scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1098777
Let \(P\) consist of all those polynomials \(p(x)=\sum^n_{i=0}p_ix^i\) where \(p_i\geq 0\) for \(0\leq i\leq n\) and \(\sum^n_{i=0} p_i= 1\). \textit{D. W. Blackett} showed [in Near-rings and Nearfields, 75-81 (1995; Zbl 0842.16037)]\ that \(P\) is a seminearring under multiplication and composition which is generated by the polynomials \(\{p_a(x)=(1-a)+ax: a\in[0,1]\}\). The present author extends this result to the seminearring of all polynomials over a commutative semifield with zero. He goes on to discuss a number of interesting examples of such semifields and to illustrate what the result means for these semifields. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0874.00036].
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