degree of a polynomial
degree of the term in a polynomial with the greatest degree
degree of a term
exponent of the variable of a term in a polynomial in one variable
improper fraction
rational expression where the degree of the numerator is greater than or equal to the degree of the denominator
irreducible
expression that cannot be written in a simpler form as a product of factors
linear factor
factor of a polynomial in the form , where is a constant
partial fraction
for the rational expression , a rational expression with a denominator that has a degree less than the degree of , such that the sum of the partial fractions is equal to
partial fraction decomposition
process of writing a rational expression as a sum of partial fractions, which are rational expressions with a denominator of lower degree
proper fraction
rational expression where the degree of the denominator is greater than the degree of the numerator
rational expression
expression in the form , where and are polynomials and the value of is not zero