Invariants of polynomials and binary forms

2011/02/17 by Svante Janson, Janson, Svante
Mathematics · #FOS: Mathematics #History and Overview (math.HO) #math.HO

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1102.3568

56 pages

arxiv created 2011/02/17 · arxiv updated 2011/02/18

Abstract

We survey various classical results on invariants of polynomials, or equivalently, of binary forms, focussing on explicit calculations for invariants of polynomials of degrees 2, 3, 4.

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