分野別セミナー

The classical resultant $R(f,g)$ of two polynomials $f,g$ in one variable has many analogs in other areas of mathematics: the integral of product of first Chern classes, Legendre symbols, linking numbers and others. On the other hand, the classical discriminant $D(f)$ of a polynomial $f$ satisfies the "coboundary" condition $R(f,g)^2 = D(fg)/(D(f) D(g))$. The talk will explain known and conjectural analogs of the discriminant and of the coboundary condition in other contexts where the analogs of the resultant make sense.