Timeline for Are degrees of polynomials illogically defined in elementary algebra, intermediate algebra and college algebra courses?
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| Nov 14, 2019 at 17:56 | comment | added | user52817 | I upvote this! We should be aware of the different definitions. You point out that for a finite field $F$ of order $q$, the two polynomial functions $x$ and $x^q$ are equal. However, viewed as functions in an extension of $F$, these polynomial functions need not be equal. | |
| Nov 14, 2019 at 16:52 | history | edited | David E Speyer | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 13, 2019 at 18:42 | history | answered | David E Speyer | CC BY-SA 4.0 |