Typical Notation
- No fixed "polynomial variable" x.
- Polynomial domains
R[x], Q[y], C[z].
- Coefficient domain R, Q, C.
- Polynomial variable x, y, z.
- Q[y]: y = [0, 1, 0, 0, 0, ...].
- Multivariate polynomials R[x, y]
- R[x, y] = (R[x])[y].
- Coefficients are themselves polynomials.
Generalization to arbitrary number of variables.
Author: Wolfgang Schreiner
Last Modification: November 16, 1999