Talk:Minimal polynomial (field theory)
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The very first sentence is nonsense[edit]
While one wants to avoid formalism in the first sentence, its current wording
"the minimal polynomial of an element α of a field is, roughly speaking, the polynomial of lowest degree having coefficients in the field, such that α is a root of the polynomial"
is nonsense as it speaks only of one single field. This way, the minimal polynomial is always just . Should one mention the topics of extension field / subfield so early or simply write "in a smaller field"? Hagman (talk) 09:20, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
- Seems this was fixed on 11 January 2023 by User:128.131.42.63 -- 67.198.37.16 (talk) 22:07, 20 February 2024 (UTC)