sicp-ex-2.91

  
  
 (define (div-terms L1 L2) 
   (if (empty-termlist? L1) 
     (list (the-empty-termlist) (the-empty-termlist)) 
     (let ((t1 (first-term L1)) 
           (t2 (first-term L2))) 
       (if (> (order t2) (order t1)) 
         (list (the-empty-termlist) L1) 
         (let ((new-c (div (coeff t1) (coeff t2))) 
           (new-o (- (order t1) (order t2))) 
           (new-t (make-term new-o new-c))) 
           (let ((rest-of-result 
                   (div-terms (add-poly L1 (negate (mul-poly (list new-t) L2))) 
                               L2))) 
             (list (adjoin-term new-t 
                                (car rest-of-result)) 
                   (cadr rest-of-result)))))))) 
  
 (define (div-poly poly1 poly2) 
   (if (same-variable? (variable poly1) (variable poly2)) 
     (make-poly (variable poly1) 
       (div-terms (term-list poly1) 
                  (term-list poly2))) 
     (error "not the same variable" (list poly1 poly2))))