Polynomial

In mathematics, polynomial functions, or polynomials, are an important class of simple and smooth functions. Here, simple means they are constructed using only multiplication and addition. Smooth means they are infinitely differentiable, i.e., they have derivatives of all finite orders.

See also

• Polynomial sequences
• Ehrhart polynomials
• Hurwitz polynomials
• Polynomial interpolation
• Binomial type
• Sheffer sequence
• Spline
• Characteristic polynomial
• List of polynomial topics