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resultant    --    the resultant of two polynomials


Syntax 
resultant(F: RINGELEM, G: RINGELEM): RINGELEM
resultant(F: RINGELEM, G: RINGELEM, X: RINGELEM): RINGELEM

Description
These functions compute the resultant of the polynomials F and G with respect to the indeterminate X; in the first form F and G must be univariate, and X is taken to be their common indeterminate.

Example 
/**/  use R ::= QQ[p,q,x];
/**/  F := x^3+p*x-q;   G := deriv(F, x);
/**/  resultant(F, G, x);
4*p^3 +27*q^2

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