Harriot, Thomas, Mss. 6782

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                <emph style="bf">Commentary:</emph>
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              <s xml:space="preserve"> This folio shows many examples of fifth-degree polynomials, as represented by their coefficients, evaluated for
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                    <mi>a</mi>
                    <mo>=</mo>
                    <mn>2</mn>
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              ,
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                    <mi>a</mi>
                    <mo>=</mo>
                    <mn>3</mn>
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              ,
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                  <mstyle>
                    <mi>a</mi>
                    <mo>=</mo>
                    <mn>5</mn>
                  </mstyle>
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              . At top left, for example, the polynomial
                <math>
                  <mstyle>
                    <mn>3</mn>
                    <mn>0</mn>
                    <mi>a</mi>
                    <mo>+</mo>
                    <mn>2</mn>
                    <mn>3</mn>
                    <mi>a</mi>
                    <mi>a</mi>
                    <mo>+</mo>
                    <mn>5</mn>
                    <mn>2</mn>
                    <mi>a</mi>
                    <mi>a</mi>
                    <mi>a</mi>
                    <mo>+</mo>
                    <mn>1</mn>
                    <mn>3</mn>
                    <mi>a</mi>
                    <mi>a</mi>
                    <mi>a</mi>
                    <mi>a</mi>
                    <mo>+</mo>
                    <mi>a</mi>
                    <mi>a</mi>
                    <mi>a</mi>
                    <mi>a</mi>
                    <mi>a</mi>
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              is evaluated for
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                  <mstyle>
                    <mi>a</mi>
                    <mo>=</mo>
                    <mn>2</mn>
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              , giving 840. </s>
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