00:01
Okay, a polynomial must have the form of a, x to the n, plus b, x to the n minus 1, plus c, x to the n minus 2, down to some term, that's constant.
00:17
Or n is a whole number, an integer, in fact, above 0.
00:25
So if n was, say, 8, it could be 8, 7, 6.
00:28
X, m was 10, it could be 10, 9, 8.
00:32
And we could have gaps, that's okay as well.
00:35
But what you can't have is this item here.
00:39
You can't have x power negative 1...