a polynomial with a degree of 2 is called quadratic.
a polynomial with a degree of 2 is called?
quadratic
polynomial and rational function modeling





























in statistical modeling (especially process modeling), polynomial functions and rational functions are sometimes used as an empirical technique for curve fitting.





























section::::polynomial function models.





























a polynomial function is one that has the form





























where "n" is a non-negative integer that defines the degree of the polynomial. a polynomial with a degree of 0 is simply a constant function; with a degree of 1 is a line; with a degree of 2 is a quadratic; with a degree of 3 is a cubic, and so on.
polynomial and rational function modeling
monic polynomial





























in algebra, a monic polynomial is a single-variable polynomial (that is, a univariate polynomial) in which the leading coefficient (the nonzero coefficient of highest degree) is equal to 1. therefore, a monic polynomial has the form





























section::::univariate polynomials.





























if a polynomial has only one indeterminate (univariate polynomial), then the terms are usually written either from highest degree to lowest degree ("descending powers") or from lowest degree to highest degree ("ascending powers"). a univariate polynomial in "x" of degree "n" then takes the general form displayed above, where





























are constants, the coefficients of the polynomial.
monic polynomial