Questions tagged [resultants]
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Multipolynomial resultants
We know that the resultant of two polynomials can be computed as the determinant of their Sylvester matrix ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_matrix ). How do we compute the resultant of more ...
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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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Discriminant of $\alpha P(u) + (z-u) P'(u)$
I'm trying to find a “closed form” of $\textrm{Discriminant}_u(f(u))$, where $f(u) := \alpha P(u) + (z-u) P'(u)$.
Here $P(u)$ is a monic polynomial of degree $d > 1$ with $u\in\mathbb{C}$, $\alpha$ ...
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Polynomial defined recursively by a resultant
Cross posting from MSE.
Definition:
For any natural number $n\ge 3$, define the polynomial $P_{n}\left(x_1,x_2,...,x_{n-1},x_{n} \right)$, with indeterminates $x_{i}$, where $i\in\{1,2,...,n-1,n\}$, ...
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Polynomial function defined recursively by a resultant - is it well defined?
Preliminaries
Let $ n $ be an integer such that $ n \geq3 $. Denote $ \left[ n \right] \equiv \{1,2, \ldots ,n \} $. Let $ P $ be a non-empty subset of $ \left[ n \right] $ such that $ \left|P \right| ...
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Irreducibility of a resultant of real and imaginary parts of a characteristic polynomial
The following question is motivated by the study of a stability border for a robust linear time-invariant control system.
Let us we have an affine family of $n\times n$ matrices with indeterminate ($\...