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`poles` function?? Name conflict with `ControlSystems`

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
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38/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
julia
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start by locating the exported poles entry point in Polynomials.jl and inspect its definition and existing documentation. Determine what the function does, then document that behavior and its distinction from ControlSystems' poles function; verify that the documentation builds successfully.

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Description

I have imported (using) both Polynomials and ControlSystems, and am told there is a name conflict: both packages export a function poles.

In ControlSystems, this is a key function (roots of denominator polynomials in transfer functions).

I am trying to find out what this function does in Polynomials, but I cannot find it in the documentation??

Question: I assume it is an important function in Polynomials (since it is exported), but what does it do?

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