Polynomial interpolation to analytic functions can be very accurate, depending on the distribution of the interpolation nodes. However, in equispaced nodes and the like, besides being badly ...

Mike O'Leary, Taylor Polynomials for Rational Functions, The College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 29, No. 3 (May, 1998), pp. 226-228 ...

APM - Applied Mathematics APM 101 Fundamentals/College Algebra (3) Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Algebraic operations on polynomials and rational functions as expressions, in equations, ...

Although solving lower order polynomials—where the x in an equation is raised up to the fourth power—is often a simple task, things get complicated once you start seeing powers of five or greater.