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  2. Degree of a polynomial - Wikipedia

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    For example, the polynomial +, which can also be written as +, has three terms. The first term has a degree of 5 (the sum of the powers 2 and 3), the second term has a degree of 1, and the last term has a degree of 0. Therefore, the polynomial has a degree of 5, which is the highest degree of any term.

  3. Cubic equation - Wikipedia

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    The intersection of the vertical line on the x-axis at the center of the circle is happenstance of the example illustrated. For solving the cubic equation x 3 + m 2 x = n where n > 0, Omar Khayyám constructed the parabola y = x 2 /m, the circle that has as a diameter the line segment [0, n/m 2] on the positive x-axis, and a vertical line ...

  4. Monic polynomial - Wikipedia

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    Here are some examples. Every polynomial is associated to a unique monic polynomial. In particular, the unique factorization property of polynomials can be stated as: Every polynomial can be uniquely factorized as the product of its leading coefficient and a product of monic irreducible polynomials.

  5. Monomial - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a monomial is, roughly speaking, a polynomial which has only one term.Two definitions of a monomial may be encountered: A monomial, also called a power product or primitive monomial, [1] is a product of powers of variables with nonnegative integer exponents, or, in other words, a product of variables, possibly with repetitions. [2]

  6. Resolvent (Galois theory) - Wikipedia

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    The monomial X 1 X 2 gives the invariant 2(X 1 X 2 + X 3 X 4). It is not a resolvent invariant for G, because being invariant by (12), it is in fact a resolvent invariant for the larger dihedral subgroup D 4: (12), (1324) , and is used to define the resolvent cubic of the quartic equation.

  7. Cubic function - Wikipedia

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    The derivative of a cubic function is a quadratic function. A cubic function with real coefficients has either one or three real roots (which may not be distinct); [1] all odd-degree polynomials with real coefficients have at least one real root. The graph of a cubic function always has a single inflection point.

  8. Spline interpolation - Wikipedia

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    Hand-drawn technical drawings for shipbuilding are a historical example of spline interpolation; drawings were constructed using flexible rulers that were bent to follow pre-defined points. Originally, spline was a term for elastic rulers that were bent to pass through a number of predefined points, or knots .

  9. Quintic function - Wikipedia

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    An example of a more complicated (although small enough to be written here) solution is the unique real root of x 5 − 5x + 12 = 0. Let a = √ 2φ −1, b = √ 2φ, and c = 4 √ 5, where φ = ⁠ 1+ √ 5 / 2 ⁠ is the golden ratio. Then the only real solution x = −1.84208... is given by