Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 12:15:22 +0200 (EET) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fourth degree Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000427121134.74116g-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <20000427022854.A222@whizkidtech.net>
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On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, G. Adam Stanislav wrote: > This is an embarassing question to ask publicly, but I have no one > to ask locally, especially not at 2:30 am: > > I know that functions involving second degree polynomials are called > quadratic, those involving third degree are cubic... > > But what's the name of fourth degree polynomials? > quartics. > Adam > > P.S. While I'm asking... Is there some kind of general rule for this? > So I don't have to ask the name of fifth, sixth, etc, degree polynomials > next. general rule for them goes roughly like taking the appropriate latin numeral 8-) now, unless you really want to, just call then 6th, 7th, etc. order polynomial and skip the names. nobody cares all that much about pentic (sp?) polynomials. > -- > Don't send me spam, I'm a vegetarian > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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