On Wed, 2007-28-11 at 17:37 +0100, van Nek wrote:
> Is there a built in function, which does the transformation
>
> a*x^2+b*x+c ==> a*(x-d)^2+e ?
Hi Volker, the short answer is no.
Of course, there is no need for one since the transformation is simple,
d=-b/(2*a)
e=c-b^2/(4*a)
So, for instance, you could easily define a function that takes the
values of a, b, and c and returns d and e.
Regards, Bob
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