---
tag: 0R2X8K9QA7
kind: concept
name: Content of a polynomial
msc: [13F20]
sources:
  - url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primitive_part_and_content
    locator: lead section
same_as:
  wikidata: Q1663499
  wikipedia: Primitive part and content
---

## Summary

The content of a polynomial over a unique factorisation domain is a greatest common divisor of its coefficients.
The [[definition of the content|08VV7YJRB7]] gives the details.