <span class="identifier">V</span> <span class="identifier">evaluate_rational</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">array</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">>&</span> <span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">array</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">>&</span> <span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">);</span>
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| 
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| <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">></span>
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| <span class="identifier">V</span> <span class="identifier">evaluate_rational</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">num</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">denom</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">V</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">unsigned</span> <span class="identifier">count</span><span class="special">);</span>
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| </pre>
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| <h5>
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| <a name="math_toolkit.roots.rational.h1"></a>
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|         <span class="phrase"><a name="math_toolkit.roots.rational.description"></a></span><a class="link" href="rational.html#math_toolkit.roots.rational.description">Description</a>
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|       </h5>
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| <p>
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|         Each of the functions come in three variants: a pair of overloaded functions
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|         where the order of the polynomial or rational function is evaluated at compile
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|         time, and an overload that accepts a runtime variable for the size of the
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|         coefficient array. Generally speaking, compile time evaluation of the array
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|         size results in better type safety, is less prone to programmer errors, and
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|         may result in better optimised code. The polynomial evaluation functions
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|         in particular, are specialised for various array sizes, allowing for loop
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|         unrolling, and one hopes, optimal inline expansion.
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|       </p>
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| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">></span>
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| <span class="identifier">V</span> <span class="identifier">evaluate_polynomial</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">(&</span><span class="identifier">poly</span><span class="special">)[</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">],</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">);</span>
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| 
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| <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">></span>
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| <span class="identifier">V</span> <span class="identifier">evaluate_polynomial</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">array</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">>&</span> <span class="identifier">poly</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">val</span><span class="special">);</span>
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| 
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| <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">></span>
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| <span class="identifier">U</span> <span class="identifier">evaluate_polynomial</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">poly</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">U</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="identifier">count</span><span class="special">);</span>
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| </pre>
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| <p>
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|         Evaluates the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynomial" target="_top">polynomial</a>
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|         described by the coefficients stored in <span class="emphasis"><em>poly</em></span>.
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|       </p>
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| <p>
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|         If the size of the array is specified at runtime, then the polynomial most
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|         have order <span class="emphasis"><em>count-1</em></span> with <span class="emphasis"><em>count</em></span> coefficients.
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|         Otherwise it has order <span class="emphasis"><em>N-1</em></span> with <span class="emphasis"><em>N</em></span>
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|         coefficients.
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|       </p>
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| <p>
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|         Coefficients should be stored such that the coefficients for the x<sup>i</sup> terms
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|         are in poly[i].
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|       </p>
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| <p>
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|         The types of the coefficients and of variable <span class="emphasis"><em>z</em></span> may
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|         differ as long as <span class="emphasis"><em>*poly</em></span> is convertible to type <span class="emphasis"><em>U</em></span>.
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|         This allows, for example, for the coefficient table to be a table of integers
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|         if this is appropriate.
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|       </p>
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| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">></span>
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| <span class="identifier">V</span> <span class="identifier">evaluate_even_polynomial</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">(&</span><span class="identifier">poly</span><span class="special">)[</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">],</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">);</span>
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| 
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| <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">></span>
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| <span class="identifier">V</span> <span class="identifier">evaluate_even_polynomial</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">array</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">>&</span> <span class="identifier">poly</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">);</span>
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| 
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| <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">></span>
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| <span class="identifier">U</span> <span class="identifier">evaluate_even_polynomial</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">poly</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">U</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="identifier">count</span><span class="special">);</span>
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| </pre>
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| <p>
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|         As above, but evaluates an even polynomial: one where all the powers of
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|         <span class="emphasis"><em>z</em></span> are even numbers. Equivalent to calling <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">evaluate_polynomial</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">poly</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">*</span><span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">count</span><span class="special">)</span></code>.
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|       </p>
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| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">></span>
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| <span class="identifier">V</span> <span class="identifier">evaluate_odd_polynomial</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">(&</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">)[</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">],</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">);</span>
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| 
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| <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">></span>
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| <span class="identifier">V</span> <span class="identifier">evaluate_odd_polynomial</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">array</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">>&</span> <span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">);</span>
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| 
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| <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">></span>
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| <span class="identifier">U</span> <span class="identifier">evaluate_odd_polynomial</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">poly</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">U</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="identifier">count</span><span class="special">);</span>
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| </pre>
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| <p>
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|         As above but evaluates a polynomial where all the powers are odd numbers.
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|         Equivalent to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">evaluate_polynomial</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">poly</span><span class="special">+</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">*</span><span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">,</span>
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|         <span class="identifier">count</span><span class="special">-</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">*</span>
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|         <span class="identifier">z</span> <span class="special">+</span> <span class="identifier">poly</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">]</span></code>.
