diff lisp/calc/calc-poly.el @ 90979:988f1edc9674

Merge from emacs--devo--0 Patches applied: * emacs--devo--0 (patch 803-805) - Update from CVS Revision: [e-mail]/emacs--unicode--0--patch-227

--- a/lisp/calc/calc-poly.el	Sun Jul 08 18:09:12 2007 +0000
+++ b/lisp/calc/calc-poly.el	Mon Jul 09 08:00:55 2007 +0000
@@ -982,10 +982,16 @@
 
 
 (defun math-padded-polynomial (expr var deg)
+  "Return a polynomial as list of coefficients.
+If EXPR is of the form \"a + bx + cx^2 + ...\" in the variable VAR, return
+the list (a b c ...) with at least DEG elements, else return NIL."
   (let ((p (math-is-polynomial expr var deg)))
     (append p (make-list (- deg (length p)) 0))))
 
 (defun math-partial-fractions (r den var)
+  "Return R divided by DEN expressed in partial fractions of VAR.
+All whole factors of DEN have already been split off from R.
+If no partial fraction representation can be found, return nil."
   (let* ((fden (calcFunc-factors den var))
 	 (tdeg (math-polynomial-p den var))
 	 (fp fden)