Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 10:43:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu> To: "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fourth degree Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004271041280.48759-100000@peloton.runet.edu> In-Reply-To: <20000427022854.A222@whizkidtech.net>
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Hi On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, 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 > 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. quintic, hextic(?), heptic, octic, etc That's as much of a rule as I'll guess. :-) Brett ***************************************************** Dr. Brett Taylor brett@peloton.runet.edu * Dept of Chem and Physics * Curie 39A (540) 831-6147 * Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics * Walker 234 (540) 831-5410 * ***************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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