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tag: 02MAKWDKGT
kind: concept
name: Polynomial evaluation
msc: [13F20]
sources:
  - url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynomial_evaluation
    locator: lead section
same_as:
  wikidata: Q107058149
  wikipedia: Polynomial evaluation
---

## Summary

To evaluate a polynomial at an element, you replace the variable by the element and compute the result in the ring.
The [[definition of evaluation|0GJ7T0NK49]] gives the formula.