Department of Mathematics, University of Nijmegen, Toernooiveld, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands ; Department of Mathematics, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Abstract:
We introduce the -resultant of two polynomials in one variable and show how it can be used to decide if and to find the singularities of the curve . The second criterion is used to give a very short proof of a special case of the epimorphism theorem of Abhyankar and Moh.