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For the sake of simplicity, in the sequel a (Laurent) polynomial of negative degree is understood to be the zero polynomial and, similarly, a banded matrix with negative bandwidth reduces to the zero matrix.
a function that can be expressed as a root of an equation in which a polynomial, in the independent and dependent variables, is set equal to zero. British Dictionary definitions for algebraic function Expand.