plural of polynomial equation

plural of polyethylene glycol

plural of polyvinyl resin

(informal) A small polystyrene granule used in packaging.

plural of polystyrene worm

(logic, algebra) A Boolean-valued polynomial formed as a XOR-sum (or "ring sum") of conjunctions.

plural of polyvinyl alcohol

(algebra) A linear combination of powers of an indeterminate (or products of powers of more than one indeterminate), with coefficients belonging to an integral domain or a field. (The indeterminate is thought of as an element extraneous to the set of coefficients, instead of as a variable element of it (as in the case of polynomial functions), just as, say, the square root of negative one is an element extraneous to the set of integers when it is adjoined to them to form the domain of Gaussian integers. The indeterminate forms a free commutative monoid, to which all powers of it belong, and the unity of it can also show up implicitly in the constant term of a polynomial form.)

(mathematical analysis, numerical analysis) Any polynomial of the form b_i,n(t)=n choose itⁱ(1-t)ⁿ⁻ⁱ!!, being the iᵗʰ term of the binomial expansion of (t+(1-t))ⁿ!.

(mathematical analysis) A truncated Taylor series; the sum of the first n terms of a Taylor series.