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MultipolynomialResultants :: Algorithm

Algorithm -- name for an optional argument

Description

The option Algorithm determines which algorithm will be used to compute the Resultant. There are currently two algorithms implemented:

[Algorithm => Poisson] (default) the resultant is computed, recursively, through the Poisson Formula (see [1, Theorem 3.4]);

[Algorithm => Macaulay] the resultant is computed as a Macaulay resultant, i.e. as a ratio of two determinants (see [1, Theorem 4.9]).

[1] David A. Cox, John Little, Donal O'shea - Using Algebraic Geometry, Graduate Texts in Mathematics, Volume 185 (2005).

Functions with optional argument named Algorithm :

For the programmer

The object Algorithm is a symbol.