Polynomials

Overview

Given nonnegative integer $d$, a polynomial in $n$ of degree $d$ is a function $p(n)$ of the form $p(n)={\sum }_{i=0}^d{a}_i{n}^i$ The coefficients of $p(n)$ are $a_0,a_1,\dots ,a_d$. Furthermore, $a_d\ne 0$.

Bibliography

• Oscar Levin, Discrete Mathematics: An Open Introduction, 3rd ed., n.d., https://discrete.openmathbooks.org/pdfs/dmoi3-tablet.pdf.
• Thomas H. Cormen et al., Introduction to Algorithms, Fourth edition (Cambridge, Massachusett: The MIT Press, 2022).