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📚 Precalculus
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1 Relations and Functions2 Linear and Quadratic Functions3 Polynomial Functions4 Rational Functions5 Further Topics in Functions6 Exponential and Logarithmic Functions7 Hooked on Conics8 Systems of Equations and Matrices9 Sequences and the Binomial Theorem10 Foundations of Trigonometry11 Applications of Trigonometry

Chapter 3: Polynomial Functions

Three of the families of functions studied thus far – constant, linear and quadratic – belong to a much larger group of functions called polynomials. We begin our formal study of general polynomials with a definition and some examples.

Adapted from Precalculus, 3rd corrected edition, by Carl Stitz and Jeff Zeager (stitz-zeager.com), licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Changes were made: reformatted as an accessible XYZ web edition. License: CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0.