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<h3 class="section">6.1 Polynomial Evaluation</h3>

— Function: double <b>gsl_poly_eval</b> (<var>const double c</var>[]<var>, const int len, const double x</var>)<var><a name="index-gsl_005fpoly_005feval-217"></a></var><br>

<blockquote><p>This function evaluates the polynomial

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