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book: Evaluation points are elements of fields, not groups
Polynomials require both addition and multiplication, which fields have, whereas a group only specifies a single operation.
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@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ the formal indeterminate $X$ with some concrete value $x$, which we denote by $A
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> The word "point" here stems from the geometrical usage of polynomials in the form
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> $y = A(x)$, where $(x, y)$ is the coordinate of a point in two-dimensional space.
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> However, the polynomials we deal with are almost always constrained to equal zero, and
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> $x$ will be an [element of some group](fields.md#groups). This should not be confused
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> $x$ will be an [element of some field](fields.md). This should not be confused
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> with points on an [elliptic curve](curves.md), which we also make use of, but never in
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> the context of polynomial evaluation.
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