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Some minor README.md tweaks
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Fixing formulas, etc
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geky committed Oct 23, 2024
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points at $g^i$ where $i < n$ like so:

``` math
P(x) = \prod_{i=0}^n \left(x - X_i\right)
P(x) = \prod_{i=0}^n \left(x - g^i\right)
```

We could choose any arbitrary set of fixed points, but usually we choose
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\left(\prod_{i=0}^n f_i(x)\right)' = \sum_{i=0}^n \left(f_i'(x) \prod_{j \ne i} f_j(x)\right)
```

Applying this to our error-locator polynomial $\Lambda(x):
Applying this to our error-locator polynomial $\Lambda(x)$:

``` math
\Lambda(x) = 1 + \sum_{i=1}^e \Lambda_i x^i
```

``` math
\Lambda'(x) = \sum_{i=1}^e i \Lambda_i x^{i-1}
\Lambda'(x) = \sum_{i=1}^e i \cdot \Lambda_i x^{i-1}
```

Recall the other definition of our error-locator polynomial $\Lambda(x)$:
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