polynomial function

English

Noun

polynomial function (plural polynomial functions)

1. (mathematics) Any function whose value is the solution of a polynomial; an element of a subring of the ring of all functions over an integral domain, which subring is the smallest to contain all the constant functions and also the identity function. (If the polynomial is multivariate then there is a different identity function corresponding to each variable.)

Translations

(mathematics)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 多項式函數／多项式函数, 多项式函数 (duō xiàng shì hán shù)

• Finnish: polynomifunktio
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: fonction polynomiale f
• Hungarian: polinomfüggvény

See also

• polynomial form

References

• Garret Birkhoff with Saunders Mac Lane (1953) A Survey of Modern Algebra, Revised edition, New York: Macmillan, published 1960, §3.3, page 66