FLINT3.7.0-dev

fmpz_mpoly_discriminant

Synopsis#include <flint/fmpz_mpoly.h>
int fmpz_mpoly_discriminant(fmpz_mpoly_t R, const fmpz_mpoly_t A, slong var, const fmpz_mpoly_ctx_t ctx)source

Sets R to the discriminant of A with respect to the variable of index var, (-1)^{d(d-1)/2} \operatorname{res}(A, A')/\operatorname{lc}(A) up to the convention for low degrees used by mpoly_univar_discriminant, and returns 1, or returns 0 on failure.

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The FLINT team, “fmpz_mpoly_discriminant (fmpz_mpoly.h),” FLINT: Fast Library for Number Theory, documentation, version 3.7.0-dev, 2026. https://flintlib.org/doc/fmpz_mpoly/fmpz_mpoly_discriminant.html (generated 2026-10-20).