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diff --git a/libdimension/polynomial.c b/libdimension/polynomial.c
index 6e2aed2..ab80f69 100644
--- a/libdimension/polynomial.c
+++ b/libdimension/polynomial.c
@@ -57,6 +57,15 @@ dmnsn_real_degree(const double poly[], size_t degree)
return 0;
}
+/* Divide each coefficient by the leading coefficient */
+static inline void
+dmnsn_normalize_polynomial(double poly[], size_t degree)
+{
+ for (size_t i = 0; i <= degree; ++i) {
+ poly[i] /= poly[degree];
+ }
+}
+
/* Eliminate trivial zero roots from poly[] */
static inline void
dmnsn_eliminate_zero_roots(double poly[], size_t *degree)
@@ -285,6 +294,8 @@ dmnsn_solve_polynomial(const double poly[], size_t degree, double x[])
/* Account for leading zero coefficients */
degree = dmnsn_real_degree(p, degree);
+ /* Normalize the leading coefficient to 1.0 */
+ dmnsn_normalize_polynomial(p, degree);
/* Eliminate simple zero roots */
dmnsn_eliminate_zero_roots(p, &degree);