CTAN package update: bpolynomial

CTAN Announcements ctan-ann at dante.de
Tue Dec 18 01:10:36 CET 2007


The package below has had an update.

Thanks,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College

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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:

Name of contribution: bpolynomial
Author's name: Stephan Hennig
Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/bpolynomial/
Summary description: Drawing polynomials with MetaPost.
License type: lppl

Announcement text: 
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bpolynomial v0.5, released on 2007-12-12

Description
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The MetaPost package bpolynomial helps plotting
polynomial and root functions. It provides macros to
calculate one-segment Bezier curves exactly matching a
given cubic polynomial or square or cubic root function.
Additionally, tangents on all functions and derivatives
of polynomials can be calculated.

Changes in v0.5:
* New:
  + The package can now compute paths of square and
    cubic roots.
  + Added a plain interface.
* Changes:
  + Improved documentation.
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This package is located at 
   http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/metapost/contrib/macros/bpolynomial/
.  More information is at
   http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/bpolynomial
(if the package is new it may take a day for that information to 
appear).  We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org .  
Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .



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