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discriminants

discriminants is the plural of discriminant.

Meaning of discriminant

Noun

discriminant (plural discriminants)

  1. An expression that gives information about the roots of a polynomial; for example, the expression D = b² - 4ac determines whether the roots of the quadratic equation ax² + bx + c = 0 are real and distinct (D > 0), real and equal (D = 0) or complex (D < 0).
  2. The invariant (on the vector space of forms of degree d in n variables) that vanishes exactly when the corresponding hypersurface in Pⁿ⁻¹ is singular.

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Questions about discriminants

What is discriminants the plural of?
Discriminants is the plural of discriminant.

Words near discriminants in the dictionary

  1. discriminant
  2. discriminant function
  3. discriminant functions
  4. discriminantal
  5. discriminantly
  6. discriminants
  7. discriminatable
  8. discriminate
  9. discriminated
  10. discriminated-against
  11. discriminatee

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