constant function

The constant term

Get and set the constant term of an mvp object

## S3 method for class 'mvp'
constant(x)
## S3 replacement method for class 'mvp'
constant(x) <- value
## S3 method for class 'numeric'
constant(x)
is.constant(x)

Arguments

• x: Object of class mvp
• value: Scalar value for the constant

Details

The constant term in a polynomial is the coefficient of the empty term. In an mvp object, the map {} -> c, implies that c is the constant.

If x is an mvp object, constant(x) returns the value of the constant in the multivariate polynomial; if x is numeric, it returns a constant multivariate polynomial with value x.

Function is.constant() returns TRUE if its argument has no variables and FALSE otherwise.

Author(s)

Robin K. S. Hankin

Examples

a <- rmvp(5)+4
a
constant(a)
constant(a) <- 33
a

constant(0)  # the zero mvp