Re: How do you define a polynomial? What is the official definition of a polynomial?




David C. Ullrich wrote:

> >
> >>What is the essential difference between a polynomial and some function
> >>such as exp(x)?
> >
> >There are many differences in behavior. What do you mean by
> >"essential"?
>
> Since I doubt that he'll say, I'll conjecture that all he meant
> by the question was "exactly why is exp not a polynomial? What
> property of exp allows me to verify this?" or some such.
>

Yeah, you said it... why exp(x) is not a polynomial... ?

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