This question raised another question in my mind. In finite fields $F$, every function from $F$ to itself is a polynomial. What about infinite fields of finite (i.e. non-zero) characteristic? Are there non-polynomial functions there?
---- Naively
This question raised another question in my mind. In finite fields $F$, every function from $F$ to itself is a polynomial. What about infinite fields of finite (i.e. non-zero) characteristic? Are there non-polynomial functions there?
---- Naively