Bun, MarkThaler, Justin2021-11-032021-11-032020-12-14M. Bun, J. Thaler. 2020. "Guest Column." ACM SIGACT News, Volume 51, Issue 4, pp. 48 - 72. https://doi.org/10.1145/3444815.34448250163-5700https://hdl.handle.net/2144/43259The approximate degree of a Boolean function f captures how well f can be approximated pointwise by low-degree polynomials. This article surveys what we know about approximate degree and illustrates some of its applications in theoretical computer science.p. 48 - 72en-USArticle10.1145/3444815.3444825617036