add!

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add!

$\begin{usage} add!(p, c, m)\\ add!(p, c, m, q) \end{usage}$

$\begin{signatures} add!: & (\%, R, \htmlref{\texttt{Integer}}{Integer}) $\to$\... ...\%, R, \htmlref{\texttt{Integer}}{Integer}, \%) $\to$\ \% \\\end{signatures}$

$\begin{params} {\em p} & \% & A polynomial or series (to be destroyed)\\ {\em... ...lynomial or series to be multiplied by $c P_m$\ and added to p\\\end{params}$

$\begin{retval} add!(p, c, m) computes the sum $p + c P_m$, while add!(p, c, m, ... ...is allowed to be negative in the second form but not in the first. \end{retval}$

$\begin{remarks} The storage used by p is allowed to be destroyed or reused, so... ...arily copying their arguments and can thus create memory aliases. \end{remarks}$

Manuel Bronstein 2000-12-13