= Lecture 6: Resultants and Discriminants
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Lecture note in <Algebraic Techniques and Semidefinite Optimization, MIT 6.972, Spring 2006>. The printed heading is Lecture 6; Resultants and Discriminants is a descriptive subject title. The heading credits <Pablo A. Parrilo> as lecturer and leaves the scribe unidentified. No individual authorship or editing credit is inferred. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issues the course material; MIT OpenCourseWare hosts this copy.
Lecture PDF: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/6-972-algebraic-techniques-and-semidefinite-optimization-spring-2006/46bf636ecc6195991e396703bfe1a1ae_lecture_06.pdf
Cited passages: printed pp. 6–1 to 6–2, §1 Resultants, Sylvester matrix and equation (1); printed p. 6–2, §2 Discriminants, Definition 2; printed p. 6–3, §3.1 Polynomial equations, elimination and backsubstitution. The printed date is the lecture date; no separate online publication or revision date is established.
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