A new package below has been installed at tug.ctan.org and you should be able to get it from your favorite mirror soon.
Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: polynomial Author's name: Stefan Höst Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/polynomial Summary description: Package for writing polynomials License type: lppl
Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package polynomial offers an easy way to write (univariate) polynomials and rational functions. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/polynomial . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=polynomial (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .