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malcmitch20
Apr3-11, 01:06 PM
What would be the best way to show that if F is an infinite field and f(x) is a polynomial in F[x] and f(a)=0 for an infinite number of elements a of F, that f(x) must be the zero polynomial? It kind of just makes logical sense to me, so I can't think of a way to actually show this. please help
disregardthat
Apr3-11, 01:10 PM
Use that if f(a) = 0, then x-a divides f(x) in F[x] and show ultimately that any non-zero polynomial have a finite number of zeroes.
malcmitch20
Apr3-11, 01:33 PM
thanks
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