Homogeneous Polynomials - Basic Properties

Basic Properties

The number of different homogeneous monomials of degree M in N variables is

The Taylor series for a homogeneous polynomial P expanded at point x may be written as


\begin{matrix}
P(x+y)= \sum_{j=0}^n {n \choose j}
P (
&\underbrace{x,x,\dots ,x}, & \underbrace{y,y,\dots ,y} ). \\
& j & n-j\\
\end{matrix}

Another useful identity is


\begin{matrix}
P(x)-P(y)= \sum_{j=0}^{n-1} {n \choose j}
P (
&\underbrace{y,y,\dots ,y}, & \underbrace{(x-y),(x-y),\dots ,(x-y)} ). \\
& j & n-j\\
\end{matrix}

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