Mora aims to show that solving a polynomial equation really means finding algorithms that help one manipulate roots rather than simply computing them; to that end he also surveys algorithms for ...

There are some words and phrases to look out for when you're dealing with polynomials: \(6{x^5} - 3{x^2} + 7\) is a polynomial in \(x\) of degree \(5\). \(4{x^2} - 8x\) is a polynomial in \(x\) of ...