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Function

Discriminant ( elt-alg^pol f ) -> elt-rng

Description

The discriminant of the univariate polynomial f.

Examples

kx :=PolynomialAlgebra(Q); x_f:=kx.1^3 +kx.1 + 17; Discriminant(x_f);
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