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Polynomial coefficients

Return the coefficients of a polynomial in the given variable, lowest degree first.

Endpoint: POST /api/v1/coefficients

When to use

Extract coefficients of a polynomial in the given variable, **lowest degree first**.

Input schema

Validated server-side with Zod. The same schema feeds OpenAPI and the MCP tool list.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "expression": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1
    },
    "variable": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "expression",
    "variable"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Response shape

All tools return { ok: true, result } on success and { ok: false, error } on failure. The result object contains:

FieldTypeDescription
coefficientsstring[]`[c₀, c₁, …, cₙ]` where the polynomial is `c₀ + c₁·x + … + cₙ·xⁿ`.

Example

Request

{
  "expression": "2*x^2 + 3*x + 4",
  "variable": "x"
}

Response

{
  "ok": true,
  "result": {
    "coefficients": [
      "4",
      "3",
      "2"
    ]
  }
}

curl

curl -X POST https://tools.aieo.se/api/v1/coefficients \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"expression":"2*x^2 + 3*x + 4","variable":"x"}'

MCP call (JSON-RPC)

MCP clients call this tool as tools/call against /api/mcp:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "coefficients",
    "arguments": {
      "expression": "2*x^2 + 3*x + 4",
      "variable": "x"
    }
  }
}

Common errors

  • Expression is not a polynomial in `variable`.
    Throws or returns a single-element list.
  • A required field is missing or has the wrong type.
    Zod validation error, e.g. `Required` or `Expected string, received number`.
  • Nerdamer cannot parse the expression (unbalanced parens, unknown function, stray characters).
    `Unexpected token …` or `… is not a valid expression`.