source: src/base/polynomial.hpp@ d24c2f

/**
 * @file   polynomial.hpp
 * @author Julian Iseringhausen <isering@ins.uni-bonn.de>
 * @date   Mon Nov 21 13:26:56 2011
 *
 * @brief  Class to represent and evaluate a polynomial.
 *
 */

#ifndef POLYNOMIAL_HPP_
#define POLYNOMIAL_HPP_

#include <cstdarg>
#include <vector>

namespace VMG
{

class Polynomial
{
public:
  Polynomial()
  {}

  Polynomial(const int& degree,...)
  {
    va_list vl;
    coeff.resize(degree+1);
    va_start(vl, degree);
    for (int i=0; i<=degree; ++i)
      coeff[i] = va_arg(vl, vmg_float);
    va_end(vl);
  }

  Polynomial(const Polynomial& rhs)
  {
    coeff.resize(rhs.coeff.size());
    for (unsigned int i=0; i<coeff.size(); ++i)
      coeff[i] = rhs.coeff[i];
  }

  vmg_float operator()(const vmg_float& val) const
  {
    double result = coeff.back();
    for (int i=coeff.size()-2; i>=0; --i)
      result = coeff[i] + result * val;
    return result;
  }

  Polynomial& operator=(const Polynomial& rhs)
  {
    coeff.resize(rhs.coeff.size());;
    for (unsigned int i=0; i<coeff.size(); ++i)
      coeff[i] = rhs.coeff[i];

    return *this;
  }

private:
  std::vector<vmg_float> coeff;
};

}

#endif /* POLYNOMIAL_HPP_ */