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Polynomial degree : degree

degree takes as argument a polynomial given by it's symbolic representation or by the list of it's coefficients.
degree returns the degree of this polynomial (highest degree of it's non-zero monomials).
Input :
degree(x^3+x)
Output :
3
Input :
degree([1,0,1,0])
Output :
3



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