In approximation theory, a finite collection of points is often called unisolvent for a space if any element is uniquely determined by its values on .
is unisolvent for (polynomials in n variables of degree at most m) if there exists a unique polynomial in of lowest possible degree which interpolates the data .

Simple examples in would be the fact that two distinct points determine a line, three points determine a parabola, etc. It is clear that over , any collection of k + 1 distinct points will uniquely determine a polynomial of lowest possible degree in .

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