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• Discriminant of a polynomial: An invariant of a polynomial which vanishes if it has a repeated root: the product of the differences between the roots. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
• In many industries first polynomial is in use to create CRC tables and then apply it for performance purposes. —  WindowsClient.net
• For instance, the derivative of a Schwartz function is again a Schwartz function, and that the product of a Schwartz function with a polynomial is again a Schwartz function. —  What's new
• Simple polynomial-regression techniques show that globally-averaged secular variations predict and explain 79-percent of the variability in global average-annual temperatures 7-years in the future; thus suggesting another or additional process contributing to climate change. —  RealClimate
• Some of the students used a clever trick with the discriminant of a quadratic polynomial, analogous to (and possibly derived from) the one in this wikipedia article. —  Secret Blogging Seminar

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