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ssupermath

Joined: 12 Nov 2004Posts: 11

Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 5:02 am    Post subject: polynomial

Is P(x)=x! a polynomial?Why?

Kenny TM~

Frequent VisitorJoined: 20 Jan 2004Posts: 141

Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 4:26 pm    Post subject: Re: polynomial

ssupermath wrote:

Is P(x)=x! a polynomial?Why?

I don’t think so… (think about the possibility of non-integral x)

Andy

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Location: Hong Kong

Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:12 am    Post subject:

It is not a polynomial as it cannot be written as where ‘s are constants._________________

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billyauhk

Joined: 21 Mar 2005Posts: 9

Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 5:02 pm    Post subject:

It’s seems that it’s only a monomial_________________

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Andy

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Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 5:42 pm    Post subject:

Not a monomial either._________________

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ucc-kwk

Joined: 15 Mar 2005Posts: 8

Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:55 pm    Post subject:

Since the power of each of terms in is dependent on , I don’t think it is a polynomial.

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