Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 19:22:32 -0400 From: Schatzig <schatzig@worldnet.att.com> To: "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fourth degree Message-ID: <3908CBB8.46A04697@worldnet.att.com> References: <20000427022854.A222@whizkidtech.net>
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"G. Adam Stanislav" wrote: ... > 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? quartic > 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 I don't know about sixth and so on, but a polynomial to the fifth degree is quintic. ********************************************* *Kurt Groesser <schatzig@worldnet.att.com> * *Web Page: http://home.att.net/~schatzig * *"God gave them the ability to reproduce... ************* * ... Science gave us the hope they won't." -KBK * ********************************************************* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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