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Relationship to Reals

For all real numbers a and b we have

aPoly+bPoly	=	(a+Rb)Poly,
aPoly-bPoly	=	(a-Rb)Poly,
-aPoly	=	(-Ra)Poly,
aPoly*bPoly	=	(a*Rb)Poly.

A property like 1+1=2 also holds for polynomials 1_Poly and 2_Poly and + interpreted as the polynomial addition.