• mathematics, the ring of polynomial functions on a vector space V over a field k gives a coordinate-free analog of a polynomial ring. It is denoted by...
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  • polynomial rings. A closely related notion is that of the ring of polynomial functions on a vector space, and, more generally, ring of regular functions on an...
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  • numerical analysis to approximate other functions. In advanced mathematics, polynomials are used to construct polynomial rings and algebraic varieties, which are...
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    . This function is a homeomorphism (for the Zariski topology of the affine space and of the spectrum of the ring of polynomial functions) of the affine...
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  • the ring of symmetric functions is a specific limit of the rings of symmetric polynomials in n indeterminates, as n goes to infinity. This ring serves...
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    equating the function to 0", and the study of zeros of functions is exactly the same as the study of solutions of equations. Every real polynomial of odd degree...
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  • homogeneous function of the coordinates over any basis. A polynomial of degree 0 is always homogeneous; it is simply an element of the field or ring of the coefficients...
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  • degree of a polynomial is the highest of the degrees of the polynomial's monomials (individual terms) with non-zero coefficients. The degree of a term...
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  • field, the field of fractions of the ring of the polynomial functions over K. A function f {\displaystyle f} is called a rational function if it can be written...
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  • the nature of the coefficients that are accepted for the possible factors, that is, the ring to which the coefficients of the polynomial and its possible...
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