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|       </p>
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| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">></span>
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| <span class="identifier">V</span> <span class="identifier">evaluate_rational</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">(&</span><span class="identifier">num</span><span class="special">)[</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">],</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">(&</span><span class="identifier">denom</span><span class="special">)[</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">],</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">);</span>
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| 
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| <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">></span>
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| <span class="identifier">V</span> <span class="identifier">evaluate_rational</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">array</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">>&</span> <span class="identifier">num</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">array</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">N</span><span class="special">>&</span> <span class="identifier">denom</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">);</span>
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| 
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| <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">V</span><span class="special">></span>
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| <span class="identifier">V</span> <span class="identifier">evaluate_rational</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">num</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">U</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">denom</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">V</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">unsigned</span> <span class="identifier">count</span><span class="special">);</span>
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| </pre>
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| <p>
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|         Evaluates the rational function (the ratio of two polynomials) described
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|         by the coefficients stored in <span class="emphasis"><em>num</em></span> and <span class="emphasis"><em>demom</em></span>.
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|       </p>
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| <p>
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|         If the size of the array is specified at runtime then both polynomials most
 | |
|         have order <span class="emphasis"><em>count-1</em></span> with <span class="emphasis"><em>count</em></span> coefficients.
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|         Otherwise both polynomials have order <span class="emphasis"><em>N-1</em></span> with <span class="emphasis"><em>N</em></span>
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|         coefficients.
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|       </p>
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| <p>
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|         Array <span class="emphasis"><em>num</em></span> describes the numerator, and <span class="emphasis"><em>demon</em></span>
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|         the denominator.
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|       </p>
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| <p>
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|         Coefficients should be stored such that the coefficients for the x<sup>i </sup> terms
 | |
|         are in num[i] and denom[i].
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|       </p>
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| <p>
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|         The types of the coefficients and of variable <span class="emphasis"><em>v</em></span> may
 | |
|         differ as long as <span class="emphasis"><em>*num</em></span> and <span class="emphasis"><em>*denom</em></span>
 | |
|         are convertible to type <span class="emphasis"><em>V</em></span>. This allows, for example,
 | |
|         for one or both of the coefficient tables to be a table of integers if this
 | |
|         is appropriate.
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|       </p>
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| <p>
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|         These functions are designed to safely evaluate the result, even when the
 | |
|         value <span class="emphasis"><em>z</em></span> is very large. As such they do not take advantage
 | |
|         of compile time array sizes to make any optimisations. These functions are
 | |
|         best reserved for situations where <span class="emphasis"><em>z</em></span> may be large: if
 | |
|         you can be sure that numerical overflow will not occur then polynomial evaluation
 | |
|         with compile-time array sizes may offer slightly better performance.
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|       </p>
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| <h5>
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| <a name="math_toolkit.roots.rational.h2"></a>
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|         <span class="phrase"><a name="math_toolkit.roots.rational.implementation"></a></span><a class="link" href="rational.html#math_toolkit.roots.rational.implementation">Implementation</a>
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|       </h5>
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| <p>
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|         Polynomials are evaluated by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horner_algorithm" target="_top">Horners
 | |
|         method</a>. If the array size is known at compile time then the functions
 | |
|         dispatch to size-specific implementations that unroll the evaluation loop.
 | |
|       </p>
 | |
| <p>
 | |
|         Rational evaluation is by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horner_algorithm" target="_top">Horners
 | |
|         method</a>: with the two polynomials being evaluated in parallel to make
 | |
|         the most of the processors floating-point pipeline. If <span class="emphasis"><em>v</em></span>
 | |
|         is greater than one, then the polynomials are evaluated in reverse order
 | |
|         as polynomials in <span class="emphasis"><em>1/v</em></span>: this avoids unnecessary numerical
 | |
|         overflow when the coefficients are large.
 | |
|       </p>
 | |
| <p>
 | |
|         Both the polynomial and rational function evaluation algorithms can be tuned
 | |
|         using various configuration macros to provide optimal performance for a particular
 | |
|         combination of compiler and platform. This includes support for second-order
 | |
|         Horner's methods. The various options are <a class="link" href="../tuning.html" title="Performance Tuning Macros">documented
 | |
|         here</a>. However, the performance benefits to be gained from these are
 | |
|         marginal on most current hardware, consequently it's best to run the <a class="link" href="../perf_test_app.html" title="The Performance Test Applications">performance test application</a>
 | |
|         before changing the default settings.
 | |
|       </p>
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| </div>
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| <td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2006-2010, 2012-2014 Nikhar Agrawal,
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|       Anton Bikineev, Paul A. Bristow, Marco Guazzone, Christopher Kormanyos, Hubert
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|       Holin, Bruno Lalande, John Maddock, Jeremy Murphy, Johan Råde, Gautam Sewani,
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|       Benjamin Sobotta, Thijs van den Berg, Daryle Walker and Xiaogang Zhang<p>
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|         Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
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|         file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at <a href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt" target="_top">http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>)
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