Re: Dumb polynomial question

In article <vOOdnQ971bDLoLjVnZ2dnUVZ_jydnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 "AngleWyrm" <anglewyrm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> "Chip Eastham" <hardmath@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On May 9, 8:10 am, "AngleWyrm" <anglew...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> Here's a polynomial:
> >>
> >> x^3 + x^2 + x
> >>
> >> A volume plus an area plus a length.
> >> I'm totally not understanding why this exists.
> >
> > Sometimes a polynomial is only a polynomial.
> >
> > You are ascribing units of length to the unknown
> > x.  It's not necessarily so.  One might consider
> > complex values for x with no units of measurement
> > (a pure number).  It depends on the application.
> 
> Are you saying that polynomial numbers cannot have units of measure? 

The coefficients can, provided they all have the same unit.

The variable shouldn't except possibly in a monomial polynomial.