The Cayley-Menger determinant is irreducible for n ≥ 3

Siberian Mathematical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-76

  D'Andrea C ^a   Sombra, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cayley Menger determinant; Irreducible polynomial; Volume of a simplex

Indexed keywords

EID: 15044359985     PISSN: 00374466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11202-005-0007-0     Document Type: Article

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