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toxigun
1y ago
I believe the author assumes that it's clear to the reader that there is a distinction between how a mathematical object is defined, and how it's computationally used. A polynomial can be defined as a power series, but it's n
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toxigun
1y ago
Actually they aren't. You never compute high powers of the argument when working with specialized bases. You use the recursive formula that both the Bernstein basis and the orthogonal polynomial bases are endowed with. This is implemen