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Degree of A Polynomial

The degree of a polynomial is the highest degree of any term when expressed in canonical form. The degree of a term is the sum of the exponents of its variables. For example, the polynomial has a degree of 5, which is the highest degree term. The degree of a polynomial can be determined by expanding it into terms and looking at the highest exponent. Polynomials are named according to their degree, such as quadratic for degree 2. There is debate around defining the degree of the zero polynomial.

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Degree of A Polynomial

The degree of a polynomial is the highest degree of any term when expressed in canonical form. The degree of a term is the sum of the exponents of its variables. For example, the polynomial has a degree of 5, which is the highest degree term. The degree of a polynomial can be determined by expanding it into terms and looking at the highest exponent. Polynomials are named according to their degree, such as quadratic for degree 2. There is debate around defining the degree of the zero polynomial.

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Degree of a Polynomial

Degree of a Polynomial
he degree of a polynomial is the highest degree of its terms, when the polynomial is expressed in canonical form (i.e. as a linear combination of monomials). The degree of a term is the sum of the exponents of the variables that appear in it (see Monomial#Degree). The word degree is now standard, but in some older books, the word order may be used instead.For example, the polynomial has three terms. (Notice, this polynomial can also be expressed as .) The first term has a degree of 5 (the sum of the powers 2 and 3), the second term has a degree of 1, and the last term has a degree of 0. Therefore, the polynomial has a degree of 5 which is the highest degree of any term. To determine the degree of a polynomial that is not in standard form (for example ) it is easier to expand or express the polynomial into a sum or difference of terms; this may be achieved by multiplying each of its factors, and combining monomial terms. This makes the exponents more obvious, and easier to determine when calculating the degree of the equation. Since, , the degree of the polynomial can be found to be 3. Names of polynomials by degree:-The following names are assigned to polynomials according to their degree Degree 0 constant Know More About :- Rational Number Definition

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Degree 1 linear Degree 2 quadratic Degree 3 cubic Degree 4 quartic (or, less commonly, biquadratic) Degree 5 quintic Degree 6 sextic (or, less commonly, hexic) Degree 7 septic (or, less commonly, heptic) Degree 8 octic Degree 9 nonic Degree 10 decic Degree 100 - hectic The degree of the zero polynomial is either left undefined, or is defined to be negative (usually 1 or ). The degree of the zero polynomial[citation needed]:-Like any constant value, the value 0 can be considered as a (constant) polynomial, called the zero polynomial. It has no nonzero terms, and so, strictly speaking, it has no degree either. The above rules for the degree of sums and products of polynomials do not apply if any of the polynomials involved is the zero polynomial.It is convenient, however, to define the degree of the zero polynomial to be minus infinity, , and introduce the rules and For example: The degree of the sum is 3. Note that . The degree of the difference is . Note that . The degree of the product is . The price to be paid for saving the rules for computing the degree of sums and products of polynomials is that the general rule breaks down when . The degree computed from the function values:-The degree of a polynomial f can be computed by the formula,This formula generalizes the concept of degree to some functions that are not polynomials. For example: The degree of the multiplicative inverse, , is 1. The degree of the square root, , is 1/2. The degree of the logarithm, , is 0. Read More About :- Properties of a Parallelogram

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