Yes, the sylvester matrix is not the most efficient, but in this small
example seemed like the easiest way to convey my point.
So this is really a matter of context and is expected behavior?
If so, that means the trac ticket I filed: Ticket #12752 is not
actually a defect, but is really an enhanc
On Mar 25, 6:52 pm, Ben Hutz wrote:
> The resultant of two homogeneous polynomials can return an incorrect
> value:
> R.=PolynomialRing(ZZ)
> f=6*x^2 + x*y + y^2
> g=y^2
> print f.resultant(g)
> m=matrix([[6,1,1,0],[0,6,1,1],[0,0,1,0],[0,0,0,1]])
> m.determinant()
>
> notice that the coefficient o
