Ruffini's rule

In mathematics, Ruffini's rule is a method for computation of the Euclidean division of a polynomial by a binomial of the form x – r. It was described by Paolo Ruffini in 1809. The rule is a special case of synthetic division in which the divisor is a linear factor.

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