This is a tough one. For display purposes and human readability, it's usually better to avoid fractional coefficients on terms. We'd prefer to read x / 2 instead of 1 / 2x or even (1 / 2)x.
But, are fractional coefficients better for recognizing polynomials and doing polynomial division?
This is a tough one. For display purposes and human readability, it's usually better to avoid fractional coefficients on terms. We'd prefer to read
x / 2instead of1 / 2xor even(1 / 2)x.But, are fractional coefficients better for recognizing polynomials and doing polynomial division?