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+package polynomial;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Scanner;
+
+/**
+ * A skeleton class for representing Polynomials
+ *
+ * @author Sjaak Smetsers
+ * @date 10-03-2015
+ */
+public class Polynomial {
+
+    /**
+     * A polynomial is a sequence of terms here kept in an List
+     */
+    List<Term> terms;
+
+    /**
+     * A constructor for creating the zero Polynomial zero is presented as an
+     * empty list of terms and not as a single term with 0 as a coefficient
+     */
+    public Polynomial() {
+        terms = new ArrayList<>();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A Constructor creating a polynomial from the argument string.
+     *
+     * @param s a String representing a list of terms which is converted to a
+     * scanner and passed to scanTerm for reading each individual term
+     */
+    public Polynomial( String s ) {
+        terms = new ArrayList<>();
+        Scanner scan = new Scanner(s);
+
+        for (Term t = Term.scanTerm(scan); t != null; t = Term.scanTerm(scan)) {
+            terms.add(t);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The copy constructor for making a deep copy
+     *
+     * @param p the copied polynomial
+     *
+     */
+    public Polynomial( Polynomial p ) {
+        terms = new ArrayList<>(p.terms.size());
+        for (Term t : p.terms) {
+            terms.add(new Term(t));
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * A straightforward conversion of a Polynomial into a string based on the
+     * toString for terms
+     *
+     * @return a readable string representation of this
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public void plus(Polynomial b) {
+    }
+
+
+    public void minus(Polynomial b) {
+    }
+
+
+    public void times(Polynomial b) {
+    }
+
+    public void divide(Polynomial b) {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object other_poly) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+}