METHOD FOR STRUCTURALLY DIFFERENTIATING POLYNOMIAL FUNCTIONS

Disclosed are methods for structurally differentiating polynomial functions using parallelogrammic elements. The methods include representing a first ordered pair defined by the polynomial function as a construction of such structural elements. Second or sequent sets are also similarly constructed for an ordered pair defined by a different variable value. The resulting structural sets are compared to determine differences and the differential is expressed either directly or after dividing by the associated change in the variable of the polynomial function used to construct the two or more sets of elements.