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In [[algebra]], the '''discriminant'''<ref>''Discriminant'' is a French word meaning ''discriminating''.</ref> of a [[polynomial]] is a [[function (mathematics)|function]] of its coefficients, typically denoted by a capital 'D' or the capital Greek letter Delta (Δ). It gives information about the nature of its [[root of a function|roots]]. For example, the discriminant of the quadratic polynomial
 
:<math>ax^2+bx+c\,</math>
 
is
 
:<math>\Delta = \,b^2-4ac.</math>
 
Here for real a, b and c, if Δ > 0, the polynomial has two real roots, if Δ = 0, the polynomial has one real double root, and if Δ < 0, the polynomial has no real roots. The discriminant of the cubic polynomial
 
:<math>ax^3+bx^2+cx+d\,</math>
 
is
 
:<math>\Delta = \,b^2c^2-4ac^3-4b^3d-27a^2d^2+18abcd.</math>
 
For higher degrees, the discriminant is always a polynomial function of the coefficients. It is significantly longer: the discriminant of a ''general'' [[Quartic function|quartic]] has 16 terms,<ref>{{cite book
|title=Elimination practice: software tools and applications
|first1=Dongming
|last1=Wang
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|year=2004
|isbn=1-86094-438-8
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|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ucpk6oO5GN0C}}, [http://books.google.com/books?id=ucpk6oO5GN0C&pg=PA180 Chapter 10 page 180]
</ref> that of a [[Quintic function|quintic]] has 59 terms,<ref>{{cite book
|title=Discriminants, resultants and multidimensional determinants
|first1=I. M.
|last1=Gelfand
|first2=M. M.
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|first3=A. V.
|last3=Zelevinsky
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|url=http://blms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/28/1/96}}, [http://blms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pdf_extract/28/1/96 Preview page 1]
</ref> that of a 6th degree polynomial has 246 terms,<ref>{{cite book
|title=Solving polynomial equations: foundations, algorithms, and applications
|first1=Alicia
|last1=Dickenstein
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|last2=Emiris
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</ref>
and the number of terms increases exponentially with the degree.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}
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A polynomial has a multiple [[root of a function|root]] (i.e. a root with [[Multiplicity (mathematics)|multiplicity]] greater than one) in the [[complex numbers]] if and only if its discriminant is zero.  
 
The concept also applies if the polynomial has coefficients in a [[field (mathematics)|field]] which is not contained in the complex numbers. In this case, the discriminant vanishes if and only if the polynomial has a multiple root in its [[splitting field]].
 
As the discriminant is a polynomial function of the coefficients, it is defined as soon as the coefficients belong to an [[integral domain]] ''R'' and, in this case, the discriminant is in ''R''. In particular, the discriminant of a polynomial with integer coefficients is always an integer. This property is widely used in [[number theory]].
 
The term "discriminant" was coined in 1851 by the British mathematician [[James Joseph Sylvester]].<ref>J. J. Sylvester (1851) "On a remarkable discovery in the theory of canonical forms and of hyperdeterminants," ''Philosophical Magazine'', 4th series, '''2''' :  391-410; Sylvester coins the word "discriminant" on [http://books.google.com/books?id=DBNDAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA406#v=onepage&q&f=false page 406].</ref>
 
== Definition ==
 
In terms of the roots, the discriminant is given by
 
:<math>a_n^{2n-2}\prod_{i<j}{(r_i-r_j)^2}=(-1)^{n(n-1)/2}a_n^{2n-2}\prod_{i \neq j}{(r_i-r_j)}
</math>
 
where <math>a_n</math> is the leading coefficient and  <math>r_1, ..., r_n</math> are the roots (counting [[Multiplicity (mathematics)|multiplicity]]) of the polynomial in some splitting field. It is the square of the [[Vandermonde polynomial]] times <math>a_n^{2n-2}</math>.
 
As the discriminant is a symmetric function in the roots, it can also be expressed in terms of the coefficients of the polynomial, since the coefficients are the [[elementary symmetric polynomial]]s in the roots; such a formula is given [[#Discriminant of a polynomial|below]].
 
Expressing the discriminant in terms of the roots makes its key property clear, namely that it vanishes if and only if there is a repeated root, but does not allow it to be calculated without factoring a polynomial, after which the information it provides is redundant (if one has the roots, one can tell if there are any duplicates). Hence the formula in terms of the coefficients allows the nature of the roots to be determined without factoring the polynomial.
 
==Formulas for low degrees==
The quadratic polynomial
:<math>\displaystyle ax^2+bx+c</math>
has discriminant
:<math>\Delta=b^2-4ac.\,</math>
 
The cubic polynomial
:<math>\displaystyle ax^3+bx^2+cx+d</math>
has discriminant
:<math>\Delta=b^2c^2-4ac^3-4b^3d-27a^2d^2+18abcd.\,</math>
 
The quartic polynomial
:<math>\displaystyle ax^4+bx^3+cx^2+dx+e</math>
has discriminant
:<math>\begin{align}
\Delta =256a^3e^3-&192a^2bde^2-128a^2c^2e^2+144a^2cd^2e-27a^2d^4+144ab^2ce^2-6ab^2d^2e\\
&-80abc^2de+18abcd^3+16ac^4e-4ac^3d^2-27b^4e^2+18b^3cde-4b^3d^3-4b^2c^3e+b^2c^2d^2.
\end{align}</math>
 
These are [[homogeneous polynomials]] in the coefficients, respectively of degree 2, 4 and 6. They are also homogeneous in term of the roots, of respective degrees 2, 6 and 12.
 
Simpler polynomials have simpler expressions for their discriminants.  For example, the [[monic polynomial|monic]] quadratic polynomial ''x''<sup>2</sup> + ''bx'' + ''c'' has discriminant Δ = ''b''<sup>2</sup> − 4''c''.
 
The monic cubic polynomial without quadratic term ''x''<sup>3</sup> + ''px'' + ''q'' has discriminant Δ = −4''p''<sup>3</sup> − 27''q''<sup>2</sup>.
 
In terms of the roots, these discriminants are homogeneous polynomials of respective degree 2 and 6.
 
== Homogeneity ==
The discriminant is a [[homogeneous polynomial]] in the coefficients; for monic polynomials, it is a homogeneous polynomial in the roots.
 
In the coefficients, the discriminant is homogeneous of degree 2''n''−2; this can be seen two ways. In terms of the roots-and-leading-term formula, multiplying all the coefficients by λ does not change the roots, but multiplies the leading term by λ In terms of the formula as a determinant of a (2''n''−1) ×(2''n''−1) matrix divided by ''a<sub>n</sub>'', the determinant of the matrix is homogeneous of degree 2''n''−1 in the entries, and dividing by ''a<sub>n</sub>'' makes the degree 2''n''−2; explicitly, multiplying the coefficients by λ multiplies all entries of the matrix by λ, hence multiplies the determinant by λ<sup>2''n''−1</sup>.
 
For a monic polynomial, the discriminant is a polynomial in the roots alone (as the ''a<sub>n</sub>'' term is one), and is of degree ''n''(''n''−1) in the roots, as there are <math>\textstyle \binom{n}{2}=\frac{n(n-1)}{2}</math> terms in the product, each squared.
 
Let us consider the polynomial
:<math> P=a_0x^n+a_1x_{n-1}+ \cdots +a_n.</math>
It follows from what precedes that its discriminant is homogeneous of degree 2''n''−2 in the <math>a_i</math> and [[quasi-homogeneous polynomial|quasi-homogeneous]] of weight ''n''(''n''−1) if each <math> a_i</math> is given the weight ''i''. In other words, every [[monomial]] <math>a_0^{i_0}\cdots, a_n^{i_n}</math> appearing in the discriminant satisfies the two equations
:<math>i_0+i_1+\cdots+i_n=2n-2</math>
and
:<math>0\,i_0+1\,i_1+\cdots+n\,i_n=n(n-1)</math>
These thus correspond to the [[partition (number theory)|partitions]] of ''n''(''n''−1) into at 2''n''−2 (non negative) parts of size at most n
 
This restricts the possible terms in the discriminant. For the quadratic polynomial <math> ax^2+bx+c</math> there are only two possibilities for <math> [i_0,i_1,i_2],</math> either [1,0,1] or [0,2,0], given the two monomials ''ac'' and ''b''<sup>2</sup>.
For the cubic polynomial <math> ax^3+bx^2+cx+ d</math>, these are the partitions of 6 into 4 parts of size at most 3:
:<math>\begin{align}
a^2d^2 = aadd&: 0+0+3+3  &&&        abcd&: 0+1+2+3  &&&  ac^3 = accc&: 0+2+2+2 \\
b^3d  = bbbd&: 1+1+1+3  &&&  b^2c^2=bbcc&: 1+1+2+2.
\end{align}</math>
All these five monomials occur effectively in the discriminant.
 
While this approach gives the possible terms, it does not determine the coefficients. Moreover, in general not all possible terms will occur in the discriminant. The first example is for the quartic polynomial <math> ax^4+bx^3+cx^2+dx+e</math>, in which case <math>(i_0, \ldots, i_4) = (0, 1, 4, 1, 0)</math> satisfies <math>0 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 0 = 6</math> and <math>1\cdot 1 + 2\cdot 4 + 3\cdot 1 = 12</math>, even though the corresponding discriminant does not involve the monomial <math>bc^4d</math>.
 
==Quadratic formula==
The [[quadratic polynomial]] ''P''(''x'') = ''ax''<sup>2</sup>  + ''bx'' + ''c'' has discriminant
:<math>\Delta = b^2-4ac , \,</math>
which is the quantity under the square root sign in the [[quadratic formula]].  For real numbers ''a'', ''b'', ''c'', one has:
 
* When ''Δ'' > 0, ''P''(''x'') has two distinct real roots
:<math>x_{1,2}=\frac{-b \pm \sqrt {\Delta}}{2a}=\frac{-b \pm \sqrt {b^2-4ac}}{2a}</math>
and its graph crosses the ''x''-axis twice.
* When ''Δ'' = 0, ''P''(''x'') has two coincident real roots
:<math>x_1=x_2=-\frac{b}{2a}</math>
and its graph is tangent to the ''x''-axis.
* When ''Δ'' < 0, ''P''(''x'') has no real roots, and its graph lies strictly above or below the ''x''-axis. The polynomial has two distinct complex roots
:<math>z_{1,2}=\frac{-b \pm i \sqrt {-\Delta}}{2a}=\frac{-b \pm i \sqrt {4ac-b^2}}{2a}.</math>
 
An alternative way to understand the discriminant of a quadratic is to use the characterization as "zero if and only if the polynomial has a repeated root".
In that case the polynomial is <math>(x-r)^2 = x^2-2rx+r^2.</math>
The coefficients then satisfy <math>(-2r)^2=4(r^2),</math> so <math>b^2=4c,</math>
and a monic quadratic has a repeated root if and only if this is the case, in which case the root is <math>r=-b/2.</math> Putting both terms on one side and including a leading coefficient yields <math>b^2-4ac.</math>
 
==Discriminant of a polynomial==
To find the formula for the discriminant of a polynomial in terms of its coefficients, it is easiest to introduce the [[resultant]]. Just as the discriminant of a single polynomial is the product of the squares of the difference between the distinct roots of a polynomial, the resultant of two polynomials is the product of the differences between their roots, and just as the discriminant vanishes if and only if the polynomial has a repeated root, the resultant vanishes if and only if the two polynomials share a root.
 
Since a polynomial <math>p(x)</math> has a repeated root if and only if it shares a root with its derivative <math>p'(x),</math> the discriminant <math>D(p)</math> and the resultant <math>R(p,p')</math> both have the property that they vanish if and only if ''p'' has a repeated root, and they have almost the same degree (the degree of the resultant is one greater than the degree of the discriminant) and thus are equal up to a factor of degree one.
 
The benefit of the resultant is that it can be computed as a [[determinant]], namely as the determinant of the [[Sylvester matrix]], a (2''n''&nbsp;&minus;&nbsp;1)&times;(2''n''&nbsp;&minus;&nbsp;1) matrix, whose ''n''&nbsp;&minus;&nbsp;1 first rows contain the coefficients of ''p'' and the ''n'' last ones the coefficients of its derivative.
 
The resultant <math>R(p,p')</math> of the general polynomial
:<math>p(x)=a_n x^n+a_{n-1}x^{n-1}+a_{n-2}x^{n-2}+\ldots+a_1 x+a_0</math>
is, up to a factor, equal to the determinant of the (2''n''&nbsp;&minus;&nbsp;1)&times;(2''n''&nbsp;&minus;&nbsp;1) Sylvester matrix:
:<math>\left[\begin{matrix}
& a_n & a_{n-1} & a_{n-2} & \ldots & a_1 & a_0 & 0 \ldots & \ldots & 0 \\
& 0 & a_n & a_{n-1} & a_{n-2} & \ldots & a_1 & a_0 & 0 \ldots & 0 \\
& \vdots\ &&&&&&&&\vdots\\
& 0 & \ldots\ & 0 & a_n & a_{n-1} & a_{n-2} & \ldots & a_1 & a_0 \\
& na_n & (n-1)a_{n-1} & (n-2)a_{n-2} & \ldots\ & a_1 & 0 & \ldots &\ldots & 0 \\
& 0 & na_n & (n-1)a_{n-1} & (n-2)a_{n-2} & \ldots\ & a_1 & 0 & \ldots & 0 \\
& \vdots\ &&&&&&&&\vdots\\
& 0 & 0 & \ldots & 0 & na_n & (n-1)a_{n-1} & (n-2)a_{n-2}& \ldots\ & a_1 \\
\end{matrix}\right].</math>
 
The discriminant <math>D(p)</math> of <math>p(x)</math> is now given by the formula
:<math>D(p)=(-1)^{\frac{1}{2}n(n-1)}\frac{1}{a_n}R(p,p').\,</math>
 
For example, in the case ''n'' = 4, the above determinant is
 
:<math>\begin{vmatrix}
& a_4 & a_3 & a_2 & a_1 & a_0 & 0 & 0 \\
& 0 & a_4 & a_3 & a_2 & a_1 & a_0 & 0 \\
& 0 & 0 & a_4 & a_3 & a_2 & a_1 & a_0 \\
& 4a_4 & 3a_3 & 2a_2 & 1a_1 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\
& 0 & 4a_4 & 3a_3 & 2a_2 & 1a_1 & 0 & 0 \\
& 0 & 0 & 4a_4 & 3a_3 & 2a_2 & 1a_1&  0 \\
& 0 & 0 & 0 & 4a_4 & 3a_3 & 2a_2 & 1a_1 \\
\end{vmatrix}.</math>
 
The discriminant of the degree 4 polynomial is then obtained from this determinant upon dividing by <math>a_4</math>.
In terms of the roots, the discriminant is equal to
 
:<math>a_n^{2n-2}\prod_{i<j}{(r_i-r_j)^2}</math>
 
where ''r''<sub>1</sub>, ..., ''r''<sub>''n''</sub> are the [[complex number|complex]] roots (counting [[Multiplicity (mathematics)|multiplicity]]) of the polynomial ''p(x)'':
 
:<math>\begin{matrix}p(x)&=&a_n x^n+a_{n-1}x^{n-1}+\ldots+a_1 x+a_0\\
&=&a_n(x-r_1)(x-r_2)\ldots (x-r_n).\end{matrix}</math>
 
This second expression makes it clear that ''p'' has a multiple root [[if and only if]] the discriminant is zero.  (This multiple root can be complex.)
 
The discriminant can be defined for polynomials over arbitrary [[field (mathematics)|field]]s, in exactly the same fashion as above.  The product formula involving the roots ''r''<sub>''i''</sub> remains valid; the roots have to be taken in some [[splitting field]] of the polynomial. The discriminant can even be defined for polynomials over any [[commutative ring]]. However, if the ring is not an [[integral domain]], above division of the resultant by <math>a_n</math> should be replaced by substituting <math>a_n</math> by 1 in the first column of the matrix.
 
== Nature of the roots ==
The discriminant gives additional information on the nature of the roots beyond simply whether there are any repeated roots: it also gives information on whether the roots are real or complex, and rational or irrational. More formally, it gives information on whether the roots are in the field over which the polynomial is defined, or are in an extension field, and hence whether the polynomial factors over the field of coefficients. This is most transparent and easily stated for quadratic and cubic polynomials; for polynomials of degree 4 or higher this is more difficult to state.
 
=== Quadratic ===
Because the [[quadratic formula]] expressed the roots of a quadratic polynomial as a rational function in terms of the ''square root'' of the discriminant, the roots of a quadratic polynomial are in the same field as the coefficients if and only if the discriminant is a square in the field of coefficients: in other words, the polynomial factors over the field of coefficients if and only if the discriminant is a square.
 
Thus in particular for a quadratic polynomial with real coefficients, a real number has real square roots if and only if it is nonnegative, and these roots are distinct if and only if it is positive (not zero). Thus
* Δ > 0: 2 distinct real roots: factors over the reals;
* Δ < 0: 2 distinct complex roots (complex conjugate), does not factor over the reals;
* Δ = 0: 1 real root with [[Multiplicity (mathematics)|multiplicity]] 2: factors over the reals as a square.
Further, for a quadratic polynomial with rational coefficients, it factors over the rationals if and only if the discriminant – which is necessarily a rational number, being a polynomial in the coefficients – is in fact a square.
 
=== Cubic ===
{{details|Cubic polynomial#The nature of the roots}}
For a cubic polynomial with real coefficients, the discriminant reflects the nature of the roots as follows:
* Δ > 0: the equation has 3 distinct real roots;
* Δ < 0, the equation has 1 real root and 2 [[complex conjugate]] roots;
* Δ = 0: at least 2 roots coincide, and they are all real.
*:It may be that the equation has a double real root and another distinct single real root; alternatively, all three roots coincide yielding a triple real root.
 
If a cubic polynomial has a triple root, it is a root of its derivative and of its second derivative, which is linear. Thus to decide if a cubic polynomial has a triple root or not, one may compute the root of the second derivative and look if it is a root of the cubic and of its derivative.
 
=== Higher degrees ===
 
More generally, for a polynomial of degree ''n'' with real coefficients, we have
* Δ > 0: for some integer ''k'' such that <math>0 \leq k \leq \frac{n}{4}</math>, there are 2''k'' pairs of [[complex conjugate]] roots and ''n''-4''k'' real roots, all different;
* Δ < 0: for some integer ''k'' such that <math>0 \leq k \leq \frac{n-2}{4}</math>, there are 2''k''+1 pairs of [[complex conjugate]] roots and ''n''-4''k''-2 real roots, all different;
* Δ = 0: at least 2 roots coincide, which may be either real or not real (in this case their complex conjugate also coincide).
 
==Discriminant of a polynomial over a commutative ring==
The definition of the discriminant of a polynomial in terms of the resultant may easily be extended to polynomials whose coefficients belong to any [[commutative ring]]. However, as the division is not always defined in such a ring, instead of dividing the determinant by the leading coefficient, one substitutes the leading coefficient by 1 in the first column of the determinant. This generalized discriminant has the following property which is fundamental in [[algebraic geometry]].
 
Let ''f'' be a polynomial with coefficients in a commutative ring ''A'' and ''D'' its discriminant. Let φ be a [[ring homomorphism]] of ''A'' into a field ''K'' and φ(''f'') be the polynomial over ''K'' obtained by replacing the coefficients of ''f'' by their images by φ. Then φ(''D'') = 0 if and only if either the difference of the degrees of ''f'' and φ(''f'') is at least 2 or φ(''f'') has a multiple root in an [[algebraic closure]] of ''K''. The first case may be interpreted by saying that φ(''f'') has a multiple root at infinity.
 
The typical situation where this property is applied is when ''A'' is a (univariate or multivariate) polynomial ring over a field ''k'' and φ is the substitution of the indeterminates in ''A'' by elements of a [[field extension]] ''K'' of ''k''.
 
For example, let ''f'' be a bivariate polynomial in ''X'' and ''Y'' with real coefficients, such that ''f'' = 0 is the implicit equation  of a plane [[algebraic curve]]. Viewing ''f'' as a univariate polynomial in ''Y'' with coefficients depending on ''X'', then the discriminant is a polynomial in ''X'' whose roots are the ''X''-coordinates of the singular points, of the points with a tangent parallel to the ''Y''-axis and of some of the asymptotes parallel to the ''Y''-axis. In other words the computation of the roots of the ''Y''-discriminant and the ''X''-discriminant allows to compute all remarkable points of the curve, except the [[inflection point]]s.
 
== Generalizations ==
The concept of discriminant has been generalized to other [[algebraic structures]] besides polynomials of one variable, including [[conic section]]s, [[quadratic form]]s, and [[Discriminant of an algebraic number field|algebraic number fields]]. Discriminants in [[algebraic number theory]] are closely related, and contain information about [[ramification]].  In fact, the more geometric types of ramification are also related to more abstract types of discriminant, making this a central algebraic idea in many applications.
 
===Discriminant of a conic section===
For a [[conic section]] defined in plane geometry by the real polynomial
:<math>Ax^2+ Bxy + Cy^2 + Dx + Ey + F = 0 ,\,</math>
the discriminant is equal to<ref>{{citation
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|first1=John R.
|last1=Fanchi
|publisher=John Wiley and Sons
|year=2006
|isbn=0-471-75715-2
|pages=44–45
|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=75mAJPcAWT8C}}, [http://books.google.com/books?id=75mAJPcAWT8C&pg=PA45 Section 3.2, page 45]
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:<math>B^2 - 4AC,\,</math>
 
and determines the  [[shape]] of the conic section.  If the discriminant is less than 0, the equation is of an [[ellipse]] or a [[circle]].  If the discriminant equals 0, the equation is that of a [[parabola]].  If the discriminant is greater than 0, the equation is that of a [[hyperbola]].  This formula will not work for degenerate cases (when the polynomial factors).
 
===Discriminant of a quadratic form===
There is a substantive generalization to [[quadratic form]]s ''Q'' over any [[field (mathematics)|field]] ''K'' of [[characteristic (algebra)|characteristic]] ≠ 2. For characteristic 2, the corresponding invariant is the [[Arf invariant]].
 
Given a quadratic form ''Q,'' the '''discriminant''' or '''determinant''' is the determinant of a [[symmetric matrix]] ''S'' for ''Q''.<ref>{{cite book | first=J.W.S. | last=Cassels | authorlink=J. W. S. Cassels | title=Rational Quadratic Forms | series=London Mathematical Society Monographs | volume=13 | publisher=[[Academic Press]] | year=1978 | isbn=0-12-163260-1 | zbl=0395.10029 | page=6 }}</ref>
 
Change of variables by a matrix ''A'' changes the matrix of the symmetric form by <math>A^TSA,</math> which has determinant <math>(\det A)^2\det S,</math> so under change of variables, the discriminant changes by a non-zero square, and thus the class of the discriminant is well-defined in ''K''/(''K''<sup>*</sup>)<sup>2</sup>, i.e., up to non-zero squares. See also [[quadratic residue]].
 
Less intrinsically, by a theorem of Jacobi quadratic forms on <math>K^n</math> can be expressed, after a linear change of variables, in '''diagonal form''' as
:<math>a_1x_1^2 + \cdots + a_nx_n^2.</math>
More precisely, a quadratic forms on ''V'' may be expressed as a sum
:<math>\sum_{i=1}^n a_i L_i^2</math>
where the ''L''<sub>''i''</sub> are independent linear forms and ''n'' is the number of the variables (some of the ''a''<sub>''i''</sub> may be zero).  Then the discriminant is the product of the ''a''<sub>''i''</sub>, which is well-defined as a class in ''K''/(''K''<sup>*</sup>)<sup>2</sup>.
 
For ''K''='''R''', the real numbers, ('''R'''<sup>*</sup>)<sup>2</sup> is the positive real numbers (any positive number is a square of a non-zero number), and thus the quotient '''R'''/('''R'''<sup>*</sup>)<sup>2</sup> has three elements: positive, zero, and negative. This is a cruder invariant than [[Signature (quadratic form)|signature]] (''n''<sub>0</sub>,&nbsp;''n''<sub>+</sub>,&nbsp;''n''<sub>&minus;</sub>), where ''n''<sub>0</sub> is the number 0s and ''n''<sub>±</sub> is the number of ±1s in diagonal form. The discriminant is then zero if the form is degenerate (<math>n_0 > 0</math>), and otherwise it is the parity of the number of negative coefficients, <math>(-1)^{n_-}.</math>
 
For ''K''='''C''', the complex numbers, ('''C'''<sup>*</sup>)<sup>2</sup> is the non-zero complex numbers (any complex number is a square), and thus the quotient '''C'''/('''C'''<sup>*</sup>)<sup>2</sup> has two elements: non-zero and zero.
 
This definition generalizes the discriminant of a quadratic polynomial, as the polynomial <math>ax^2+bx+c</math> homogenizes to the quadratic form <math>aX^2+bXY+cY^2,</math> which has symmetric matrix
: <math>
  \begin{bmatrix}
    a  & b/2  \\
    b/2 & c
  \end{bmatrix}.
</math>
whose determinant is <math>ac-(b/2)^2=ac-b^2/4.</math> Up to a factor of &minus;4, this is <math>b^2-4ac.</math>
 
The invariance of the class of the discriminant of a real form (positive, zero, or negative) corresponds to the corresponding conic section being an ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola.
 
===Discriminant of an algebraic number field===
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==Alternating polynomials==
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The discriminant is a [[symmetric polynomial]] in the roots; if one adjoins a square root of it (halves each of the powers: the [[Vandermonde polynomial]]) to the ring of symmetric polynomials in ''n'' variables <math>\Lambda_n</math>, one obtains the ring of [[alternating polynomials]], which is thus a quadratic extension of <math>\Lambda_n</math>.
 
==References==
{{reflist}}
 
==External links==
*[http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PolynomialDiscriminant.html Mathworld article]
*[http://planetmath.org/encyclopedia/Discriminant.html Planetmath article]
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