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<journal-id>1870-3542</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de física E]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. fís. E]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-3542</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Mexicana de Física]]></publisher-name>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[An analysis on the inversion of polynomials]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[González-Cardel]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M.F.]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Díaz-Uribe]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R.]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Centro de Ciencias Aplicadas y el Desarrollo Tecnológico ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[México Distrito Federal]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
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<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2006</year>
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<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2006</year>
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<volume>52</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>160</fpage>
<lpage>162</lpage>
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<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[En este trabajo se analiza la aplicación y los intervalos de validez de un polinomio inverso, según el método propuesto por Arfken [1] para la inversión de series. Se muestra que existe un dominio restringido cuya longitud depende de la magnitud del error aceptable; esto se ejemplifica por simplicidad con un polinomio de tercer grado, aunque el procedimiento es aplicable a polinomios de cualquier grado. Se deduce una expresión para determinar el error del polinomio inverso; así mismo, se presentan cinco ejemplos, con diferentes grados de dificultad, donde se aplica la inversión polinomial para resolver diversos problemas que pueden presentarse en física y matemáticas. Se deducen las expresiones para los coeficientes octavo y noveno de un polinomio inverso de grado nueve, las cuales no se encuentran explícitamente en otras referencias conocidas.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Invertion of polynomial]]></kwd>
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</front><body><![CDATA[  	    <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="4">Ense&ntilde;anza</font></p>  	    <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>  	    <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="4"><b>An analysis on the inversion of polynomials</b></font></p>  	    <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>  	    <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>M.F. Gonz&aacute;lez&#45;Cardel and R. D&iacute;az&#45;Uribe</b></font></p>  	    <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>  	    <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><i>Centro de Ciencias Aplicadas y el Desarrollo Tecnol&oacute;gico, Universidad Nacional Aut&oacute;noma de M&eacute;xico, Apartado Postal 70&#45;186, 04510 M&eacute;xico D.F., M&eacute;xico, e&#45;mail:</i> <a href="mailto:mario@aleph.cinstrum.unam.mx">mario@aleph.cinstrum.unam.mx</a><i>,</i> <a href="mailto:rufino@aleph.cinstrum.unam.mx">rufino@aleph.cinstrum.unam.mx</a></font></p>      <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>  	    <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">Recibido el 15 de diciembre de 2005;    ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<br> 	aceptado el 29 de marzo de 2006</font></p>  	    <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>  	    <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Abstract</b></font></p>  	    <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">In this work the application and the intervals of validity of an inverse polynomial, according to the method proposed by Arfken &#91;1&#93; for the inversion<sup><i>i</i></sup> of series, is analyzed. It is shown that, for the inverse polynomial there exists a restricted domain whose longitude depends on the magnitude of the acceptable error when the inverse polynomial is used to approximate the inverse function of the original polynomial. A method for calculating the error of the approximation and its use in determining the restricted domain is described and is fully developed up to the third order. In addition, five examples are presented where the inversion of a polynomial is applied in solving different problems encountered in basic courses on physics and mathematics. Furthermore, expressions for the eighth and ninth coefficients of a ninth&#45;degree inverse polynomial, which are not encountered explicitly in other known references, are deduced.</font></p>  	    <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Keywords:</b> Invertion of polynomial; equation solving; intervals of validity.</font></p>  	    <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>  	    <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Resumen</b></font></p>  	    <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">En este trabajo se analiza la aplicaci&oacute;n y los intervalos de validez de un polinomio inverso, seg&uacute;n el m&eacute;todo propuesto por Arfken &#91;1&#93; para la inversi&oacute;n de series. Se muestra que existe un dominio restringido cuya longitud depende de la magnitud del error aceptable; esto se ejemplifica por simplicidad con un polinomio de tercer grado, aunque el procedimiento es aplicable a polinomios de cualquier grado. Se deduce una expresi&oacute;n para determinar el error del polinomio inverso; as&iacute; mismo, se presentan cinco ejemplos, con diferentes grados de dificultad, donde se aplica la inversi&oacute;n polinomial para resolver diversos problemas que pueden presentarse en f&iacute;sica y matem&aacute;ticas. Se deducen las expresiones para los coeficientes octavo y noveno de un polinomio inverso de grado nueve, las cuales no se encuentran expl&iacute;citamente en otras referencias conocidas.</font></p>      <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Descriptores:</b> Inversi&oacute;n polinomial; soluci&oacute;n de ecuaciones; intervalo de validez.</font></p>      <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>  	    ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">PACS: 01.40.&#45;D; 02.30.Mv; 02.60.Cb</font></p>  	    <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>  	    <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><a href="/pdf/rmfe/v52n2/v52n2a9.pdf" target="_blank">DESCARGAR ART&Iacute;CULO EN FORMATO PDF</a></font></p>  	    <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>  	    <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Acknowledgements</b></font></p>  	    <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">This investigation was sponsored by Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnolog&iacute;a under the project 37077&#45;E.</font></p>  	    <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>  	    <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>References</b></font></p>  	    <!-- ref --><p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">1. G. Arfken, <i>Mathematical Methods for Physicists</i> (Academic Press, New York, 1981).    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[&#160;<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="javascript: window.open('/scielo.php?script=sci_nlinks&ref=8446501&pid=S1870-3542200600020000900001&lng=','','width=640,height=500,resizable=yes,scrollbars=1,menubar=yes,');">Links</a>&#160;]<!-- end-ref --></font></p>     ]]></body>
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