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  2. Finite field - Wikipedia

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    The set of non-zero elements in GF(q) is an abelian group under the multiplication, of order q – 1. By Lagrange's theorem, there exists a divisor k of q – 1 such that x k = 1 for every non-zero x in GF(q). As the equation x k = 1 has at most k solutions in any field, q – 1 is the lowest possible value for k.

  3. Splitting field - Wikipedia

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    The splitting field of x 2 + 1 over F 7 is F 49; the polynomial has no roots in F 7, i.e., −1 is not a square there, because 7 is not congruent to 1 modulo 4. [3] The splitting field of x 2 − 1 over F 7 is F 7 since x 2 − 1 = (x + 1)(x − 1) already splits into linear factors. We calculate the splitting field of f(x) = x 3 + x + 1 over F 2.

  4. Legendre polynomials - Wikipedia

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    Expanding a 1/ r potential. The Legendre polynomials were first introduced in 1782 by Adrien-Marie Legendre [3] as the coefficients in the expansion of the Newtonian potential where r and r′ are the lengths of the vectors x and x′ respectively and γ is the angle between those two vectors. The series converges when r > r′.

  5. Cubic equation - Wikipedia

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    Cubic equation. Graph of a cubic function with 3 real roots (where the curve crosses the horizontal axis at y = 0 ). The case shown has two critical points. Here the function is and therefore the three real roots are 2, -1 and -4. In algebra, a cubic equation in one variable is an equation of the form in which a is not zero.

  6. Laguerre polynomials - Wikipedia

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    Complex color plot of the Laguerre polynomial L n(x) with n as -1 divided by 9 and x as z to the power of 4 from -2-2i to 2+2i. In mathematics, the Laguerre polynomials, named after Edmond Laguerre (1834–1886), are nontrivial solutions of Laguerre's differential equation: ″ + ′ + =, = which is a second-order linear differential equation.

  7. Ordinal arithmetic - Wikipedia

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    The ordinal 1 is a multiplicative identity, α· 1 = 1 · α= α. Multiplication is associative, (α· β) · γ= α· (β· γ). Multiplication is strictly increasing and continuous in the right argument: (α< βand γ> 0) → γ·α< γ·β. Multiplication is notstrictly increasing in the left argument, for example, 1 < 2 but 1 · ω= 2 · ω ...

  8. Incomplete gamma function - Wikipedia

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    Repeated application of the recurrence relation for the lower incomplete gamma function leads to the power series expansion: [2] (,) = = (+) (+) = = (+ +). Given the rapid growth in absolute value of Γ(z + k) when k → ∞, and the fact that the reciprocal of Γ(z) is an entire function, the coefficients in the rightmost sum are well-defined, and locally the sum converges uniformly for all ...

  9. Polynomial ring - Wikipedia

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    e. In mathematics, especially in the field of algebra, a polynomial ring or polynomial algebra is a ring (which is also a commutative algebra) formed from the set of polynomials in one or more indeterminates (traditionally also called variables) with coefficients in another ring, often a field .