# Polynomial regression: polynomial_regression polynomial_regression_plot

### 8.2.8 Polynomial regression: polynomial_regression polynomial_regression_plot

The polynomial_regression command finds a more general polynomial y=a0xn + … + an which best fits a set of data points.

- polynomial_regression takes three arguments:
  - xcoords, a list of x-coordinates.
  - ycoords, a list of y-coordinates.
  - n, the degree of the polynomial.
  You can combine the first two arguments into a matrix with two columns (each list becomes a column of the matrix).
- polynomial_regression(xcoords,ycoords,n) returns the list [an,…,a0] of coefficients of the best fit polynomial.

#### Example.

Input:

polynomial_regression([[1,1],[2,2],[3,10],[4,20]],3)

or:

polynomial_regression([1,2,3,4],[1,2,10,20],3)

Output:

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−

5
6

,

17
2

,−

56
3

,12

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so the best fit polynomial will be y = (−5/6)x3 + (17/2)x2 − (56/3)x + 12.

The polynomial_regression_plot command draws the best fit polynomial.

- polynomial_regression_plot takes three arguments:
  - xcoords, a list of x-coordinates.
  - ycoords, a list of y-coordinates.
  - n, the degree of the polynomial.
  You can combine the first two arguments into a matrix with two columns (each list becomes a column of the matrix).
- polynomial_regression_plot(xcoords,ycoords,n) draws the best fit polynomial of degree n, and puts the equation and R2 value above the graph.

#### Example.

Input:

polynomial_regression_plot([1,2,3,4],[1,2,10,20],3)

Output: