Trinomial

In elementary algebra, a trinomial is a polynomial consisting of three terms or monomials.

Contents

[hide]

Trinomial expressions

  1. 3x %2B 5y %2B 8z with x, y, z variables
  2. 3t %2B 9s^2 %2B 3y^3 with t, s, y variables
  3. 3ts %2B 9t %2B 5s with t, s variables
  4. A x^a y^b z^c %2B B t %2B C s with x, y, z, t, s variables, a, b, c nonnegative integers and A, B, C any constants.
  5. Px^a %2B Qx^b %2B Rx^c where x is variable and constants a, b, c are nonnegative integers and P, Q, R any constants.
    1. x^2 %2B 8x %2B 15 where x is variable.

Trinomial equation

A trinomial equation is an equation involving three terms. An example is the equation x = q %2B x^m studied by Johann Heinrich Lambert in the 18th century.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.