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Splitting the Resultant, as when the Determinant becomes the square of the Pfaffian

The Determinant of an $n\times n$ matrix, viewed as a polynomial in the entries, is irreducible. But when it is restricted to the subspace of alternate matrices, it becomes reducible, actually the ...
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