Trinomial
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In elementary algebra, a trinomial is a polynomial consisting of three terms or monomials.
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[edit] Trinomial expressions
- 3x + 5y + 8z with x, y, z variables
- 3t + 9s2 + 3y3 with t, s, y variables
- 3ts + 9t + 5s with t, s variables
- Axaybzc + Bt + Cs with x, y, z, t, s variables, a, b, c nonnegative integers and A, B, C any constants.
- Pxa + Qxb + Rxc where x is variable and constants a,b,c are nonnegative integers and P, Q, R any constants.
- x2 + 8x + 15 where x is variable.
[edit] Trinomial equation
A trinomial equation is an equation involving three terms. An example is the equation x = q + xm studied by Johann Heinrich Lambert in the 18th century.[1]
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[edit] References
- ^ Corless, R. M.; Gonnet, G. H.; Hare, D. E. G.; Jerey, D. J.; Knuth, D. E. (1996). "On the Lambert W Function". Advances in Computational Mathematics 5 (1): 329–359. doi:10.1007/BF02124750. http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/research/tr/1993/03/W.pdf.
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