#Polynomials
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knotty canopy
to formally (and very much confuse you), we can define a polynomial as $\sum_{k=0}^{n}a_kx^k$, where the $a_k$ are the coefficients of the polynomial.
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dark matter
knotty canopy
in other words, the sum of constant multiples of powers of x.
for example, $x^2+3x+1$ is a polynomial, but $3+\frac{1}{x}$ is not, because the powers of the $x$ have to be positive integers.
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blazing folio
**dark matter**
i would like to remark that the notation represents $a_0+a_1x^1+a_2x^2+\cdots+a_nx^n$
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blazing folio
we define a degree of a polynomial as the highest power of that polynomial
blazing folio
**dark matter**
for example in x^2+3x+1 it's 2 since x^2 is the term with maximum power, and the power there is 2
i hope you can grasp the concept of degree of a polynomial
to check it i'll write down 2 polynomials and u can reply to it with their degree, if u understand nothing from them feel free to ignore my messages for i won't be there to elaborate, i'm going to school rn lmao
first - x^3+5x^2+1
second - 3x^2+2x^7-3x+1
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