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The basic facts about separable extensions of discrete fields and factoring polynomials are developed in the constructive spirit of Errett Bishop. The ability to factor polynomials is shown to be ...

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Chebyshev polynomials, a central class of orthogonal polynomials, have long been pivotal in numerical analysis, approximation theory and the solution of differential equations. Their inherent ...