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<MAN>
  <LANGUAGE>eng</LANGUAGE>
  <TITLE>polfact</TITLE>
  <TYPE>Scilab Function</TYPE>
  <DATE>April 1993</DATE>
  <SHORT_DESCRIPTION name="polfact"> minimal factors</SHORT_DESCRIPTION>
  <CALLING_SEQUENCE>
    <CALLING_SEQUENCE_ITEM>[f]=polfact(p)  </CALLING_SEQUENCE_ITEM>
  </CALLING_SEQUENCE>
  <PARAM>
    <PARAM_INDENT>
      <PARAM_ITEM>
        <PARAM_NAME>p</PARAM_NAME>
        <PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
          <SP>: polynomial</SP>
        </PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
      </PARAM_ITEM>
      <PARAM_ITEM>
        <PARAM_NAME>f</PARAM_NAME>
        <PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
          <SP>: vector <VERB>[f0 f1 ... fn]</VERB> such that <VERB>p=prod(f)</VERB></SP>
          <PARAM_INDENT>
            <PARAM_ITEM>
              <PARAM_NAME>f0</PARAM_NAME>
              <PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
                <SP>: constant</SP>
              </PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
            </PARAM_ITEM>
            <PARAM_ITEM>
              <PARAM_NAME>fi</PARAM_NAME>
              <PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
                <SP>: polynomial</SP>
              </PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
            </PARAM_ITEM>
          </PARAM_INDENT>
        </PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
      </PARAM_ITEM>
    </PARAM_INDENT>
  </PARAM>
  <DESCRIPTION>
    <P><VERB>f=polfact(p)</VERB> returns the minimal factors of p i.e. <VERB>f=[f0 f1 ... fn]</VERB> such 
    that <VERB>p=prod(f)</VERB></P>
  </DESCRIPTION>
  <SEE_ALSO>
    <SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
      <LINK>lcm</LINK>
    </SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
    <SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
      <LINK>cmndred</LINK>
    </SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
    <SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
      <LINK>factors</LINK>
    </SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
  </SEE_ALSO>
  <AUTHOR> S. Steer INRIA</AUTHOR>
</MAN>
