a simple module for finding roots of polynomial ?

[Chris Barker]

Jan Samohyl wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> I am looking for some polynomial root finder. I wish I could just give a list
> of coefficients (for me, reals are enough) and get a list of roots (but these
> should contain the complex ones). Is there something simple as this in Python,
> or I have to code it myself ?

I'd take a look at www.scipy.org, there's a pretty good chance this is
there. If not, I'd look for a library that does it that you can wrap. A
polynomial root finder is not a trivial piece of code to write (unless
you are limited to polynomials of order less four)

-CHB


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