When developing algorithms, one should always use the most appropriate internal list representation for polynomials. The name of a function dealing with polynomials indicates if a different representation is required as a parameter to the function. Polynomials in zero variables are considered as elements of the coefficient ring. The zero polynomial is represented by the atom 0.
Polynomials have the type designation pol .
Then the list is the sparse representation of the polynomial p . Then the list is the dense representation of the polynomial p . Then the list is the distributive representation of the polynomial p .