NAME

poly - polynomial evaluator

SYNOPSIS

poly [a0=] [a1=] [a2=] [a3=] [a4=] [rms=]

DESCRIPTION

poly prints out the values of the quartic or lesser degree equation entered on the command line taking x input from stdin.
OPTIONS

a4= specifies the x^4 term.

a3= specifies the x^3 term.

a2= specifies the x^2 term.

a1= specifies the x term.

a0= specifies the d.c. term.

rms= is ignored without error message as a courtesy for linfit.

echo - puts out the input as first field and poly as second.

SEE ALSO
cubic.
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