This tag is for questions regarding to "monomial function", a mathematical expression which is made up of only one term.
To know about monomial function, first we have enough knowledge about what is monomial ?
A monomial is a number, a variable or a product of a number and a variable where all exponents are whole numbers. That means that $$42,~~5x,~~14x^{12},~~2pq$$ all are examples of monomials whereas $$4+y,~~~\frac{5}{y},~~~14^x,~~~2pq^{−2}$$ are not since these numbers don't fulfill all criteria.
- The degree of the monomial is the sum of the exponents of all included variables. Constants have the monomial degree of $~0~$.
- Monomial cannot contain any addition or subtraction signs or a negative exponent.
Two rules about monomials are:
$(i)~~$A monomial multiplied by a monomial is also a monomial.
$(ii)~~$A monomial multiplied by a constant is also a monomial.
Notes: A polynomial as oppose to the monomial is a sum of monomials where each monomial is called a term.
For example, $$4x^{5}+2x^{2}-14x+12$$
