Weighted Gauss valuation ($w_t({\sum }_j{a}_j{X}^j)={\min }_j(v(a_j)+jt)$)

For a polynomial over a discretely valued field and a rational weight $t$, this coefficient-minimum function is multiplicative. Scale the variable by an element of valuation $t$ in a valued extension and reduce the initial terms; nonzero residue polynomials have nonzero product. For a monic polynomial factored into roots, $w_t(f)={\sum }_r\min (t,v(r))$. Its supporting lines determine the lower Newton polygon, giving the Newton polygon root valuation theorem and its multiplicities.