What is a polynomial?

1 · John Cook · May 7, 2021, 4:52 p.m.
When you leave the comfort of the real numbers, you might be mistaken about what a polynomial is. Suppose you’re looking at polynomials over some finite field. Why would you do that? Numerous practical applications, but that’s a topic for another post. You look in some reference that’s talking about polynomials and you see things […] The post What is a polynomial? first appeared on John D. Cook....