Monic Polynomial

[Otis]

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Monic polynomial

Thanks for posting, AdkAdi. I just learned the meaning of a new word: monic.

f(x) = 0

g(x) = -1

h(x) = 1

Above, only h(x) is a monic polynomial. Agree?

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[Harry_the_cat]

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Thanks for posting, AdkAdi. I just learned the meaning of a new word: monic.

f(x) = 0

g(x) = -1

h(x) = 1

Above, only h(x) is a monic polynomial. Agree?

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No, a monic polynomial is where the leading coefficient is 1. For a quadratic this is of the form \(\displaystyle x^2 + bx + c\), ie \(\displaystyle a=1.\)

 

[mmm4444bot]

a monic polynomial is where the leading coefficient is 1

This is what I've just learned.

What is the leading coefficient in a constant function?

 

[Harry_the_cat]

This is what I've just learned.

What is the leading coefficient in a constant function?

Oh ok. So Otis is correct then. Sorry Otis! Please accept my a-paw-logies!! ?

 

[mmm4444bot]

Otis is correct … Please accept my a-paw-logies!!

Oops. My browser showed that I was still signed into my tutoring account. (That's an issue for me, when working within multiple browser tabs.)

Apawlogy accepted (of course), and "we" hope you excuse "our" posting bloopurrrr.

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[Harry_the_cat]

Oh so you are one and the same?! Didn't know that.

 

[Otis]

Didn't know that.

See my profiles. (Discover that I'm actually a dog.) ?

Oh, I've had so many user names. Mostly because hundreds of old accounts in this forum have become lost, corrupted, hacked or stopped working for reasons unknown. In just a few years, I'll be at the 20-year mark here.

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[topsquark]

Oh so you are one and the same?! Didn't know that.

She's many people here. She was me for quite a while, in fact. I had to ask a Priest to kick her out.

-Dan

 

[Steven G]

Dan,
I like your message count. It is 1234.

 

[topsquark]

Dan,
I like your message count. It is 1234.

Nice, isn't it?

Dang it!

-Dan