Polynomial Functions

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Today in our maths class we did graphs of polynomial functions.Mr.p told us about wabbitemu and infinite algebra and i like it very much.Before doing graphs we must know what is a polynomial function.A polynomial function is a function that can be defined by evaluating a polynomial. A function ƒ of one argument is called a polynomial function if it satisfies

for all arguments x, where n is a non-negative integer and a₀, a₁,a₂, ..., a_n are constant coefficients.

For example, the function ƒ, taking real numbers to real numbers, defined by

is a polynomial function of one argument. Polynomial functions of multiple arguments can also be defined, using polynomials in multiple variables, as in

So, there are some things to remember .They are as follows:-

The term containing the highest power of x is called the leading term and its coefficent is referred to as the leading coefficent . the power of x contained in the leading term is called the degree of the polynomial.

• Degree 0 – constant
• Degree 1 – linear
• Degree 2 – quadratic
• Degree 3 – cubic
• Degree 4 – quartic
• Degree 5 – quintic
• Degree 6 – sextic (or, less commonly, hexic)
• Degree 7 – septic (or, less commonly, heptic)
• Degree 8 – octic