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We can do this through the characteristic values and vectors of T in certain special cases, i.e., when the minimal polynomial for T factors over the scalar field F into a product of distinct monic polynomials of degree 1.

Second, even if the characteristic polynomial factors completely over F into a product of polynomials of degree 1, there may not be enough characteristic vectors for T to span the space V.

Let p be the minimal polynomial for T, Af, where the Af, are distinct irreducible monic polynomials over F and the Af are positive integers.

Since Af are distinct prime polynomials, the polynomials Af are relatively prime ( Theorem 8, Chapter 4 ).

Thus there are polynomials Af such that Af.

We shall show that the polynomials Af behave in the manner described in the first paragraph of the proof.

In the notation of the proof of Theorem 12, let us take a look at the special case in which the minimal polynomial for T is a product of first-degree polynomials, i.e., the case in which each Af is of the form Af.

Suppose that the minimal polynomial for T decomposes over F into a product of linear polynomials.

We have just observed that we can write Af where D is diagonalizable and N is nilpotent, and where D and N not only commute but are polynomials in T.

In abstract algebra, an algebraically closed field F contains a root for every non-constant polynomial in F, the ring of polynomials in the variable x with coefficients in F.

The field F is algebraically closed if and only if the only irreducible polynomials in the polynomial ring F are those of degree one.

The assertion “ the polynomials of degree one are irreducible ” is trivially true for any field.

This happens with many, but not all, polynomials of degree 5 or higher.

** The numbers and are algebraic since they are roots of polynomials and, respectively.

All of these numbers are solutions to polynomials of degree ≥ 5.

Algebraic numbers are all numbers that can be defined explicitly or implicitly in terms of polynomials, starting from the rational numbers.

Most broadly, all numbers that can be defined explicitly or implicitly in terms of polynomials, exponentials, and logarithms are called " elementary numbers ", and these include the algebraic numbers, plus some transcendental numbers.

Most narrowly, one may consider numbers explicitly defined in terms of polynomials, exponentials, and logarithms – this does not include algebraic numbers, but does include some simple transcendental numbers such as e or log ( 2 ).

Examples of algebraic integers are,, and ( Note, therefore, that the algebraic integers constitute a proper superset of the integers, as the latter are the roots of monic polynomials for all

The coefficients are displayed in their hexadecimal equivalent of the binary representation of bit polynomials from GF ( 2 ).

Babbage's first attempt at a mechanical computing device, the Difference Engine, was a special-purpose calculator designed to tabulate logarithms and trigonometric functions by evaluating finite differences to create approximating polynomials.

* The polynomials with real coefficients form a unitary associative algebra over the reals.

If a is algebraic over K, then K, the set of all polynomials in a with coefficients in K, is not only a ring but a field: an algebraic extension of K which has finite degree over K. In the special case where K = Q is the field of rational numbers, Q is an example of an algebraic number field.

While some early calculators copied the manual method ( typically substituting polynomials for tabulated data ), computers use a different approach.