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constantcrying04/22/20251 replyview on HN

The article totally ignores this and does not even mention the numerical issues at all, which is pretty insane.

Surely at least naming THE ONE reason high degree polynomials are dangerous has to be done. Writing an article arguing that something is not a problem, while not even acknowledging the single most important reason why people believe the problem exist is totally disingenuousness and pretty terrible scholarship.

At least include that the choice of 0 to 1 is necessary for this to work. Not including it makes the author look either clueless or malicious.


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xigoi04/26/2025

The article says:

> These are n-degree polynomials defined by on [0,1]…

How can it possibly be clearer?