👉 In mathematics, an irreducible polynomial is a polynomial that cannot be factored into linear factors. These polynomials are called irreducible because they have no non-trivial roots (i.e., their coefficients do not contain any other variables).
For example:
1. x^2 - 4: This polynomial can be factored as (x + 2)(x - 2), which has two distinct real roots, so it is an irreducible polynomial.
2. x^3 -
irreducible