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In mathematics, a monomial is, roughly speaking, a polynomial which has only one term. Two definitions of a monomial may be encountered: A monomial, also called a power product or primitive monomial, [1] is a product of powers of variables with nonnegative integer exponents, or, in other words, a product of variables, possibly with repetitions. [2]
In mathematics, the degree of a polynomial is the highest of the degrees of the polynomial's monomials (individual terms) with non-zero coefficients. The degree of a term is the sum of the exponents of the variables that appear in it, and thus is a non-negative integer.
In this case, a polynomial may be said to be monic, if it has 1 as its leading coefficient (for the monomial order). For every definition, a product of monic polynomials is monic, and, if the coefficients belong to a field, every polynomial is associated to exactly one monic polynomial.
In mathematics, a polynomial is a mathematical expression consisting of indeterminates (also called variables) and coefficients, that involves only the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and exponentiation to nonnegative integer powers, and has a finite number of terms.
The resulting polynomial is not a linear function of the coordinates (its degree can be higher than 1), but it is a linear function of the fitted data values. The determinant, permanent and other immanants of a matrix are homogeneous multilinear polynomials in the elements of the matrix (and also multilinear forms in the rows or columns).
For every monomial ordering, the empty set of polynomials is the unique Gröbner basis of the zero ideal. For every monomial ordering, a set of polynomials that contains a nonzero constant is a Gröbner basis of the unit ideal (the whole polynomial ring). Conversely, every Gröbner basis of the unit ideal contains a nonzero constant.
The degree of a nonzero polynomial is the maximum of the degrees of its monomials with nonzero coefficients. The set of polynomials in , …,, denoted [, …,], is thus a vector space (or a free module, if K is a ring) that has the monomials as a basis.
When a monomial order has been chosen, the leading monomial is the largest u in S, the leading coefficient is the corresponding c u, and the leading term is the corresponding c u u. Head monomial/coefficient/term is sometimes used as a synonym of "leading". Some authors use "monomial" instead of "term" and "power product" instead of "monomial".