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minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoCouldn’t you combine a lot of like terms as you went along, though? A polynomial of the order x26 would only have 27 terms.
minus-squareLostXOR@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoNo, because each coefficient is its own variable; they’re not constants.
Couldn’t you combine a lot of like terms as you went along, though? A polynomial of the order x26 would only have 27 terms.
No, because each coefficient is its own variable; they’re not constants.