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HexResultant.Discriminant

def Hex.DensePoly.disc {R : Type u} [Zero R] [DecidableEq R] [One R] [Add R] [Sub R] [Mul R] [Div R] [NatCast R] (f : DensePoly R) :
R

Standard polynomial discriminant, with value one for zero and constants.

The leading-coefficient gap power promotes the derivative's default-degree resultant to formal derivative degree n - 1. This matters in positive characteristic, where the derivative's actual degree can drop.

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