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polynomial

(1) Any function which is the sum of constants times powers of the argument: f(x)=Σi=0k cixpi. (2) In complexity theory, the measure of computation, m(n) (usually execution time or memory space), is bounded by a polynomial function of the problem size, n. More formally m(n) = O(nk).

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