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Abstract For a Banach function algebra A, we consider the problem of representing a continuous d-homogeneous polynomial P : A → X , where X is an arbitrary Banach space, that satisfies the property P ( f + g ) = P ( f ) + P ( g ) whenever f , g ∈ A are such that supp ( f ) ∩ supp ( g ) = ∅ . We show that such a polynomial can be represented as P ( f ) = T ( f d ) ( f ∈ A ) for some continuous linear map T : A → X for a variety of Banach function algebras such as the algebra of continuous functions C 0 ( Ω ) for any locally compact Hausdorff space Ω, the algebra of Lipschitz functions lip α ( K ) for any compact metric space K and α ∈ ] 0 , 1 [ , the Figa–Talamanca–Herz algebra A p ( G ) for some locally compact groups G and p ∈ ] 1 , + ∞ [ , the algebras A C ( [ a , b ] ) and B V C ( [ a , b ] ) of absolutely continuous functions and of continuous functions of bounded variation on the interval [ a , b ] . In the case where A = C n ( [ a , b ] ) , P can be represented as P ( f ) = ∑ T ( n 1 , … , n d ) ( f ( n 1 ) ⋯ f ( n d ) ) , where the sum is taken over ( n 1 , … , n d ) ∈ Z d with 0 ≤ n 1 ≤ … ≤ n d ≤ n , for appropriate continuous linear maps T ( n 1 , … , n d ) : C n − n d ( [ a , b ] ) → X .