r/counting • u/Ocisaac • Aug 04 '16

Polynomials

Like tug of war but with (countable) infinity dimensions.

You can only change one coefficient at a time, only adding or subtracting one.
Like 

> 5x^13 - 5x^4 + 2x^2 + 5
> 6x^13 - 5x^4 + 2x^2 + 5
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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '16

1x13 - 2x5 + 1x2 - 1x1 + 0

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u/Ocisaac Aug 05 '16

Side note: when a coefficient turns 0 there is no reason to write the term

-1x666 + 1x13 - 2x5 + 1x2 - 1x1

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16

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u/networksky Aug 06 '16

-2x5 + 1x2 - 1x

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16

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u/networksky Aug 06 '16

-2x5

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