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1: 1.11 Zeros of Polynomials
2: 27.14 Unrestricted Partitions
§27.14(vi) Ramanujan’s Tau Function
►The discriminant function is defined by ►3: 18.16 Zeros
§18.16(vii) Discriminants
►The discriminant (18.2.20) can be given explicitly for classical OP’s. … ►4: 23.19 Interrelations
5: 23.3 Differential Equations
§23.3(i) Invariants, Roots, and Discriminant
… ►The discriminant (§1.11(ii)) is given by ►6: 28.29 Definitions and Basic Properties
§28.29(iii) Discriminant and Eigenvalues in the Real Case
… ►7: 23.1 Special Notation
8: 18.2 General Orthogonal Polynomials
Discriminants
… ►The discriminant of is defined by ►9: 23.22 Methods of Computation
In the general case, given by , we compute the roots , , , say, of the cubic equation ; see §1.11(iii). These roots are necessarily distinct and represent , , in some order.
If and are real, and the discriminant is positive, that is , then , , can be identified via (23.5.1), and , obtained from (23.6.16).
If , or and are not both real, then we label , , so that the triangle with vertices , , is positively oriented and is its longest side (chosen arbitrarily if there is more than one). In particular, if , , are collinear, then we label them so that is on the line segment . In consequence, , satisfy (with strict inequality unless , , are collinear); also , .
Finally, on taking the principal square roots of and we obtain values for and that lie in the 1st and 4th quadrants, respectively, and , are given by
where denotes the arithmetic-geometric mean (see §§19.8(i) and 22.20(ii)). This process yields 2 possible pairs (, ), corresponding to the 2 possible choices of the square root.