elementary symmetric polynomial

English

Noun

elementary symmetric polynomial (plural elementary symmetric polynomials)

1. (algebra) a coefficient of some power of t in $(t+x_{1})(t+x_{2})\cdots (t+x_{n})$, for some $n\in \mathbb {N}$

Hypernyms

• symmetric polynomial

Translations

algebra

• Finnish: symmetrinen alkeispolynomi