Inalgebra, a binomial is a polynomial that is the sum of two terms, each of which is a monomial.[1] It is the simplest kind of a sparse polynomial after the monomials.
A binomial is a polynomial which is the sum of two monomials. A binomial in a single indeterminate (also known as a univariate binomial) can be written in the form
where a and b are numbers, and m and n are distinct non-negative integers and x is a symbol which is called an indeterminate or, for historical reasons, a variable. In the context of Laurent polynomials, a Laurent binomial, often simply called a binomial, is similarly defined, but the exponents m and n may be negative.
More generally, a binomial may be written[2] as: