Definition of Discriminants

1. Noun. (plural of discriminant) ¹

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Definition of Discriminants

1. discriminant [n] - See also: discriminant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Discriminants

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Literary usage of Discriminants

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lessons Introductory to the Modern Higher Algebra by George Salmon (1885)
"Discriminants. (Page 98). The word ' discriminant' was introduced by Sylvester in 1852, Cambridge and Dublin Mathematical Journal, vol. vi., p. 52. ..."

2. A Treatise on the Theory of Invariants by Oliver Edmunds Glenn (1915)
"Tables giving these expressions for all functions of weights 1 to 6 inclusive were published by Junker * in 1897. III. Semi-discriminants. ..."

3. An Elementary Treatise on Cubic and Quartic Curves by Alfred Barnard Basset (1901)
"Discriminants. \ The result of eliminating x and y between two binary ... We shall now write down the discriminants A of the binary quadric, ..."

4. The Collected Mathematical Papers of James Joseph Sylvester by James Joseph Sylvester (1908)
"ON A THEOREM CONCERNING Discriminants. [Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, xiv. (1865), pp. 336—337.] LET F (a, b, c, ..."

5. The Invariant Theory of the Inversion Group: Geometry Upon a Quadric Surface by Edward Kasner (1900)
"The discriminants and the nodal invariant. — If in f = a™o^ we consider A. or fj. as being the only variable, and take the corresponding discriminants, ..."

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