From 25ed0ffbca580f5efcdf5dfd2c6a10743a4d4829 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jeremy W. Murphy" <jeremy.william.murphy@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2015 12:15:09 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Negation depends only on negation, not on multiplication.

---
 include/boost/math/tools/polynomial.hpp | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/boost/math/tools/polynomial.hpp b/include/boost/math/tools/polynomial.hpp
index d9064e1e4..5ebc85205 100644
--- a/include/boost/math/tools/polynomial.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/math/tools/polynomial.hpp
@@ -558,9 +558,10 @@ bool operator == (const polynomial<T> &a, const polynomial<T> &b)
 
 // Unary minus (negate).
 template <class T>
-polynomial<T> operator - (const polynomial<T>& a)
+polynomial<T> operator - (polynomial<T> a)
 {
-    return a * T(-1);
+    std::transform(a.data().begin(), a.data().end(), a.data().begin(), std::negate<T>());
+    return a;
 }
 
 template <class charT, class traits, class T>