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Polynomial Evaluation

Definition: polynomial evaluation

[ ]: Poly x R -> R

p[a] := (sum0 <= i <= deg(p) pi *R ai).

Example: p := 2+3*x+4*x*x:

p = [2, 3, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...]

p[5] = 2*50+3*51+4*52 = 117.